NWU’s Leopard Lair Competition – top studentpreneur shares advice

The deadline for entries for the 2020 version of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) popular Leopard’s Lair Business Competition is approaching, and all studentpreneurs are invited to take part.

If you consider yourself to be an innovator with an out-of-the-box business idea, this competition is just for you and offers you the opportunity…

NWU again ranked among the cream of the crop

The consistent good achievements of the North-West University (NWU) in world rankings is further celebrated with the announcement that it has been ranked in the top 4,7% of 20 000 universities globally.

This newest ranking was done by the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR). The CWUR published their list of leading…

Make your CV stand out

Since the lockdown commenced, a number of businesses have had to close indefinitely, leaving thousands of South Africans unemployed. With so many people in the job market, jobseekers have to find new ways to stand out from the crowd.

Dr Peet Roos, Ms Suzanne de Swart and Mr Mphinyana Nemasitoni from the Career Centre at the North-…

Face masks for a great cause

North-West University (NWU) alumnus Ofentse Rabaji has truly proven how one man’s waste can be another man’s treasure.

The 27-year-old who holds a master’s degree in environmental management, has been making face masks for the less fortunate, by using scrap cotton fabric.

Ofentse also sells these masks to members of the…

International endorsement for NWU’s nuclear technology management

The NWU’s researchers and academics in nuclear engineering have shown that the university’s expertise and academic offerings in the field are in line with the best international standards. This is the case with the NWU’s newly internationally endorsed master’s programme in nuclear engineering.

Specialising in nuclear technology…

NWU hosts first-ever virtual graduation ceremony

The North-West University (NWU) hosted its first-ever virtual conferral of degrees and awarding of diplomas due to the challenges posed by social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.

The virtual graduation ceremony* was hosted online on 29 May. It included the conferral of all degrees and awarding of diplomas that would…

NWU batting king dreams of professional cricket

A great deal of courage and grit are needed to open an innings and look a determined opening fast bowler unwaveringly in the eye. However, 22-year-old Ruan Havenga, attacking opening batsman of the cricket team of the North-West University (NWU) in Vanderbijlpark, remains unfazed and dreams of establishing himself as a professional cricketer.…

Amanda is NWU Vanderbijlpark’s elite netball coach

Amanda Dreyer is a netball coach without equal, and is currently one of only two elite netball coaches in the Sedibeng region. She is also the coach of the netball team of the North-West University (NWU) in Vanderbijlpark.

In the time in which the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the world of sport to a temporary standstill, Amanda is very…

NWU virtual fun run a runaway success

The first virtual 5-km fun run the North-West University (NWU) hosted on 16 May was a runaway success. More than 600 runners from as far as New Zealand, Germany and China took part in the online event.

All the runners needed to participate was a smartphone and a fitness device to enter their times on Wufoo at the end of their run.  …

Remembering Prof Claassen

He strode the red, rich earth of the old Western Transvaal like a colossus, this enigma of a man. Hard and uncompromising, dedicated to the extreme. For decades his name was known in rugby circles the world over as a Goliath of the game.

And I got to wear his blazer once.

In the amateur days of the sport – when “bricklayer…