Willie Du Plessis
With excellent results in the latest South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) exams, the North-West University (NWU) has again shown that it is among the best of the best for quality education in accounting.
Bertie Jacobs
North-West University (NWU) alumnus Arnold (Arrie) Rautenbach has been named Absa’s Chief Executive Officer: Retail and Business Banking South Africa and will take over the reigns at the banking giant with immediate effect.
The North-West University (NWU) Council is proud to announce the appointment of alumnus Dr Bismark Tyobeka as its new principal and vice-chancellor.
Dr Tyobeka who is recognised as one of the leading nuclear power experts in the world, will steer the NWU for the next five years, commencing on 1 June 2022. He follows in the footsteps of Prof Dan Kgwadi who left the employment of the NWU at the end of January 2022.
It is no joke. From 1 April, the North-West University (NWU) will host the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup at the Astroturf fields in Potchefstroom.
This is the ninth time the event has been presented, and it would have taken place in December, but the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus put paid to those plans.
Now, 16 teams comprising the best under-21 hockey players on the planet will come together next to the Mooi River from 1 to 12 April.
Heartbreak. Heartbreak of the highest order. Heartbreak akin to being dumped by your true love the morning before your matric farewell.
The North-West University (NWU) today held a successful media networking session to update members of the media fraternity on progress on the commencement of its 2022 academic year.
The institution hosted its official academic opening on Friday, 18 February, while classes commenced this week on Monday, 21 February.
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The North-West University (NWU) hosted its official academic opening on its Mahikeng Campus on Friday, 18 February. Due to Covid-19 regulations, scores of other NWU staff and both new and returning students joined the event virtually.
Invention and innovation are two separate concepts, and the difference is important, especially to aspiring entrepreneurs.
This was one of the key messages to emerge from an entrepreneurship workshop for women, titled “The entrepreneurial woman – building an innovative enterprise”.
Leonie Greyling, senior manager in enterprise development at the North-West University (NWU), presented the workshop on 25 January 2022 as part of the activation of the Student Women Economic Empowerment Programme (Sweep).
The United Kingdom’s Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has presented its 2022 Service Award for Astronomy to Prof Don Kurtz of the North-West University (NWU).
"I am delighted to be recognised by the RAS for my outreach and service activities over my 55-year career," says Prof Kurtz.
He joined the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus as extraordinary professor in 2021, and has an A1 research rating from the South African National Research Foundation.
The North-West University (NWU) has cemented its place among the cream of the crop of local and international universities in various global rankings in 2021 and is continuing its impressive ranking performance this year.
Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings has placed the NWU third overall in South Africa and 124th internationally on its ranking of the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger. The NWU was placed third overall in South Africa in this ranking in 2021 too.