Celebrating indigenous languages during Heritage Month

As South Africa celebrate Heritage Month, North-West University (NWU) academic and acting director for the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Dr Motheo Koitsiwe, says there is a need for the country to celebrate its own indigenous languages.

“It is important to restore African indigenous languages, especially since language…

Preventing is better than treating substance abuse

Prevention is better than cure, and the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Prof Leepile Sehularo is at the forefront of seeking solutions to adolescent substance abuse through prevention programmes.

Illegal substance use among adolescent learners is a global concern for government policy-makers, researchers and mental health care…

NWU academic advances environmental justice

Environmental justice, writes North-West University (NWU) senior lecturer and researcher Dr Kesolofetse Lefenya, entails social transformation directed towards meeting basic human needs and enhancing the quality of life, environmental protection and democracy.

Dr Lefenya writes that, despite the latter, South Africa is experiencing…

Nyaope drug users: studying pathways to wellbeing

Nyaope is believed to be South Africa's worst drug and is now officially an illegal drug in the country.

According to Health24, nyaope is a highly addictive, dangerous and destructive street drug, unique to South Africa.

North-West University (NWU) PhD graduate Dr Malebo Mashaba examined the psychosocial pathways to…

Women are putting roots down in agriculture

Women form the backbone of many rural economies and play an important role in poverty reduction and food security according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Dr Morategi Mojanaga, North-West University (NWU) alumna and chief animal health technician at the Gauteng Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, says women…

Covid-19, business and global economy: possible solutions

While there is no way to tell exactly what the economic damage from the global Covid-19 pandemic will be, there is widespread agreement among economists that it will have severe negative impacts on the global economy.

Economics professor from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Business School, Prof Ravinder Rena, was recently the…

NWU student campaigning to assist young girls

Carol Olerato Manyaapelo, a final-year political science student and member of the Student Campus Council on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, is running a campaign to empower girls as part of Women’s month.

The campaign, “Bleed free”, aims to provide girls with sanitary products, which Carol strongly believes all…

Women should embrace their potential and not doubt themselves

After 17 years of well-earned experience at Lonmin Marikana Mining Operations and the South African Police Service, Boitumelo Mosikare (45) is no stranger to the security sector.

She has now been seconded to act for a two-month period as senior manager of Protection Services on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus.…

NWU alumna now member of National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute board

True to the spirit of Women’s month, female alumni of the North-West University (NWU) are leading the way. Another feather in the NWU’s cap is the appointment of Lerato Makgae to the board of directors of the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI).

The NRWDI is responsible for the management of radioactive waste in…

NWU alumna elected as president of Women in Nuclear South Africa

On 7 August 2020 North-West University (NWU) alumna Tebogo Motlhabane was announced as the newly elected president of Women in Nuclear South Africa (WiNSA).

Tebogo, a scientist from the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute, is taking over the reins from Eskom’s senior quality assurance advisor Nomathemba Radebe, who served as…