The North-West University (NWU) Business School recently presented a Think Tank on the topic South Africa 2024 – a scenario perspective.

Dr Frans Cronje, CEO of the Institute of Race Relations, and Dr Oscar van Heerden, Director Operations at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflections, made presentations.

This particular Think Tank focused on political, economic, social and technological variables and the impact this will have on South Africa’s future towards 2024.

The latest decisions by both Fitch and Moody’s to cut South Africa’s investment grade rating further into junk status are not good news for the South Africa economy.

Prof Raymond Parsons, economist at the North-West University (NWU) Business School, says it again highlights the urgent need for South Africa to change its economic narrative.

One North-West University (NWU) student and two alumni will represent the university when netball stars from South Africa and Malawi battle it out in a three-match series in Rustenburg from 26 to 30 November 2020.

The IT department at the North-West University (NWU) recently launched a series of online training sessions for staff and students at the university. Themes included mobile cyber security, remote working and cyber security and phishing.

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) research on the genetic data of the nine lovebird species (genus Agapronis) that are native to Africa and Madagascar has been included in a comprehensive international bird study.

This year the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Career Centre hosted two very successful virtual career fairs.

During the virtual events hosted on 5 August and 21 October, more than 2 000 students engaged with various employers regarding their careers.

For the past 10 years every 17 November is observed as World Prematurity Day. This day aims to highlight and raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide.

The North-West University (NWU) has partnered with the North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation (ACSR), and the South African Library for the Blind (SALB) to improve reading access for the blind and the visually impaired in the province.

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.