Six years after the establishment of the very first alumni advisory committee at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, the committee is still making its impact felt.

If you are a start-up entrepreneur or contemplating an entrepreneurial venture, then mark 9 May 2018 as a red-letter day in your diary.

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently rolled out the red carpet in celebration of the outstanding performance of its CTA accounting students. These students – who are all busy with the Certificate in Theory of Accounting curriculum (an honours programme) – are preparing for admission to the 2019 SAICA (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants) qualifying exam in January.

“South Africa’s success – as a non-racial, non-sexist, prosperous and united country – can only truly be measured against the quality of life of its women.”

Franco Bosman is a young man on a mission. At the recent Student Excellence Awards of the Faculty Economic and Management Sciences on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, Franco was announced as the top CA student in the 2017 third-year group, with an average of 94%.

You already know that sports are beneficial to your physical health. But did you also know that it positively affects your mental health? Mind Sports – a family of sports in which the objective is to test mental strength and prowess rather than physical strength – is proving to be a very popular sporting code on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

Netball as a competitive sporting code on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark is going from strength to strength.

If you thought that beauty pageants were just about high fashion and desirability, you have another thing coming. At the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, the annual Mr & Miss NWU Vaal pageant represents a celebration of confidence, charisma and talent.

The saying goes that two heads are better than one, and a strategic sport partnership between the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campuses in Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark bears testament to this.

Ask any news editor: good news does not sell newspapers. Prof Hans Henrik Knoop, extraordinary professor at the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, warns about the dangers that the current kind of journalism holds for a democratic society.