Then, after the democratic change that took place in South Africa in 1994, the university community voted by popular ballot to change the name to University of the North-West.
Mme morago ga go nna le puso ya temokerasi e e neng ya tlhongwa ka 1994, batho ba mo yunibesiting ba ne ba bouta gore leina le yone le fetolwe e nne Yunibesiti ya Bokone Bophirima.