NWU Mafikeng Campus now offers an honours programme in Logistics

2017 saw the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) offering a one-year full-time honours programme in logistics.

This follows the introduction of a bachelor programme in transport economics and logistics management in 2003.

According to Ms Karen Visser, the programme coordinator, the establishment of the bachelor…

NWU wants to manufacture affordable artificial limbs

Losing a limb is certainly a traumatic experience. Making matters wors is that it usually goes with astronomical medical bills. Although the last thing that you would want to worry about is having sufficient funds to afford a prosthetic limb, this is a great concern for most people who have lost a limb.

The North-West University's (…

Students share expertise to address local needs

Students at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU) have discovered that soap in hotels and guest houses are often used only once and then thrown away. They then came up with an initiative to recycle this waste soap in order to be used again.

The Lesego soap project is in collaboration with students and lecturers…

NWU academic appointed chairperson of National Traffic Law Review Committee

Ms Dipuo Peters, the national Minister of Transport, appointed Dr Kesolefetse Olivia Lefenya, a senior lecturer in Public Law at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) and admitted advocate of the High Court of South Africa, as chairperson of the National Traffic Law Review Committee.

This independent committee has…

World renowned theatre group in Potchefstroom

World renowned vocal theatre group, Carmina Slovenica, will be performing in Potchefstroom on 21 of February at 19:30 in the NWU Conservatory. This group, under the direction of Karmina Šilec, is known for its innovative programming. Carmina Slovenica incorporates contemporary music, drama and movement on stage and performs with an artistry…

Chemical engineer a favourite on The Voice South Africa

Marco Basson, a former chemical engineering student at the North-West University (NWU) has recently been given a four-chair turnaround of the judges during the latest episode of the popular TV singing competition, The Voice South Africa. Marco blew the audience away with his version of Nick Jonas' "Jealous". Bobby van Jaarsveld was the lucky…

Why the Constitution will always Trump the Executive

The following article represents an opinion piece by Dr Ilyayambwa Mwanawina, an academic staff member of the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus. Dr Mwanawina specialises in the fields of regional integration, international law, good governance and human rights. He continues to publish his research in scientific journals on…

NWU student develops mobile app that will save lives

According to the Automobile Association, driver fatigue is one of the leading causes of collisions in South Africa. Although some luxury vehicles are equipped to warn drivers of this danger, not many people can afford them. An engineering student at the North-West University (NWU) addressed this problem as part of his final-year study by…

NWU professor speaks at the 4th Biannual International Group Theory Conference

Mathematician and research professor of the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), Prof Jamshid Moori, was recently invited to speak at the fourth conference of the Biannual International Group Theory Conference (BIGTC) in Kuala Lumpur.

Jamshid, of the School of Mathematical Sciences in the Faculty of Agriculture, Science…

NWU Student selected as Science Today candidate

A PhD student from the Department of Biological Science at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), Theodora Ekwomadu, was selected as one of the Science Today 2016 candidates.

Science Today, formerly Science Voices, is a science-writing project run by award-winning science journalist, Sarah Wild.  Postgraduate science…