Mahikeng Campus News
NWU Mahikeng Stadium meets national standards for professional football
The North-West University (NWU) Mahikeng Stadium has been approved to host matches in the Motsepe Foundation Championship, underlining the university’s ability to provide facilities that comply with the requirements for professional football in South Africa.
Motsepe Foundation Championship side Lerumo Lions FC have been using the 3 000 capacity NWU Mahikeng Stadium for some of their home fixtures after the venue met the accreditation standards required for the league. The Championship is the second tier of professional football in South Africa, previously known as the National… Read more
Political analyst talks about SA’s new dawn at NWU public lecture
The student chapter of the Faculty of Humanities on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng recently invited political analyst and governance specialist, Mr Dumisani Hlophe, to give a public lecture.
Dumisani’s lecture was titled “Unpacking South Africa’s current political dynamics: What are the implications for the…
NWU academic elected as fellow of African Academy of Sciences
Prof Simeon Materechera, an academic and director of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre (IKSC) on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, has been elected to serve as a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (ASS).
The purpose of the AAS, an Africa-wide scientist organisation, is twofold. It firstly serves to…
NWU postdoctoral fellow sets her sight on BRICS youth summit
Dr Musawenkosi Saurombe, a postdoctoral fellow at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng is participating in the 2018 BRICS Youth Parliamentarian Forum as part of a delegation sent by the South African Youth for International Diplomacy (SAYID).
The programme, which is taking place in New Delhi, India from 5 to 9…
NWU student takes pageant world by storm
Onalenna Leepile, a final-year BCom student from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, is a young woman determined to make a difference.
Not only was she announced first princess at the Miss Face of Mahikeng beauty pageant on 3 March 2018 at Mmabatho Palms, but she is also a contestant and brand ambassador for the…
NWU academic attends elite training course on nuclear safeguards
Mr Tebogo Kupi, an academic and researcher from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, recently attended a regional training course on nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation for the South African region in Centurion, Gauteng.
This elite training course was organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research…
NWU psychology students board trains to help community
Six master’s students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng will be on board the Phelophepa trains from 19 to 28 March 2018 to render clinical psychology services to community members in and around Ulundi in Kwazulu Natal.
The Phelophepa trains are two unique trains that operate as mobile healthcare hospitals,…
NWU academic to explore possible research collaboration
The Covenant University in Nigeria invited Prof Masood Khalique, an academic in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, to present a series of lectures and to explore the possibility of research collaboration.
Prof Khalique will visit the university’s Department of…
Meet the NWU’s new Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Mafikeng Campus Operations
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” This is according to Prof Boitumelo Marilyn Patience Setlalentoa, the newly appointed deputy vice-chancellor at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng.
With the implementation of the university’s…
NWU FM station manager shows off culinary skills
Katlego Ramagaga, radio station manager on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, showed off her culinary skills as one of four contestants on the popular television cooking show Come Dine with Me South Africa in a bid to be crowned the winner and kitchen wiz.
Katlego took part in the second episode of the fourth…
NWU student selected for national USSA karate team
Karabo Motlhabane, a third-year BCom student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng has been selected to be part of the national karate team of University Sports South Africa (USSA).
Karabo was preliminary selected for the national team in October 2017 at the USSA competition held at the Tshwane University of…