Not even the cold weather in Mahikeng on Friday, 4 August could deter students, academics and guest speakers from sharing best practices on a hot topic: responsible social media usage.

The North-West University (NWU) Varsity football team, the 2017 tournament’s underdogs, clinched yet another crucial victory against Wits University in their encounter at the Mahikeng Stadium on Thursday, 3 August 2017.

Prof Nehemia Mavetera, a professor in information systems and director of the School of Economic and Decision Sciences at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, recently delivered his inaugural lecture.

Have you ever imagined how it must be to attend lectures on an empty stomach?

Well, students who can’t provide a proper and nutritious meal for themselves every day, are being thrown a life-line thanks to an initiative by several role players.

If the electrifying encounter between the North-West University’s (NWU’s) football team and their host University of Fort Hare (UFH) on 27 July 2017 is anything to go by, the NWU has made its presence felt in this year’s Varsity Football tournament.

Prof Dan Kgwadi, the vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), has once again put the spotlight on students living with disabilities.

2017 is not only significant as it marks the start of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) renewed focus to become a unitary institution of superior academic excellence. It also marks the year in which students will have to make one of the most important choices ever – that of a future career and hence a field of study.

Refilwe Basimane, an alumna of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, has recently been awarded an international scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in nuclear science and technology at the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

The team of students from the Reading Lab on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng spent their 67 minutes in honour of Mandela Day on 18 July 2017 by putting smiles on the faces of the less fortunate children of the Legae la Thuto Day Care Centre.

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Enactus chapter on its campus in Mahikeng recently claimed top honours at the Enactus South Africa National Competition held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.