Tanya was born to create

Tanya van Deventer, a 23-year-old Master of Arts student in Graphic Design from the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus, was over the moon when her design was chosen as one of three to grace the Nescafé Ricoffy tins.

South Africans were given the opportunity to design a “Proudly me” Nescafé Ricoffy limited edition label.…

Researchers receive sought-after prize from ATKV

Two researchers from the North-West University (one posthumously) were awarded a prestige ATKV-SA Academy prize for an article that appeared in the South African Journal for Natural Sciences and Technology (Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie) in 2018.

Dr Christine Taljaard-Krugell and Prof Este Vorster from…

NWU researcher offers new considerations for Pharmaceutical Quality Control Labs

The impact of the international Covid-19 pandemic is severe and it remains the responsibility of all to prevent the spread of this virus.

This impact has clearly been detected in the workplace – with specific reference to the Pharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratory (PQCL) – where increased rates of worker absenteeism, downsizing in…

NWU takes student assessment online

Despite various challenges in 2020 due to the national lockdown and Covid-19 pandemic, the North-West University (NWU) is celebrating yet another teaching and learning milestone for itself. It is moving student assessment to a new online platform.

Lecturers officially started using the new Cirrus e-assessment platform on 1 October,…

NWU female rugby team wins Leopards virtual rugby tournament

The female rugby team on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus was crowned the winners of the Leopards Rugby Virtual League tournament on 25 October 2020.

The NWU team won the league with 3 104 votes and 24 points.

With the lockdown still being a reality, the Leopards Rugby Club decided to host a virtual…

NWU nursing students teach learners about health and hygiene

Two third-year students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Nursing were recently invited to give lessons on health and hygiene to female learners in Grade 4 to 7 at the Molema Memorial Primary School in Mahikeng.

Nomshado Ncube and Imagine Thakadu, accompanied by Boitumelo Molato, a lecturer in community nursing…

NWU CoLab and NEMISA bring e-skills to community radio stations

The North-West University (NWU) CoLab and the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA) are reaching out to community radio stations in North West by offering training in the production of radio documentaries and dramas in indigenous languages.

The NWU CoLab is an e-skills project of the School of Communication…

TRADE in the “new normal” webinar focuses on Africa

The Trade and Development (TRADE) research entity at the North-West University (NWU) and the TRADE Research Advisory, a spin-off company of the university, hosted the eighth TRADE-Decision Support Model User Group webinar, drawing more than eighty international attendees.

The webinar was hosted on 15 October by Prof Wilma Viviers,…

NWU students shine bright in Leopards Lair business competition

Students from the North-West University (NWU) pulled out all the stops at the recent annual Leopards Lair business competition.

Heading-up the competition is the NWU’s bhive Enterprise Development Centre in collaboration with the NWU’s Technology Transfer and Innovation Support office and the Vaal University of Technology (VUT).…

A different guise, a great event

It was an event as unique as it was entertaining. It was peculiar and inventive. It was a blast. On Sunday, 18 October 2020, the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus hosted one of three simultaneous legs of the Sanlam Cape Town Virtual Marathon – Elite Invitational, with the men’s overall winner, Edward Mothibi, running on the…