Crisis, trauma and how they affect you differently
Dr Monique de Klerk is a senior counselling psychologist at the NWU's Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP)
Experts
Koeberg is the continent’s nuclear backbone
Koeberg’s latest milestone shows why nuclear power remains central to South Africa’s energy future.
Koeberg’s performance suggests Eskom may be rebuilding the public confidence it once lost.
As the only operational nuclear plant in Africa, Koeberg continues to anchor the continent’s nuclear energy ambitions.
Is a university degree still worth it in South Africa’s changing job market?
Few questions worry prospective students and their parents more today than whether a university degree is still worth it.
In a country facing crippling unemployment, the rise of artificial intelligence and mounting financial pressures, prospective students and their parents are re-evaluating whether the once-coveted university degree is still worth pursuing.
Real heroes wear calculators
In the 2016 Hollywood actioner The Accountant, Ben Affleck plays a forensic accountant who also happens to be a mercenary, devastatingly effective with every manner of weapon in hand.
It sounds like an exaggerated cure for our country’s financial woes.
Budget 2026: Stabilisation in a slow-growth economy
The 2026 Budget positions itself as a moment of stabilisation after a decade of fiscal strain.
Prof. Joseph Sekhampu, chief director of the NWU Business School
Mining the future: The NWU’s leap into critical minerals and smart mining
The North-West University (NWU) is positioning itself at the forefront of South Africa’s evolving mining landscape, with a strategic focus on critical minerals, smart mining technologies and sustainable sector development. Through the establishment and expansion of its School of Mines and Mining Engineering, the University is aligning its academic, research and partnership agenda with national and global priorities in mineral security, industrialisation and economic resilience.
Multilingualism makes us distinctive
The term ‘multilingualism’ can often be used as window-dressing to obscure a lack of commitment to our national inclusivity cause. However, proclaiming a commitment to multilingualism is very different from being an active participant in the promotion of multilingualism.
The Future of BEE in a Changing South Africa
Prof. Joseph Sekhampu
One year on, and Donald Trump has fundamentally shifted the global order
Prof. André Duvenhage
NWU becomes first South African university with official AI policy
The North-West University (NWU) has become the first South African university to adopt an official artificial intelligence (AI) policy. The NWU Council approved the policy at its most recent meeting, further cementing the university’s position as a leader in artificial intelligence in the higher education sector.