Arguments for raising repo rate are not persuasive

The arguments offered by the majority of the members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) for raising the repo rate by 25 basis points at this stage are not persuasive.

This is the view of Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the Business School of the North-West University (NWU…

NWU designers still on a winning streak in top competitions

Students and graduates of the Graphic Design subject group at the North-West University (NWU) have again shone at the recent international Loerie Awards and national Pendoring Awards.

Their distinctive creativity…

NWU Mahikeng Campus pay tribute to outgoing vice-chancellor

Staff members from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus paid tribute to the outgoing vice-chancellor, Prof Dan Kgwadi, during the campus’s annual staff year-end function.

Prof Kgwadi will be leaving the NWU at the end of January 2022 to join the Vaal University of…

NWU celebrates the works of non-academic authors

On 12 November 2021 the North-West University (NWU) vice-chancellor, Prof Dan Kgwadi, held an event to recognise students, staff and alumni who have authored non-academic works.

Facilitated by the executive director of the Corporate Relations…

NWU joins forces with Black Lawyers Association to deliver market-ready litigators 

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Law and the Black Lawyers Association Legal Education Centre (BLA-LEC) has committed to producing market-ready lawyers through a memorandum of agreement signed on 11 November 2021.

 The agreement, signed at the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus is for a period of three years.

The primary aim is…

NWU engineers shine bright

The North-West University (NWU) is constantly striving towards academic excellence and producing graduates who are fit and ready to create groundbreaking moves within their respective industries.

Two NWU industrial engineering graduates, Josua Olivier Wesch and Eduan Hugo, recently…

Reflections on the 2021 local government elections

The 2021 local government elections are a story of a democracy in crisis, says Naledi Modise, lecturer at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Government Studies.

The elections that took place on 1 November were characterised by low…

Another success for self-directed learning

With participants from as far as the United States, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) fourth International Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Conference was a great success.

Hosted by the NWU’s SDL research unit, the theme for this year’s conference was “Self-Directed Learning: An…

South Africa’s public finances remain in safe hands

“In a measured policy assessment by the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, in his first Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) he confirms that South Africa’s public finances remain in safe hands and that there will be broad continuity in fiscal policy.”

Prof Raymond…

Athletics club celebrates achievements

“This is the first athletics function in two years,” says Terseus Liebenberg – equally relieved and excited – in the athletics clubhouse on the Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds.

Terseus, the athletics manager at the athletics club on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom…