NWU academic aims to boost environmental sustainability through industrial engineering

Meelan Roopa, a lecturer in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Industrial Engineering, is currently conducting research on new ideas and strategic ways of achieving environmental sustainability for developing countries through industrial engineering.

His research explores the synergies, divergencies and needs of ensuring…

NWU female basketballers blaze a trail

Over the past few years the North-West University’s (NWU) Vanderbijlpark Campus female basketball team has made ground-breaking strides within the sporting fraternity.

Not only did the team walk away with Team of the Year award at the recent Sedibeng Women in Sports Awards, but Enid …

Investing in equity

The Community Psychosocial Research (COMPRES) entity in the Faculty of Health Sciences recently donated eight computers (including screens, keyboards and mouses) to the Hoër Volkskool Potchefstroom. The desktop computers were no longer being used at the NWU, as they are not compatible with Windows 10. However, the…

NWU designers still on a winning streak in top competitions

Students and graduates of the Graphic Design subject group at the North-West University (NWU) have again shone at the recent international Loerie Awards and national Pendoring Awards.

Their distinctive creativity…

NWU Mahikeng Campus pay tribute to outgoing vice-chancellor

Staff members from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus paid tribute to the outgoing vice-chancellor, Prof Dan Kgwadi, during the campus’s annual staff year-end function.

Prof Kgwadi will be leaving the NWU at the end of January 2022 to join the Vaal University of…

NWU celebrates the works of non-academic authors

On 12 November 2021 the North-West University (NWU) vice-chancellor, Prof Dan Kgwadi, held an event to recognise students, staff and alumni who have authored non-academic works.

Facilitated by the executive director of the Corporate Relations…

NWU engineers shine bright

The North-West University (NWU) is constantly striving towards academic excellence and producing graduates who are fit and ready to create groundbreaking moves within their respective industries.

Two NWU industrial engineering graduates, Josua Olivier Wesch and Eduan Hugo, recently…

NWU’S Vanderbijlpark Campus hosts a crime summit 

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus recently hosted a crime summit to discuss the university’s safety initiatives.

The summit, organised by Protection Services, took place in a blended format, and was aptly themed “Act against crime together”.

The event came against the backdrop of the…

Strategic intent regarding the merits of a proposed export tax on chrome ore in SA

The Business School of the North-West University (NWUBS) completed a research project to determine the merits of a proposed export tax on chrome ore in South Africa as one of the interventions to regain the global competitive advantage of the domestic ferrochrome industry, as well as the influence thereof on the chrome–ferrochrome value chain (…

Be aware – join the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week research symposium

On 22 and 23 November the North West University (NWU), in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg, Stellenbosch University and the Water Research Commission, will host a research symposium in support of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW21).

WAAW aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance. The…