Mahikeng Campus News
How second-hand clothing paved the way for senior lecturer’s career
By Gofaone Motsamai
The road from Kagiso, where she sold second-hand clothing under the scorching Gauteng sun, to the lecture halls of North-West University (NWU) was long, bumpy and deeply personal for Dr Salphinah Vuloyimuni Ubisi.
Now a senior lecturer in the subject group Public Administration and Local Government at the NWU, Dr Ubisi’s story began in hardship and determination. “The money generated from selling old clothes became my main source of income and this provided the core finance for my studies.”.
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NWU academic shares her expertise on food security and safety
Ontiretse Motingwa
North-West University (NWU) Prof Olubukola Oluranti Babalola recently shared her expertise by editing the book, Food Security and Safety: African Perspectives, published by Springer, Cham.
The book offers insight into the lack of enough, safe, and nutritious…
Young entrepreneur takes haircare products to the world
For this young woman entrepreneurship is a way of life. North-West University (NWU) master’s student in chemistry, Paula Maseko, recently started her own business by producing and selling haircare products.
Paula, who hails from Lonelypark in Mahikeng, started her business in 2020 in her mother’s garage. With a few pots, bowls, a hand…
NWU’s IKS Centre collaborates with Wits University to explore indigenous palaeo-knowledge
The Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) Centre of the North-West University (NWU) has partnered with Wits University to do palaeontology research along the Karoo Basin.
The IKS Centre team comprises Prof Simeon Materechera, a senior professor and research leader for the NWU team, and Otsile Maditsi, a lecturer at the centre. They are…
NWU academic weighs in on prospects and challenges of District Development Model
Phenyo Mokgothu
North-West University (NWU) academic in the subject group Developmental Studies, Gaopalelwe Mpolokeng says the success of the government’s District Development Model (DDM) lies in cooperation.
Approved by the South African cabinet on 21 August 2019, the DDM is a government approach to…
Understanding the world of homeless people suffering from mental illness
Phenyo Mokgothu
Globally, one of the main causes of street homelessness is chronic mental illness, and South Africa is no different. Researchers from the North-West University (NWU) have some recommendations on how the plight of these vulnerable people can be…
NWU residences go green
Mafumane Tlhapi
The vegetable gardens of two student residences on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus - the Kgosi Dick Montshioa and Mbada residences - are now starting to bear fruit.
The project, which started in 2019, is led by…
NWU academic and Fulbright Fellowship holder doing ground-breaking cancer research
Phenyo Mokgothu
North-West University (NWU) academic in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Prof Mulunda Mwanza, has been selected and awarded the prestigious Fulbright Visiting Scholar Fellowship, and is currently based at…
NWU launches disability awareness campaign: Take a few steps in my shoes
Mafumane Tlhapi
The Student Campus Council in collaboration with the Disability Rights Unit on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus recently held a two-day disability awareness event.
Themed “Take a few steps in my shoes”, the main objective of the…
NWU researcher’s academic article among top cited
Phenyo Mokgothu
An academic article published by Prof Teboho Mosikari, an academic from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Economic Sciences, is among the top-cited articles by Wiley, a multinational publishing company that specialises in academic…
NWU academic selected to the Global Young Academy
Phenyo Mokgothu
North-West University (NWU) academic from the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre, Prof Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, has been selected to the Global Young Academy (GYA) from June 2022 until May 2027.
Selection for…