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Lesiba Dikhoba @lesiba.dikhoba The North-West University (NWU) submitted a comprehensive business proposal for establishing a Medical School in August 2017, after being formally invited by the National Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). The NWU has since actively engaged with the National Department of Health and the DHET and anticipates feedback from the Joint Health Sciences Education Committee (JHSEC). On 14 December 2022, members of the University Council engaged […]

Shanell Binedell @shanell_lalala On Tuesday, 16 July, a Student Campus Council (SCC) accountability session was held. This session was attended by various student leaders, with the intention of giving students the opportunity to hold members of the SCC accountable. Attendance of this meeting was restricted, however a Microsoft Teams link was made available to all. The session was adjourned shortly after starting. The session was well-planned, with a list of […]

Christinet Zaal @christinetzaal  On Thursday, 18 July, members of Wapad and PUKfm collaborated in an effort to keep the Bult clean. This was done in the spirit of Mandela Day, where South Africans are encouraged to give 67 minutes of their time to positively impact their communities. Team members walked from campus to the broader Bult and Cachet Park area to pick up rubbish. The conditions were especially windy, but […]

Suzanne-Marie Botha @szmrie February brought tumultuous times for the North-West University (NWU) and its Potchefstroom Student Campus Council (SCC) after a motion of no confidence led to the dismissal, reinstatement, and resignation of the SCC: Secretary for the term 22/23, Beàtha Groenewald. Wapad followed up with Groenewald and Yikumba Andreas, the current Potchefstroom campus SCC chairperson and NWU Student Representative Council (SRC) chairperson. Please read the first article here: https://wapad.online/?p=1642 […]

Disrupted ceremony, disrupted council Suzanne-Marie Botha  @szmrie The North-West University (NWU) dominated the headlines of your favourite news outlets yet again over the past week, following the incident that took place during the first years’ welcoming ceremony at the Potchefstroom campus on Saturday, 11 February. This year’s ceremony promised to be a prestigious event, since it was the Potchefstroom campus’s turn to host the Vice Chancellor of the NWU, Dr […]

Francois Wiid and Tendainyasha Zinyemba @wiid.francois and @tendai_zee  Students are awaiting the inauguration of the new Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Dr Bismark Tyobeka, nuclear scientist and chairperson of the North-West University (NWU) Council. His appointment was officially announced on 18 March by the NWU Council. This appointment was confirmed by the NWU Council on the 17th of March. The appointment  of Dr Bismark Tyobeka followed the resignation of Professor Dan Kgwadi, […]

Suzanne-Marie Botha @szmrie With the first day of March comes yet another registration deadline extension issued by the North-West University (NWU), in an attempt to provide solutions regarding the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding problems. Registration for the year 2023 will now be open until Friday, 3 March.  On Tuesday, 28 February, a total of 11 437 contact first-time entry students (FTENs) were fully registered, while 1 184 remained conditionally […]

Loanné Breitenbach  @viragie De Jonge Akker had its doors open to students, lecturers, and parents alike for many years. However, on 31 December 2022, it closed its doors. The rental agreement had expired, and it was decided that the agreement would not be renewed. According to Michelle Kroon, head of Cachet Park Shopping Centre, six months before the closure, De Jonge Akker’s owners were notified that their rental agreement would […]

Loanné Breitenbach @viragie The North-West University (NWU) has devised a plan to supply a multilingual curriculum to students in English, Afrikaans, Setswana, and Sesotho (the NWU’s four official languages). The NWU plans to use these languages to establish a setting where students can access information in their preferred language. As Language Awareness Week took place from 5 to 9 September, Wapad decided to find out more about the feasibility of […]