https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-iks-centre-and-modi-donkey-farm-host-lekgotla
NWU IKS Centre and Modi Donkey farm to host lekgotla
The North-West University (NWU) Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Centre in partnership with Modi Donkey Farm will be hosting a donkey farmers’ Lekgotla on 1 September 2022 at the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus. Director of the IKS Centre Dr Motheo Koitsiwe says the purpose of the lekgotla is to discuss challenges and possible mitigation strategies, to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/lerato-2022-enactus-national-faculty-advisor-year
Lerato is the 2022 Enactus National Faculty Advisor of the year
It is said that one of the greatest compliments an academic can receive is to be recognised and acknowledged. Lerato Mohalajeng, a lecturer at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty and Economic and Management Sciences and Enactus faculty co-advisor, has been named the 2022 National Faculty Advisor of the Year by Enactus South Africa. This…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-leihandra-naidoo-driven-passion-life
NWU’s Leihandra Naidoo is driven by a passion for life
Folklore tells the tale of a mythical bird of Greek origin. A big, feathered creature with talons and wings, its plumage radiant and beautiful, burst into flame, consumed in its own fiery inferno only to soon after rise from its ashes in a transformation from death to life. To many, this is simply a tale told to while away time, but for North-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-and-social-justice-activist-says-no-gender-based-violence
NWU student and social-justice activist says no to gender-based violence
By Oldrin Masowa He still vividly recalls all the tragic moments like it was yesterday. The discomfort every day, the roars and sleepless nights that left him feeling powerless. But even though the torture and suffering were unbearable, even though it sometimes crippled his very being, he was never broken. Now that he is a grown man, he holds his…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-scc-provides-support-less-fortunate
NWU SCC provides support to the less fortunate
Oldrin Masowa It took five days, long working hours and no shortage of commitment but, thanks to the Student Campus Council (SCC) of the North-West University (NWU), less fortunate individuals of Potchefstroom can now protect themselves - to some extent - against the prevailing cold conditions. The NWU SCC has established a joint-initiative with…https://news.nwu.ac.za/meet-andiswa-msi
Meet Andiswa Msi
To change the world, we must help people change how they see things, and if you want to see real change, stay persistent in educating humanity on how we are all more similar than different. When one reads this, the director of Academic and Office Solutions at the North-West University (NWU), Andiswa Msi, immediately comes to mind. When you walk…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-reappointed-ambassador-global-magna-charta-observatory
NWU academic reappointed as ambassador to global Magna Charta Observatory
After having been selected for the first time in 2015, North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Klaus Beiter has been reappointed for a second term as one of 16 ambassadors to the global Magna Charta Observatory (MCO) in Bologna. He is one of only three ambassadors from South Africa, the other two being a former vice-chancellor of a major…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/skaakmat-anais-saayman-se-kos
Skaakmat is Anais Saayman se kos
“Die ‘s’ is silent,” verduidelik die pas 20-jarige Anais. “Jy spreek dit uit soos ‘A-ny’.” Om mense reg te help met die uitspraak van haar naam is tweede natuur. “Ek is al gewoond daaraan,” lag sy. Dit is egter op die skaakbord waar dié oud-leerling van Potchefstroom Gimnasium en nou BCom Toerismebestuur-student by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU…https://news.nwu.ac.za/node/28402
Checkmate is what Anais Saayman thrives on
“The ‘s’ is silent,” explains Anais, who has just turned 20. “You pronounce it like ‘A-nay’.” Correcting people with the pronunciation of her name is second nature. “I am used to it,” she laughs. However, this former pupil of Potchefstroom Gymnasium and now BCom Tourism Management student at the North-West University (NWU) does most of her…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-huisves-grootste-spar-netbalkampioenskap-ooit
NWU huisves grootste Spar Netbalkampioenskap ooit
Eenduisendagthonderd deelnemers en beamptes. Ses-en-negentig spanne. Een Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) wat die grootste Spar Netbalkampioenskap ooit aanbied. Die Fanie du Toit Sportterrein het van 8 tot 13 Augustus behoorlik uit sy nate gebars met netbaltalent, en die NWU het weereens bewys dat daar nie ’n toernooi bo sy vuurmaakplek is nie. Die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/masjien-en-diepleer-deel-van-must-die-noordwes-universiteit
Masjien- en diepleer is deel van MUST by die Noordwes-Universiteit
Ons wêreld beweeg al hoe vinniger, en deur al die eeue van ons bestaan, kon ons nog nooit so vinnig soek, so ver reis of so diep delf nie. Ons het in die laaste eeu alleen ’n verbasingwekkende toename in die insameling van data gesien, en ons kan ongelooflike hoeveelhede inligting stoor om ons te help om bekende en onbekende probleme op te los.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/deidre-mik-om-vir-olimpiese-spele-te-kwalifiseer
Deidre mik om vir Olimpiese Spele te kwalifiseer
Hierdie tyd van die jaar klou die humiditeit in Nigerië se hoofstad, Lagos, soos kleefgom aan jou lyf vas. Dit is drukkend, aanhoudend. Dan is daar Benin, Nigerië se susterland aan die westekant, net ʼn duisend kilometer bo die ewenaar. Die hawestad Cotonou is vasgevang tussen die Atlantiese Oseaan en Nokoué-meer, waar dit bekend is dat seerowers…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-word-die-tennisparadys
NWU word die tennisparadys
Pot, stel en wedstryd. Die Potchefstroomkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is gaan die land se voorste tennisbestemming word wanneer vyf nuwe kleibane voltooi is. Hierdie bane, saam met tien hardebane en twee grasbane, maak dat die NWU ongeëwenaar is vergeleke met die aanbiedings van ander instellings wat bane en geriewe betref. Die NWU…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-residence-starts-mental-health-intervention-programme
NWU residence starts mental health intervention programme
Ontiretse Motingwa Cluster 11, the new residence on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, has come up with a unique mental health intervention programme called “Becoming”. The programme consists of sessions that take place every Wednesday at the residence’s recreational hall, covering a different psychological subject each week to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/triomfantelike-adele-nwu-se-comrades-koningin
Triomfantelike Adele is NWU se Comrades-koningin
Geluk, geluk en nogmaals geluk! Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se dr Adele Broodryk, 'n senior lektor by die Skool vir Menslike Bewegingskunde aan die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe, sal altyd deur die geskiedenis onthou word as die eerste Suid-Afrikaanse vrou wat die 2022 Comrades-marathon voltooi het. Sy het ook algeheel derde in die vroue-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/adele-triumphs-nwus-comrades-queen
Adele triumphs as NWU's Comrades queen!
Congratulations, congratulations and, once more, congratulations! History will always remember the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Dr Adele Broodryk, a senior lecturer at the School of Human Movement Sciences at the Faculty of Health Sciences, as being the first South African woman to complete the 2022 Comrades Marathon. She also claimed the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/deidre-aiming-qualify-olympic-games
Deidre is aiming to qualify for the Olympic Games
This time of the year the humidity in Nigeria’s capital, Lagos, sticks to you like Prestik. It is oppressive, constant. Then there is Benin, Nigeria’s neighbour in the west, just a thousand kilometres above the equator. The port city of Cotonou is captive between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Noukoué, where pirates are known to roam. These…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-vanderbijlpark-campus-enactus-team-president-compete-international-honours
NWU's Vanderbijlpark Campus Enactus team president to compete for international honours
Jodey Adrian Foster, president of the Enactus team on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus, is over the moon. This is after Ford selected his team to attend the Enactus international competition in Puerto Rico. The NWU participated in the national competition on 14 July at the Sandton Convention Centre. The Central University…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hou-die-ekonomiese-bootjie-vlot-waarom-suid-afrika-vroulike-geoktrooieerde-rekenmeesters-nodig-het