Golden Key Chapter celebrates high-status standing
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) branch of the Golden Key International Honour Society is going from strength to strength.
Community Engagement
Puppets promote learning amongst young minds
It was a sight to behold. As the music started to play and the velvet curtains drew open, the kids at the El Shaddai Primary School in Vanderbijlpark drew in their breaths and their eyes shone with wonder. It was time for the colourful puppets to talk and for small children to listen and learn.
Brexit agreement is a major step towards avoiding widespread disruption
“The fact that the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) have reached an agreement on Brexit after complex negotiations will be generally welcomed in view of the wider implications of 'hard' Brexit for key components of the world trading system.”
NWU Engineering gives her dreams wings – literally!
She is inspired by the people around her – by friends, family and, in her professional career, by her lecturers. Today Dr Angelique Janse van Rensburg is someone who in turn inspires others by her absolutely unquenchable passion for what she does – being an engineer!
Transport crises, transport opportunities
There are crises in the South African transport sector, but this same sector is also rife with opportunities.
PhD in Setswana: a first for NWU’s campus in Mahikeng
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng conferred the first ever Setswana PhD in the history of the Department of Setswana, since its establishment about 39 years ago.
Property mogul honoured at NWU graduation
The North-West University (NWU) conferred an honorary doctorate on Mr Keith Bothongo during its annual Spring Graduation ceremony held at its campus in Mahikeng on Thursday, 17 October 2019.
Fiery Chucky is NWU Rugby Institute’s player of the year
What a year for Louis van der Westhuizen and what a night at the recent year-end function of the North-West University (NWU) Rugby Institute.
The world awaits Thandi Hlotshana
Thandi Hlotshana is about to see the world. Hailing from the East Rand, the bubbly 23-year old who is a final-year BA student in industrial psychology and labour relations at the North-West University (NWU) has been awarded the Abe Baily Bursary – one of only 18 recipients in the country.
NWU academic advocates strategies on greener and sustainable cremation
“In the coming years it’s imperative that religious leaders must rethink alternative strategies for laying the dead to rest, and greener and sustainable cremations should rather be considered than burials.”