Month: May 2025

Nehema Ntumba  @nehema_ntumba   The North-West University (NWU) debating union is one of the youngest arts societies on campus. It was officially recognised by the university's Arts Department  in 2020. Despite its infancy, the union has remained consistent in achieving success each year by reaching new heights that seemed unachievable.   Despite winning Southern African Universities Debate Championship (SAUDC) Nationals - which is one of the biggest debating tournaments in […]

Amari Mare @amari.mare   Roots Academy, located in Potchefstroom, hosted their Open Day on Saturday, 10 May. The excitement in the air was contagious - with the Roots Academy students appearing more thrilled than the visiting matric students. Students and parents were welcomed with warm coffee and rusks to fight off the early morning cold and tiredness.   The Roots Academy staff wore bright red sneakers. They explained that it […]

Awethu Khumalo @awe2s_righttoe   Have you ever asked yourself how it would feel to be in a room of singing angels? Well, the NWU Serenaders and NWU Voices of the River (VOR) answered that question at the Inter-Campus Choral Music Concert hosted at the Totius Hall on Saturday evening, 10 May.    An audience that consisted of students and family from both campuses gathered that evening to celebrate the gift […]

Shanell Binedell en Chiara Dover @shanell_lalala en @chiaradoverr     "‘n Ballade vir die straat" – ‘n Nuwe uitkyk op ‘n onbekende wêreld   Suid-Afrika is ‘n hawe vir baie hartseer: beurtkrag, inbrake, dwelmmisbruik. Die een hartseer sig wat elke Suid-Afrikaner daagliks ervaar, is die bestaan van boemelaars en die hawelose. Dis hierdie nake waarheid wat deur Ballade vir die straat aangespreek word.   Thalia Toneel, die teatergroep van die […]