Many karateka dream of it but very few ever have the opportunity to visit the Land of the Rising Sun. Stephen Moeketsi, a final-year BEd student of the North-West University (NWU) is one of the lucky few who gets to visit the home of karate: Japan.

March is World Social Work Month and during this time the spotlight is not only on the profession, but also on the important contributions these brave professionals make to society.

With the month of March dedicated to professional social workers, the spotlight is on the profession and the important contribution it makes to society.

Natanya Meyer is on a mission: to break new ground for entrepreneurs all over, be it through education, research, mentoring or progressing one of her own start-up ventures.

Thirty years after the inception of the Ikateleng Project, the North-West University (NWU) continues to impact the lives of thousands of learners across central South Africa by means of supplementary teaching.

Vir die eerste keer in die geskiedenis van PUKfm is dié radiostasie op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Potchefstroom by die jaarlikse Liberty Radio Awards-seremonie as die nommer een kampusradiostasie in die land aangewys.

African people have been observing the stars and planets since ancient times and modern-day science is now paying close attention to the wealth of knowledge within traditional African astronomy.

Within the next 30 years the number of older people in Africa will grow from 46 million to 170 million. This is the problem that the continent will be facing by 2050, said Prof Jaco Hoffman from the Optentia research focus area at a recent Course on Social Gerontology in Southern Africa.

“I never thought that I would ever reach a university, let alone obtain a qualification.” These were the words of Lizette Fitzpatrick, who received her Grade R Diploma from the North-West University (NWU). She is the very first deaf person who received this qualification through distance learning.

Nutrition researchers at the Centre of Excellence for Nutrition (CEN) of the North-West University (NWU) are doing important research on the treatment effects of severe acute malnutrition in Sub-Sahara Africa. Their findings will be used by the World Health Organization (WHO).