North-West University (NWU) Soccer Institute player Banele Hlophe has joined the professional team JDR Stars FC.
JDR Stars is a South African football club based in Pretoria, and plays in the National First Division.
Hannes Lombard, manager at the North-West University (NWU) farm in Mahikeng, says that the persistent heavy rains since November last year have posed major challenges for farmers, and in particular crop farmers.
The North-West University (NWU) is honoured to have been chosen to receive the Queen’s Baton as part of the special relay that precedes next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The School of Nursing at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus is collaborating with various stakeholders to commemorate and support 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (GBV).
16 Days of Activism Against GBV is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign runs every year from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day.
The NWU’s main event will take place at 09:00 on 10 December 2021 at Magogwe Koikoi.
On Thursday, 25 November 2021, the world’s greatest science communication competition hosted its final showdown, where 10 young researchers and professionals battled it out for the title of world’s best science communicator in the FameLab International 2021 online final.
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Letago Kgomoeswana represented the university and South Africa, and did her country and the NWU proud when she was announced as runner-up, along with Samantha Nixon from Australia. Alex Cloherty from the Netherlands was announced global champion.
Staff members from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus paid tribute to the outgoing vice-chancellor, Prof Dan Kgwadi, during the campus’s annual staff year-end function.
Universities across the country are producing ground-breaking research with great economic potential, but often the question is how this can be translated into commercial enterprises.
To address this issue, the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted a webinar titled “Mushrooming of ideas: Converting a postgraduate study into a commercial business”.
The main speaker at the event was Sydwell Sihlangu, an NWU alumnus and PhD candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
North-West University (NWU) final-year BAdmin student Mbulelo Mbiphi was announced as one of the winners of the South African men’s fashion magazine GQ’s Best Dressed Awards for 2021 on 16 October 2021.
North-West University (NWU) master’s student Letago Kgomoeswana has been announced as the winner of the 2021 national FameLab® competition, one of the biggest science communication competitions in the world.
This competition promotes science and technology by creating a platform for young scientists to find their voices and reach public audiences.
Leading the North-West University (NWU) delegation, Prof Sonia Swanepoel, acting deputy vice-chancellor for community engagement and Mahikeng Campus operations, launched a multi-sectoral collaboration community engagement project on 15 October 2021 at the Lokaleng village in Mahikeng.
The main aim of this project is to promote multi-sectoral and inter-faculty interventions in solving real-life community problems.