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NWU duo wins 24-hour hackathon competition
2019-05-27 North-West University (NWU) students, Matt Lourens and Dehan Opperman, have proven that they are the cream of the crop when it comes to statistics, programming and mathematics. The duo, who are busy with their master’s degrees in business analytics and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-astrophysicists-help-unlock-secrets-universe
NWU’s astrophysicists help unlock secrets of the universe
2019-05-27 The high-energy astrophysics group at the Centre for Space Research at the North-West University (NWU) is playing an important role in key science programmes at the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) that will be built in Chile. The final agreements between…https://news.nwu.ac.za/students-represent-nwu-meeting-nobel-laureates
Students represent NWU at meeting with Nobel Laureates
2019-05-27 Few scientific gatherings are as prestigious as the famous annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Two students from the North-West University (NWU) have the honour of being chosen to attend the 2019 event. In the wake of the Second World War, the science…https://news.nwu.ac.za/new-drug-discoveries-are-triple-offensive-against-malaria-and-tb
New drug discoveries are a triple offensive against malaria and TB
2019-05-28 Researchers from three South African universities are unleashing the power of oxygen in a triple-drug treatment strategy against disease-causing parasites and bacteria. Oxygen is the key to life – and that applies as much to parasites and bacteria that…https://news.nwu.ac.za/hunting-generates-most-profit-game-farmers
Hunting generates most profit for game farmers
2019-05-28 When it comes to game farming, hunting and breeding yield the highest production output and highest capital layout, but also generate the most profit. This was the findings of a ground-breaking study that the North-West University’s (NWU) Tourism Research…https://news.nwu.ac.za/2019-research-day-puts-emerging-researchers-limelight
2019 Research Day puts emerging researchers in the limelight
2019-05-28 The importance of research and its application in the community is being thrust into the limelight, especially in the midst of global debates about the role of universities flaring up again. Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya, the North-West University’s (NWU’s…https://news.nwu.ac.za/major-funding-awarded-large-scale-collaborative-projects-nwu
Major funding awarded to large-scale collaborative projects at NWU
2019-05-28 “In this period of economic austerity, governments are forced to cut their spending and budgets in order to remain financially viable or sustainable. Universities are therefore more and more challenged to find alternative means to meet the growing demands…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-map-staff-complete-caregiver-master-training
NWU on the map as staff complete caregiver master training
2019-05-29 Staff from the North-West University's (NWU's) campus in Mahikeng are among the first in South Africa to complete the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Caregiver Skills Training programme for autism and related disabilities. Most children with autism…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-part-groundbreaking-astronomical-initiative
NWU is part of groundbreaking astronomical initiative
2019-05-29 The ASTRI-Horn Cherenkov Telescope has detected the Crab Nebula with TeV energies, and the North-West University (NWU) played a part in achieving this. The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova in the constellation of Taurus and TeV stands for Terra…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-intellectual-property
NWU celebrates intellectual property
2019-05-29 When it comes to your creativity and talent, you have certain rights. Every year the Technology Transfer and Innovation Support (TTIS) Office at the North-West University (NWU) celebrates World Intellectual Property Day, and this year on 13 May was no…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/poca-nie-genoeg-om-bendegeweld-hok-te-slaan-nie
POCA is nie genoeg om bendegeweld hok te slaan nie
2019-05-29 Daar moet meer gedoen word om die invloed van bendeaktiwiteite teen te werk, aangesien wetgewing teen bendes nie die mas opkom nie. Volgens dr Delano van der Linde van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Fakulteit Regte, is wetgewing soos die wet op die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/poca-not-enough-curb-gang-violence
POCA not enough to curb gang violence
2019-05-29 More should be done to curb the influence of gang activities as anti-gang legislation is not up to the task. According to Dr Delano van der Linde from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Law, legislation such as the Prevention of Organised…https://news.nwu.ac.za/hunting-multi-billion-rand-business
Hunting is a multi-billion Rand business
2019-05-30 Hunting as a revenue sector in South Africa is worth billions, with local hunters spending approximately R11,6 billion per year. This is according to a recent study conducted by Prof Peet van der Merwe and the late Prof Melville Saayman from Tourism,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/new-cabinet-may-be-positive-economic-message-business-and-markets
New cabinet may be a positive economic message for business and markets
2019-05-31 “Given the inevitable balance of political forces driving the shape and size of the new cabinet, the broad economic message emerging from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reconfigured and leaner cabinet is potentially a very positive one for business and the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/geexpo-2019-gee-wiskunde-wetenskap-en-it-%25E2%2580%2599n-kans
GeeXpo 2019: gee wiskunde, wetenskap en IT ’n kans
2019-06-03 Die aftelling na die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se GeeXpo het begin, en skole regoor sentraal-Suid-Afrika word genooi om aan die jaarlikse ekspo vir wiskunde, wetenskap en inligtingstegnologie deel te neem. Hierdie jaar se GeeXpo word vir die sewende…https://news.nwu.ac.za/geexpo-2019-give-maths-science-and-it-try
GeeXpo 2019: give maths, science and IT a try
2019-06-03 The countdown to the North-West University’s (NWU’s) GeeXpo has begun, and schools across central South Africa are invited to take part in the annual mathematics, science and information technology expo. This year’s rendition of GeeXpo will see the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nagraadse-studente-loer-agter-die-skerms-van-toegepaste-mikro-ekonomie
Nagraadse studente loer agter die skerms van toegepaste mikro-ekonomie
2019-06-03 Jy kan nie tydens ’n akademiese lesing leer hoe om fiets te ry nie, dus is daar altyd ’n behoefte aan praktiese sowel as professionele ervaring. Só sê Jacques de Jongh, ’n lektor in die Skool vir Ekonomiese Wetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU)…https://news.nwu.ac.za/postgraduate-students-peek-behind-curtain-applied-microeconomics
Postgraduate students peek behind the curtain of applied microeconomics
2019-06-03 You can’t learn how to ride a bicycle during an academic lecture, hence the need for both practical and professional experience. This is according to Jacques de Jongh, a lecturer in the School of Economic Sciences at the North-West University’s (NWU’s)…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/toppresteerdertrio-deur-internasionale-vereniging-vereer
Toppresteerdertrio deur internasionale vereniging vereer
2019-06-03 Drie studente van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark het onlangs die verhoog betree as Taktoekenningswenners van die toonaangewende Golden Key Internasionale Erevereniging. Ammaarah Abba, Tendai Mavhungu en Salome Mofokeng se…https://news.nwu.ac.za/top-performing-trio-applauded-international-honour-society