Two nursing students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, Sakhile Ngcobo and Tshiamo Mokgoetsi, have been selected to take part in the Health and Social Care skill category of the WorldSkills South Africa national competition on 28 March 2022.

They will be competing for the chance to represent South Africa at the 46th International WorldSkills Competition which will be held from 12-17 October 2022 in Shanghai, China.

The North-West University (NWU) hosted the SASCOCHigh Performance Indaba at the Sports Village between 9 and 11 February 2022. SASCOC used this strategic planning session to review the performance of the Olympic and other elite teams over the past five years, and finalise a strategic plan for the next few Olympic cycles.

As students return to the campuses of the North-West University (NWU), the university is moving to the next stage of teaching and learning.

This entails piloting a hybrid-flexible (HyFlex) approach that enables simultaneous face-to-face and online teaching and learning. In short, this means that students can participate either in person or at another time and, through eFundi, access recordings with advanced searching, tagging and assessment facilities on the Panopto lecture-capturing and video-content management platform.

More than a thousand maths and science learners from high schools in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark have had a front row seat and experienced – first-hand – the wonders of the universe.

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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“In challenging economic circumstances Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana displayed a safe pair of hands in navigating South Africa’s public finances towards debt stability and fiscal sustainability in the immediate future.”

Faster than the blink of an eye, bigger than our entire galaxy and pulsating with unimaginable intensity, it is one of the most energetic cosmic events visible from earth observed and captured on record ― a shock wave that extends for 6,5 million light years.

On 10 February 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) since he took office in 2018. This was a highly anticipated address, and it is aimed at informing the general public and all relevant stakeholders on the government’s progress in the year that has passed, while detailing the plans and directives for the year ahead.

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.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Chairs Programme in the TRADE research entity (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences) at the North-West University (NWU) has published a new book on Africa’s digital future.

The book, titled Africa’s digital future: From theory to action, makes an important and timely contribution to the literature on Africa, exploring the many opportunities and challenges that the continent faces in a world characterised by accelerating technological change.