Siviwe Tyobeka: Go-getting global citizen

It is indiscernible at first. Only when Siviwe Tyobeka narrates the journey of her childhood do you start to hear it. Faint and peculiar. A pleasant intonation. The sound of the world.

Siviwe was born in Johannesburg, but moved to the United States of America when she was only eight months old as her father,…

Economic growth is a welcome rebound

South Africa’s economic growth of 1,2% in the fourth quarter of 2021 has yielded an overall positive gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 4,9% in 2021, which is a welcome rebound in the economy after the devastating -6,4% growth in 2020.

According to Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the Business School of the North-West University…

NWU Eagles back on Varsity Cup track

This win meant the world. Not only did the NWU Eagles beat former champions and perennial finalists UP-Tuks 17–8 during their Varsity Cup clash in Potchefstroom on Monday, 7 March, they also got their 2022 campaign back on track. 

A red card did Tuks no favours, but the Eagles did…

HART walks for World Obesity Day

On Friday, 4 March 2022 the Faculty of Health Sciences at the North-West University (NWU) commemorated World Obesity Day. The Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) decided to partner with NWU Wellness and arranged a casual walk through the campus to drive awareness of obesity. The walk-through started at the amphitheatre on the…

NWU Business School hosts international panel on crisis in Ukraine

It is one of the most significant acts of aggression that one country has perpetrated against another in the 21st century. The Russian invasion of Ukraine may have consequences that are almost unfathomable and that will echo through the annals of history.

On Wednesday, 2 March 2022, the Business School of the North-West University (NWU…

Social innovators can now use digital storytelling to share their solutions

Thanks to the launch of the Digital Storytelling Hub of the North-West University (NWU), social innovators now have a brand-new platform where they can share solutions to their communities’ challenges.

Funding received from the European Union programme Erasmus+ (https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities-under-erasmus)  made the…

NWU master’s student’s passion leads to book about wetlands

Kirsty Kyle, a master’s student at the North-West University (NWU), has recently published an educational children’s book and, after receiving sponsorship for the printing, donated the books to under-privileged schools.

The book, Discovering Wetlands with Piffy, Zenzi and Lucky, is…

Taking expertise to our people

The North-West University Business School held their first face-to-face Think Tank in front of a live audience in Somerset West where the Minister of Finance’s national budget speech was analysed and unpacked by a panel of experts.

This initiative forms part of a series of roadshows that the school has in the pipeline for 2022. More 150…

NWU Mahikeng students shine bright during annual Talent Extravaganza

On Friday, 25 February 2022, the Student Campus Council (SCC) on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), hosted the annual student Talent Extravaganza with great success.

The event – organised by the SCC’s Arts and Culture office – aims to promote a vibrant student life and to provide a platform for Mahikeng Campus…

North West’s three top matriculants join the NWU

The top three academic performers who matriculated in 2021 in North West will be studying at the North-West University in 2022.

Francois Pieterse from Ferdinand Postma High School in Potchefstroom, Michelle le Roux from Potchefstroom Gymnasium and Marlé Siebert from Potchefstroom…