NWU academics motivated to find water crisis solutions

For the past few years a number of areas in South Africa have been battling with water crises. The Water Research Commission (WRC) recently visited the North-West University (NWU) as part of their roadshow campaign to address this issue.

The aim of the road show was to motivate academics to submit innovative water solution proposals…

NWU PhD student presents exciting research to combat protein energy malnutrition

Adegboyega Taofeek Tope, a PhD student in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences of the North-West University (NWU), received the first prize in two thematic areas for the best oral presentation during the 21st Symposium of the International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows (IARSAF).

The symposium took place at…

NWU public lecture examines scholarship

On 16 April 2018 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) deputy vice-chancellor for research and innovation, Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya, invited members of the public and media to the fourth public lecture within the NWU Research and Innovation Seminar Series.

“The NWU is a great institution with remarkable scientists, and this…

Formalised curiosity at the Faculty of Theology

“Research is formalised curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose,” said the American novelist Zora Neale Hurston. It is a sentiment that rings as true today as it did all those many decades ago. It is also a maxim that the Faculty of Theology at the North-West University (NWU) has embraced with a fervour.

The does not merely…

Faculty of Theology at the centre of the global village

The world is getting smaller and countries are more interconnected than ever before. Those unwilling to reach out will be left behind, but the Faculty of Theology at the North-West University has no intention of letting that happen.

The faculty boasts an international reach like few other and this is especially evident when looking…

NWU talks state capture

The Album student newspaper on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng recently invited Mr Sikonathi Mantshantsha, the deputy editor of the Financial Mail, to deliver a public lecture titled “State of Capture: A South African story”.

The public lecture, which analised the role of journalists in holding the executive…

Three NWU researchers rewarded for outstanding work

Three researchers of the North-West University (NWU) received awards for their work from the South African Academy for Science and Arts.

Prof Leonie Stander of the Faculty of Law received the Toon van den Heever prize for law, Prof Tiaan Brink of the Faculty of Health Sciences received the FARMOVS prize for pharmacology and drug…

NWU hammers opposition

The saying goes that two heads are better than one, and a strategic sport partnership between the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campuses in Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark bears testament to this.

In order to ensure a competitive advantage the two campuses joined forces to share resources and expertise in preparing their hammer…

The Faculty of Theology helping imprisoned fathers reach their potential

It took a moment for Dr Fazel Freeks to comprehend what he was hearing. Aghast at first, the images that formed from the convict’s depiction about the deed that lead to his incarceration made him think about his family. Freeks thought of his youngest daughter as he listened to the candid, vivid description about the act this person did to a…

Constructive journalism as a tool to build strong societies

Ask any news editor: good news does not sell newspapers. Prof Hans Henrik Knoop, extraordinary professor at the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, warns about the dangers that the current kind of journalism holds for a democratic society.

Prof Knoop, an associate professor at the…