The North-West University’s (NWU’s) solar car, Phoenix, recently returned to home base after a gruelling race over 4 000 km during this year’s Sasol Solar Challenge.

John Molepo, a lecturer at the School of Government Studies at the North-West University (NWU), was recently appointed as the national executive director of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM).

Prof Daryl Balia, executive dean of the NWU’s faculty of Theology, has been appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Assigned Functions and Campus Operations, Potchefstroom Campus.

On 25 September 2018 the subject group Language Practice on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom hosted a talk by Dr Henry Liu, a former president of the International Federation of Translators.

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) solar car, Phoenix, kicked off its Sasol Solar Challenge race of more than 4 000 km, and are competing against four other South African teams and competitors from Japan, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

The North-West University’s Varsity Netball team is looking to end the group stages of this years’ tournament on the same high as how they started. Coach Elsunet du Plessis’ team beat UJ 77-27 in their opening match and have since won four out of their six fixtures.

From the ashes of Naledi a Phoenix rises. The North-West University’s (NWU’s) new solar car from the Faculty of Engineering, Phoenix, is fluffing its feathers to spread its wings during the Sasol Solar Challenge that starts on 22 September in Pretoria and ends in Stellenbosch.

A second chance in life is not destined for everyone, and when it comes across your way, you have to grab it with both hands and make the best of it. This is exactly what 33 young people at the North-West University's (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering did when they enrolled in  the Xcel programme at the beginning of the year.

Every 30 minutes in South Africa a stroke patient who could have been saved, dies or is permanently disabled because they were treated at the wrong hospital.

The subject group Creative Writing of the North-West University (NWU) took on a Byderhand project together with the Pioneer School for the visually impaired in Worcester. This project was introduced in an excellent manner in Worcester on 30 August 2018 with the opening of the multisensory garden at the Pioneer School.