Gr8 Success! – a serious game for teaching soft skills

Meet Faith Sibiya and Carl Thomson. They are two typical varsity students. Faith is an eccentric foot-dragger and always finds an excuse to do that really important assignment… tomorrow. Carl, on the other hand, is an inattentive fusspot. In less than six months’ time, both of them have to set foot in the world of work.

Do they know that…

Good! Better! Best! School of Language Education applauds achievers

The School of Language Education recently hosted its first-ever top achievers’ event on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

The event, which took on the form of a luncheon, saw more than 20 students receive recognition for their academic achievements throughout the year.

According to Dr Rhelda Krügel,…

Aspiring legal eagles moot on children’s rights

Children are some of the most vulnerable members of society, and are routinely submitted to the worst forms of violence.

The South African legal justice system was designed to be the final protectors of societies and individuals, yet it is not uncommon for those in power to violate the rights of the country’s own citizens.

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Aspiring social workers promise to do the right thing

“My social worker is my last hope. My social worker will help me get out of a life of abuse.” O, how that last hope would disappear if the social worker in question could not be trusted to do the right thing.

Steering them in the right direction, the second-year social work students on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in…

Cultivating humanity: interdisciplinary research for a better tomorrow

Poverty, unemployment, poor service delivery, lack of economic growth. There are a lot to be done before we will see the African continent truly thriving. The need for interdisciplinary research has never been greater.

The Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently hosted a day…

Students win with ‘peaceful’ atoms

Veronica Gouws, Koketso Kgorinyane and Naomi Mokhine will soon be jetting off to Russia.

These three master’s students at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng recently won a youth video competition.

More than 30 students from Sub-Saharan Africa took part in the contest, ran by Rosatom* in cooperation with…

Career counselling- take a child to work

An 18-year old student enters the university gate with nothing but a brown envelope and hope.

Would she be accepted as a late applicant? She does not know if her dreams of studying graphic design would be thwarted; since applications and selection was already completed the previous year.

This scenario illustrates a common…

His silver tongue advocates for change

“Homosexuality is regarded illegal in 75 countries – and in 10 of them it is punishable by death or imprisonment.”

These words were part of Sibongiseni Nhlapo’s speech during the 2018 Ubuntu Ambassador public speaking competition. Teaching people about diversity in the pursuit for equality, his silver tongue recently earned him…

NWU says NO to gender-based violence

South Africa has seen 291 more women murdered, 117 more boys and 29 more girls.

This is according to the crime statistics for 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, released by the South African Police Service in September. Clearly the murders of women and children have seen a notable increase.  

Incidents of gender-based violence…

NWU facilitates LED dialogue

If you are interested in Local Economic Development (LED), then diarise 16 and 17 October 2018. On these days, the North-West University (NWU) will host two special lectures on the topic.

The lectures are hosted by the School of Economic Sciences on the campus in Vanderbijlpark, and staff, students and members of the community are invited…