NWU Disability unit hosts campaign in support of Disability Week

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Disability Unit on the campus in Mahikeng launched a three-day awareness campaign on 18 October in support of Disability Week.

The awareness campaign, with the theme ‘Take a few steps in my shoes’, is aimed at sensitising and educating the campus community and external stakeholders about the…

NWU student is a Miss Commonwealth SA finalist

Matshidiso Mogotsi, a student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s)  campus in Mahikeng, just added another achievement to her name after recently being selected as one of the finalists for the 2017 Miss Commonwealth South Africa pageant. 

The Miss Commonwealth South Africa pageant is a platform created for women to…

NWU students benefit from Free State Province Bursary Scheme

On 14 October 2017, the North-West University (NWU) welcomed representatives of the Free State Premier's Office to talk to students who received bursaries from the Free State Province Bursary Scheme.

The representatives included Ms Olifant, the executive mayor of Felizile Dabidistrict municipality on behalf of the MEC for the…

Enactus Vaal elects new management team

The team of Enactus Vaal is ready to make 2018 one of this student body’s most memorable years to date. Not only has a new management team been elected, but the members also underwent intensive training in preparation for their term of office.

Enactus – which is an abbreviation for: “ENtrepreneurial ACTion creates a better world for US all…

Calling the alumni of the future

A university’s relationship with a student is certainly not over on graduation day. As an alumnus of a university, every student still has a role to play – years after writing that last exam.

This was the message of Ms Zanele Ngobese, alumni relations officer on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijpark, to students at a…

Graduates shine during October graduation ceremony

During the recent October graduation ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, a group of 91 graduates crossed the stage to receive their degrees.

The graduation ceremony was hosted at the Quest Conference Estate and saw 11 master’s degrees and one doctoral degree being conferred. In his address Prof Dan…

Messages to the NWU’s Varsity netball team.

Owethu Sityata says: “The tournament was amazing. The NWU netball team had a great fighting spirit throughout the entire competition. It is unfortunate that they lost at the finals, but nonetheless I am still proud.”

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NWU alumna makes South Africa proud at Miss Wheelchair World pageant

Lebogang Monyatsi, an alumna of the North-West University (NWU) made South Africa and the NWU proud when she was crowned first princess during the first ever Miss World Wheelchair pageant that was held on 7 October 2017 in Warsaw, Poland.

Lebogang is the first South African woman in a wheelchair to be a runway model and was the…

NWU Alumni changing the face of tomorrow for all

“Welcome home, alumni!” With these words Prof Linda du Plessis, deputy vice-chancellor of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, recently welcomed members of the Young Alumni fraternity back to the campus for the annual NWU Alumni Homecoming event.

More than 300 alumni members, affiliated to the Young Alumni Chapter…

NWU Young Alumni: here’s to the next generation!

Since the formal inception of the NWU Young Alumni Homecoming initiative on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, the event has grown in leaps and bounds.

This year’s rendition saw more than 300 young alumni come together to party with a purpose: to raise funds to see current students achieve their dreams of…