What if the establishment of an NWU School of Mines and Mining Engineering in Rustenburg became the beginning of something much larger?
What if it opened the door to broader access to university education, stronger healthcare training, executive development, thriving local enterprises and lifelong learning across the region?
That is the scale of ambition this opportunity deserves.
When the Minister of Finance tables the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement on 21 October, one test will be whether it delivers on a promise made to South Africa’s youngest children.
In February’s State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa set a goal of ending child stunting by 2030. More than a quarter of children under five are too short for their age. He said the mini-budget would set out a clear allocation for the plan.
A world champion’s javelin throw. An African record over the hurdles. A team moving in championship-winning unison. At the inaugural North-West University (NWU) Sports Awards, the achievements took many forms, but each gave the university reason to stand a little taller.
Three tiny insects that lived about 90 million years ago have helped a North-West University (NWU) researcher uncover new clues about life on Earth during the age of the dinosaurs. The discovery also sheds light on how insects fed on plants and how some became the crop pests farmers face today.
The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU) warmly congratulates its members and associates on their election and appointment to leadership and specialist roles in the Council of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Arts) and its Commission for Language Technology.
The North-West University (NWU) continues to demonstrate how business education, innovation and entrepreneurial thinking can contribute to solving real-world challenges, with one of its students earning national recognition for turning mining waste into a potential resource for sustainable construction.
For more than three decades his distinctive voice has helped South Africans make sense of politics, democracy and a changing nation. Now veteran broadcaster and media personality Tim Modise will receive an honorary doctorate from the North-West University (NWU).
The university will confer the honorary doctorate on Modise during a special ceremony at the Great Hall on the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus on Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 10:00.
The North-West University (NWU) community is deeply saddened by the passing of the legendary South African musician, composer, and esteemed NWU Chancellor’s Award recipient, Bernard “Babsy” Mlangeni, who passed away on 1 October 2026 at the age of 83.
South Africa has trained 3 277 doctors in Cuba, but at a current cost of around R1.62 million per student, Prof. Bismark Tyobeka asks whether a programme created 30 years ago still serves the country's needs.