Young mothers in Temba are helping to shape research about their own lives, rather than being treated only as research subjects.
This approach is at the centre of “Her Voice, Her Strength”, a five-year community engagement and research programme led by Dr Lungisile Shange from the subject group Population Studies and Demography at the North-West University (NWU).
While the communication profession is being remade in real time, the qualifications meant to prepare students for it are not keeping up.
Opinion piece by Prof. Lida Holtzhausen, director of the School of Communication
The School of Communication at the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted its third annual Industry Summit across all three campuses, bringing together leading communication professionals, industry partners and students under the theme “The complete communication professional”.
Opinion piece by Dr Mabutho Shangase, senior lecturer in Political Studies and International Relations at the North-West University (NWU)
Election promises abound, but effective governance remains elusive as political parties chase power without mastering the machinery of the state.
As South Africa approaches another electoral cycle, political parties are once again unveiling manifestos filled with familiar promises.
Journalism students at the North-West University (NWU) had the opportunity to engage directly with an experienced newsroom practitioner when senior journalist and sports and deputy editor of the Mafikeng Mail, Teboho Letselela, delivered a guest lecture to Introduction to Journalism students on Thursday, 20 August 2026.
The session formed part of the students’ preparation for their upcoming group assignments, which require them to pitch and produce a hard news article.
The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU) is dedicated to supporting the development and digitisation of South African languages, ensuring that these languages have a significant presence in the digital future.
The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU) inaugurated four distinguished scholars as honorary fellows on 17 August 2026. This marks an important milestone in strengthening collaboration, knowledge exchange and innovation in digital language resources and the digital humanities.
The North-West University (NWU) chancellor Dr Anna Mokgokong, together with the principal and vice-chancellor, Prof. Bismark Tyobeka, officially unveiled the Centre for Contemporary Identity and Diversity Studies (CCIDS) during a gala dinner at the Riverside Sun Hotel in Vanderbijlpark marking the launch of the centre.
The launch, held during Women's Month, celebrated a new chapter in the commitment of the university to advancing identity, inclusion and social justice.
The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU) is proud to support the preservation and long-term accessibility of South Africa’s language teaching scholarship through the digitisation of historic editions of the Journal for Language Teaching (Tydskrif vir Taalonderrig).
Not since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq reshaped global security after 2001 or, more significantly, since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, has the international order undergone change on the scale we are witnessing today.