The NWU is constantly working towards building a culture of inclusion and acceptance. To this end, it has put in place policies and programmes that promote gender equality for both students and staff.

It was an event as unique as it was entertaining. It was peculiar and inventive. It was a blast. On Sunday, 18 October 2020, the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus hosted one of three simultaneous legs of the Sanlam Cape Town Virtual Marathon – Elite Invitational, with the men’s overall winner, Edward Mothibi, running on the Potchefstroom Campus.

We are living in times in which we are required to support our learners to acquire new ways of learning and the competencies needed for them to enter and be successful in their studies and careers in engineering. These are challenging times in which we need to empower learners for the “new normal” to study and work in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is excited to announce that a very special woman is joining the faculty’s ranks.

Perseverance in the time of an epidemic. Undaunted in a time of doubt. In trying times we live vicariously through our heroes. Their accomplishments are our triumphs. That is why we watch them, why we root for them, why we celebrate them. These heroes are our sportsmen and women.

The Optentia research focus area in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Humanities hosted an online presentation on leadership legitimacy during radical change on 6 October 2020.

The North-West University (NWU) is constantly working towards building a culture of inclusion and acceptance. To this end, it has put in place policies and programmes that promote gender and language equality.

An exciting online concert showcasing staff and students’ impressive talent will start off the North-West University’s (NWU) Gender Awareness Week (GAW) and Language Awareness Week (LAW) online event. The concert takes place on 28 September and is part of the awareness week that ends on 2 October.

The Business School of the North-West University (NWU) held its fourth digital Think Tank on the state of local government in South Africa, with the focus on the section 139 interventions in local government.

We had an uncommonly cold winter that had our teeth chattering. Now, with spring in full swing, Hector Chikoore, an associate professor at the North-West University (NWU) who specialises in meteorology, climatology and climate change, looks back on the past season and gazes ahead at what the weather has in store for us.