Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships and collaboration, as we need an army of companies to work together to build a better world. This statement by Prof Danie Meyer, senior lecturer in the subject group for Economics on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU), sums up the collaborative prowess of the NWU, the VAAL LED Warriors and the local community of Sharpeville.

Economists, academics alike are in agreement: female entrepreneurs are an under-tapped force that can revive economic growth. Having said this, Natanya Meyer – a lecturer within the School of Economic Sciences on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU), will join an international research team to collaborate on a research project titled: “Women for Women Entrepreneurship Development.” 

Ms Hlompo Panelope Maruping, a lecturer from the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) has been invited by the academic selection committee of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) to be one of the speakers at the Annual International Conference on Business, Law and Economics.

Dr Leepile Alfred Sehularo, psychiatry and mental health nursing lecturer in the Nursing Department on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) has been appointed to the North West Provincial Mental Health Review Board by the MEC for Health, Dr Magome Masike.

Prof Abayomi Samuel Oyekale from the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) kick-started the first of six inaugural lectures for the 2017 academic year on 14 March 2017 with his lecture “Micro-econometric modelling in applied economic research: The pains, pitfalls and paradoxes”.

Prof Freddy Samuel Khunou, an associate professor on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), recently published a book - Mountains of Spirit - on the history and culture of the Bakwena ba Mogopa tribe.

Drie PhD-studente van die Optentia-Navorsingsfokusarea op die Vanderbijlparkkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het onlangs rolspelers uit die gemeenskap genooi om saam met hulle om die konferensietafel te sit om die uiters tersaaklike probleem van werkloosheid te bespreek.  

Melinda du Toit, Leoni van der Vaart en Rachele Paver het elkeen die geleentheid gehad om rolspelers op ’n kort reis deur hulle onderskeie dele van die studie te neem.

Dr Miranda Mgijima, director for internationalisation on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) recently played host to Mr Richard Ndaba from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) seeking to foster good working relations with the campus.

Three former students from the North-West University (NWU) again underlined why the School of Accounting Sciences is an institute par excellence. 

The following article represents an opinion piece by Dr Ilyayambwa Mwanawina, an expert in regional integration, international law, good governance and human rights from the North-West University (NWU). He explains what he believes the African Union and African universities should learn from this watershed legal ruling – especially with regards to African integration.