NWU student to partake in African bodybuilding championship

North-West University (NWU) student David Tshoose continues to make waves in the bodybuilding and fitness community.

His performance during the recent Arnold Classic Africa 2019 has earned him the opportunity to compete in the International Federation of Body Building (IFBB) African Championship that will take place from 16 to 18…

Specialist advises on social media usage

Social media has entered our public sphere like a hurricane, changing the way we communicate. These are the words of social media specialist and PhD candidate at the North-West University (NWU), Moremogolo Moremogolo.

She is educating organisations, communities and schools across South Africa, Botswana and Namibia on the responsible…

“Take back the Bult” is progressing well

Gone are the days when the Bult CBD was used as a hunting ground by criminals who prey on unsuspecting victims.

Phase 1 of the “Take Back the Bult” project of the Cachet Park CID NPC – a joint venture between the North-West University (NWU) and the JB Marks Municipality – has been completed.

A total of 18 envisaged CCTV…

Top performing MBAs awarded

No fewer than 55 graduates recently obtained their MBA degrees from the North-West University's (NWU’s) Business School. During a lavish occasion held in Potchefstroom, these students who took the bull by the horns were honored for their hard work and perseverance.

Prof Fulu Netswera, the director of the Business School, thanked the…

Alumnus believes in being an ambassador for the NWU brand

North-West University (NWU) alumnus and former Student Representative Council president Mr Mpho Mfolwe is living the NWU brand through his key diplomatic role in his country, Botswana.

Mpho sees his career – wherever he is deployed – as an opportunity to fly the NWU flag high.

“I obtained both my qualifications in…

NWU ups the fight against six rare diseases

Diagnosing a rare disease soon after birth can, for some, mean the difference between life and death in the long run.

The Centre for Human Metabolomics (CHM) on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom, together with a leading American biotechnology company, has developed a diagnostic test that drastically cuts the…

Public lecture calls for Africanisation instead of decolonisation

“Universities have become ‘sons of decolonisation struggles’.” This is how Prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni argued during a recent public lecture hosted on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

This lecture formed part of a series of conversations about the decolonisation of the curriculum.

Prof Ndlovu-Gatsheni…

NWU Engineering leaves a sweet, bitter and creamy taste

Final-year students from the School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) recently had the opportunity to show that their course entails much more than poring over their books.

These aspiring engineers competed against one another to see who could produce the best beer, cheese or chocolate.

NWU combines expertise to take sports development to new heights

It is a well-known fact that the North-West University (NWU) has delivered world-class international athletes such as Caster Semenya, Willem Coertzen, Elroy Gelant, Sunette Viljoen, Khotso Mokoena, Lood de Jager and Akker van der Merwe, to name but a few.

All of these athletes were supported by the NWU’s High-Performance Institute…

Universities urged to aid UN goals

“Universities are becoming too vocational. There is too big a focus on jobs for today and not on jobs for tomorrow.”

This according to Dr Geoff Scott, emeritus professor for higher education and sustainability at Western Sydney University in Australia.

On Monday, 20 May 2019, Dr Scott delivered the 18th of a series of…