Mother-daughter duo ready for academic year

They may be years apart, but mother and daughter share the same goal: to successfully complete their respective postgraduate qualifications during the 2020 academic year.

This year saw Fatima De Abreu and her daughter, Michaela Raymakers, both fall in line to register at the North-West University (NWU).

Although it is the first…

NWU experts to deliberate on the South African economy

South Africa has slipped into its third recession since 1994 and negative growth is hampering the country’s already struggling economy.

Add to this a drop of 1,4% in the gross domestic product and the dire state of our state-owned enterprises, and it is clear that the South African economy is in a state of panic.

With this said,…

Campus applauds top academic performers

This year the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark welcomed not only a record number of first-year students, but also the cream of the matriculant crop of the South Gauteng region.

During a recent celebratory event, members of the campus management took time out to meet up with the top 30 academic performers of the…

Alumni and friends to gather for annual business breakfast

The much anticipated annual North-West University (NWU) Alumni and Friends Business Breakfast will take place on 20 March 2020 in Vanderbijlpark.

This networking event sees members of the NWU’s alumni fraternity, academia, business owners and community members coming together to debate issues such as the State of the Nation Address (SONA),…

The Cave – supporting child-protection social workers in South Africa

Dr Elmien Truter and Prof Ansie Fouché are two registered social workers and researchers at the North-West University (NWU) who, through their own experience in practice and their research, identified the grim reality in which designated child-protection social workers are expected to do their work.

They have now launched a unique website…

Calling all Sasolburg fempreneurs: enter the NWU’s Enterprising Women Programme now!

Entrepreneurship is more than just a buzzword: it is perceived to be one of the most significant economic and social developments in the world at present.

Excitingly enough, more and more women are stepping up to own and run businesses in numbers that would have been hard to imagine a few decades ago.

With this in mind the bhive…

Against all odds: not only surviving, but thriving!

Six years after sustaining life-altering injuries in a serious cycling accident, Chanell Meijer is ready to yet again define the odds. At the start of the 2020 academic year of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, Chanell enrolled for a master’s degree in education. 

In 2015 Chanell, an alumna of the NWU, made…

NWU’s Optentia off to a blazing start

With the academic year in full swing, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research focus area is off to a blazing start.

Researchers, professionals, members of academia and postgraduate students can look forward to and benefit from a bumper packed training schedule with a number of workshops, inaugural lectures and Stats Camp:…

Maths whizz Thato dreams of empowering young minds

Nicknames can be cruel, but in the case of Thato “Prof” Louw it is most definitely an indication of a bright future.

For 24-year old Thato – a third-year BSc financial mathematics student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark – his nickname reveals not only his knack for numbers, but also his passion for education…

Thokozane makes headway in reality show

Thokozane Zulu is a man with a plan. This final-year student in Public Governance at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark has his sights set on parliament, and if his recent performance in the SABC reality show, One Day Leader, is anything to go by, then his dream is sure to be realised.

During the elimination stages,…