Autumn Graduation Ceremony – the coming of age of future leaders

A total of 1 400 students will graduate during the upcoming Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

The four-day graduation ceremony, consisting of nine sessions, will be held at the Quest Conference Estate in Vanderbijlpark, where the success and achievement of graduates in the Faculty of…

NWU highlights importance of blood pressure awareness

The North-West University (NWU) has joined the worldwide campaign to raise blood pressure awareness with a series of screenings at its campuses and in surrounding communities in May as part of the largest screening campaign ever.

May marks International Blood Pressure Month and 17 May is International Blood Pressure Day. The May…

GCI project: getting hands dirty and hearts beating for nature

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” These words by Roman politician and lawyer, Marcus Tullius Cicero, came to mind during the recent launch of the Green Campus Initiative’s (GCI) Mobile Vegetable Garden Project on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

Students from several residences…

NWU academic: listening to the sounds of the stars

Prof Thebe Rodney Medupe, an academic from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng presented his inaugural lecture titled “Listening to the sounds of the stars: Molodi wa di naledi” on 4 May 2017 to the Mahikeng community and astronomers alike.

Prof Medupe, a South African astrophysicist and astrophysics professor,…

Teamwork makes the NWU dream work – Prof Linda du Plessis

If teamwork is the ability to marry individual accomplishments to existing institutional goals, then the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark boasts with a dynamic ethos of collegiality and teamwork.

This is the sentiment of Prof Linda du Plessis, acting campus rector, when reflecting upon the campus’s most recent…

NWU expert: UN Security Council crippled by internal power struggles

Is it possible that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has become a pointless forum for the discussion of grave human rights breaches occurring in various parts of the world?

This is the question Dr Illyayambwa Mwanawina, an expert in regional integration, international law, good governance and human rights at the North-West…

PMR Awards: six in a row for NWU Vanderbijlpark

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently bagged yet another Professional Management Review (PMR) Diamond Arrow Award. This year marks the 6th consecutive award for the campus.

The award was handed over at a PMR business breakfast and the event saw top decision makers, businessmen, members of government,…

Danish expert sheds light on boredom in the classroom

“The optimism that most children are born with – the joy of learning, playing and simply living when they are small – gradually diminishes for many learners. This happens if they sense that, no matter how much they try to do well in school, they can’t succeed.” These are the words of Prof Hans Henrik Knoop, extraordinary professor at the…

Alumni partnering up with Career Centre to empower students

Vincent Kheswa, Charles Matubule, Keketso Mofokeng and Kagiso Mphachoe are not just four random young men making their mark in the world of work. As alumni of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, they share a deep-rooted passion for their alma mater and the up-and-coming generation of leaders and achievers.

These…

NWU honours Transport and Logistics graduates

The Department of Transport Economics and Logistics Management on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng recently hosted a gala dinner at the Mmabatho Palms to celebrate its 2016 graduates.

In attendance at the gala dinner was the university’s vice-chancellor,…