Young mothers find a voice through Temba community dialogue

Young mothers in Temba are helping to shape research about their own lives, rather than being treated only as research subjects.

This approach is at the centre of “Her Voice, Her Strength”, a five-year community engagement and research programme led by Dr Lungisile Shange from the subject group Population…

Reimagining the communication graduate of the future when everyone can communicate

While the communication profession is being remade in real time, the qualifications meant to prepare students for it are not keeping up.

Opinion piece by Prof. Lida Holtzhausen, director of the School of Communication

Artificial intelligence (AI) can…

Communication Summit explores what it takes to become a complete communication professional

The School of Communication at the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted its third annual Industry Summit across all three campuses, bringing together leading communication professionals, industry partners and students under the theme “The complete communication professional”.

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Our country’s vital statecraft is missing

Opinion piece by Dr Mabutho Shangase, senior lecturer in Political Studies and International Relations at the North-West University (NWU)

Election promises abound, but effective governance remains elusive as political parties chase power without mastering the machinery of the state.…

Journalism students gain practical newsroom insights from experienced journalist Teboho Letselela

Journalism students at the North-West University (NWU) had the opportunity to engage directly with an experienced newsroom practitioner when senior journalist and sports and deputy editor of the Mafikeng Mail, Teboho Letselela, delivered a guest lecture to Introduction to Journalism students on Thursday, 20 August 2026.

The session formed…

SADiLaR takes African language grammar into the digital age

The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU) is dedicated to supporting the development and digitisation of South African languages, ensuring that these languages have a significant presence in the digital future. 

This…

SADiLaR inaugurated new honorary fellows, strengthening a growing network of expertise

The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU) inaugurated four distinguished scholars as honorary fellows on 17 August 2026. This marks an important milestone in strengthening collaboration, knowledge exchange and innovation in digital language resources and the…

NWU chancellor leads official opening of Centre for Contemporary Identity and Diversity Studies

The North-West University (NWU) chancellor Dr Anna Mokgokong, together with the principal and vice-chancellor, Prof. Bismark Tyobeka, officially unveiled the Centre for Contemporary Identity and Diversity Studies (CCIDS) during a gala dinner at the Riverside Sun Hotel in Vanderbijlpark marking the launch of the centre…

SADiLaR preserves nearly five decades of South African language teaching scholarship

The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU) is proud to support the preservation and long-term accessibility of South Africa’s language teaching scholarship through the digitisation of historic editions of the Journal for Language Teaching (Tydskrif…

2026 is proving to be a defining year in geopolitics

Not since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq reshaped global security after 2001 or, more significantly, since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, has the international order undergone change on the scale we are witnessing today.

The US–Israeli war with Iran has proved more consequential for…