Gabila Nubong
Gabila Nubong is a political economist with a masters in economics and and PhD in international Relations. He is a senior lecturer at the School of Economics of the North West University, Dr Nubong has work experience as a a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Strategic and Political Affairs (ISPA) at the University of Pretoria,…
Tlhalitshi Volition Montshiwa
Tlhalitshi Volition Monsthiwa holds a PhD in Statistics. He has published papers on missing data imputation, efficiency of count data models, and on questionnaire development and evaluation. Dr Montshiwa is supervising both Masters and PhD students and his area of interest is on multivariate techniques with application to teaching and learning…
Suretha van Wyk
Obtained my CA(SA) qualification in 1991. Completed my articles at PWC and after my Articles work at KPMG for 10 years as manager and then as senior manager. During my time at KPMG, I have gained valuable experience auditing big listed companies and Pension funds. After KPMG, I have worked as Internal audit manager at a listed company for three…
Sonja Grater
Sonja Grater is an associate professor in the School of Economics at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus). She lectures undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the field of international trade, and also gained practical experience in the freight forwarding industry before joining the University. Prof Grater's research is…
Olive Stumke
I have experience in lecturing accounting and auditing. I aim to involve students in such a way that they understand the topics being lectured rather than to memorise facts. In my quest to instil life-long learning, I do research on how to integrate basic IT skills in the core modules of Accountancy.
Lisebo Tseane-Gumbi
Dr Lisebo Tseane-Gumbi completed her PhD in Geography at the University of South Africa (UNISA), her thesis focused on social responsibility of the tourism businesses in South Africa. She completed her M-Tech in Tourism Management at Cape Penninsula University of Technology (CPUT). She also obtained both her Tourism Management B-Tech and Diploma…
Marissa Brouwers
Marissa Brouwers (PhD) is currently a Senior Lecturer of Work and Organisational Psychology at the North-West University in South Africa (PC). She is also the programme leader for Research at the School for Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management. Academically she has completed a Doctorate degree in the field of Industrial Psychology,…
Diteboho Xaba
I have published more 15 articles in the areas of optimization and financial econometrics. Furthermore, most of the students are have co-supervise (Masters Students) and supervise are conducting their studies in these two areas. Currently, I am study my PhD in the very same area of financial econometrics using nonlinear models. …
Joshua Chukwuere
Dr Joshua Chukwuere is a PhD holder in Information Systems, MCom in Computer Science and Information Systems from the North-West University. Joshua is a senior lecturer and the Head of Department of Information Systems (IS) in the School of Economic Sciences, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (FEMS), North-West University, South Africa.…
Joani Volschenk
Joani completed her honours in B.Com Charted Accountancy in 2009 at the North West University (NWU) – Potchefstroom Campus. She completed her articles in 2012 at Ernst & Young (EY). Joani specialised for two and a half years in Corporate Tax at EY. She completed her Master’s degree in Taxation (Financing South Africa’s National Health…
NWU academic awarded for being a stroke ambassador
Every 30 minutes in South Africa a stroke patient who could have been saved, dies or is permanently disabled because they were treated at the wrong hospital. Prof Ronel Pretorius, an associate professor and programme manager for clinical education at the North-West University (NWU), was recently recognised for her instrumental role in…
NWU researcher speaks at Indiana University
Prof Etienne Barnard, a research professor at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) research niche area Multilingual Speech Technologies (MuST), recently travelled to the United States for a research visit to the Indiana University Bloomington. He was invited to give a colloquium talk at the School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering.…
The impact of a second chance
A second chance in life is not destined for everyone, and when it comes across your way, you have to grab it with both hands and make the best of it. This is exactly what 33 young people at the North-West University's (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering did when they enrolled in the Xcel programme at the beginning of the year. They might not be…
Respect for the environment has deep roots
When you give something a name, it comes to life. When you give something your own name, it gains even more meaning. This was the case during National Arbor Week when Prof Marilyn Setlalentoa, deputy vice-chancellor for community engagement and operations on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, planted a tree and named it…
Lewendige debat tydens die vierde jaarlikse NWU-leierskapsberaad
As aktiewe burgers van Suid-Afrika moet elkeen van ons praat oor die ernstige gebrek aan behoorlike leierskap. Die uitdagings wat die land in die gesig staar – soos werkloosheid, misdaad, gender-gebaseerde ongelykhede, onvoldoende infrastruktuur en kwessies wat op grondhervorming betrekking het – kan slegs hanteer word wanneer leiers voldoende…
Robust debate during 4th annual NWU Leadership Summit
Each and every one of us, as active citizens in South Africa, need to speak out about the serious lack of authentic leadership. Having said this, the challenges facing the country – such as unemployment, crime, gender-based inequalities, inadequate infrastructure and issues pertaining to land reform – can only be addressed when leaders are…
Verandering noodsaak innovasie en groei – prof Linda du Plessis
Radikale verandering is aan die orde van die dag. So het prof Linda du Plessis, adjunk-visekanselier van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) verantwoordelik vir institusionele beplanning en Vanderbijlparkkampusbedrywighede, tydens die onlangse NWU Leierskapsberaad in Johannesburg gesê. As een van die hoofsprekers het sy die leierskapslesse…
Change necessitates innovation and growth – Prof Linda du Plessis
Radical change is at the order of the day. This is according to Prof Linda du Plessis, deputy vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU) responsible for institutional planning and operations on its campus in Vanderbijlpark, during the recent NWU Leadership Summit hosted in Johannesburg. As one of the keynote speakers, she shared the…
NWU bodybuilding fanatic keeps getting better and better
David Tshose, a third-year Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng and avid bodybuilder, recently added another first place title to his growing rack of trophies. Competing in the men’s category Athletic Physique under 178 cm, David has been selected to form part of the…