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NWU receives favourable rankings from international agencies
The NWU continues its impressive performance in various global rankings. Most recently, the university has been placed in the top 120 of the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings.
The latest THE Young University Rankings, published on 23 June 2021, place the NWU among the best 120 out of more than 475 universities globally. This is the second time that the NWU has appeared in this particular ranking, which focuses on universities that are 50 years old or younger.
The Young University Rankings include universities from various countries and use 13 performance indicators to evaluate them.
New partnership will give chemical engineers a huge advantage
A partnership between the School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering and a leading software company is putting the NWU at the cutting edge of development.
The partnership with software company METSIM will allow the design of new processes and push existing flowsheets to maximum efficiency.
Prof Quentin Campbell, the school’s director, says METSIM and the NWU have found new common ground in the education of final-year students, focusing on the advanced simulation of minerals processes.
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Students assist the elderly to register for Covid-19 vaccination
South Africa's self-registration vaccination portal for citizens aged 60 and above commenced in mid-April. So far, the process of registration for the group has been very low for a variety of reasons.
Boosting the numbers, students on the Mahikeng Campus recently participated in a five-day outreach programme aimed at assisting the elderly to register for the Covid-19 vaccine. This entailed a partnership with the Department of Health, the Department of Social Development and Boxer Superstores.
The initiative took place on 3 and 4 June 2021 and again from 10 to 12 June 2021 at the two Boxer Stores in Mahikeng, as many people older than 60 years collect their monthly Sassa grants at these stores.
What the partial independence of the Transnet National Ports Authority means
President Cyril Ramaphosa, together with Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan and Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula, announced on 22 June 2021 that the National Ports Authority would be established as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Transnet in terms of the National Ports Act, 12 of 2005.
NWU academic and transport economics expert Ofentse Mokwena comments on what the partial independence of the Transnet National Ports Authority means.
He explains that the state will continue to own the infrastructure but will permit public and private sector operators to use the infrastructure to compete for customers at a fee.
Cultivating hope despite the despair of Covid-19
When the Covid-19 outbreak started, most of us thought or hoped that this would be temporary, but as weeks became months, a sense of hopelessness set in.
Sumari Nel, a registered counsellor who works closely with the Centre for Health and Human Performance, says hope is affected by how you perceive current circumstances.
“There is a lot of uncertainty and circumstances that are to a great extent out of our control, but we must embark on this journey with hope, focusing on what control we still have, and nurturing the chances and opportunities we still have,” she says.