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Project on swearing produces scientific knowledge
2020-10-21 “To my mind, the project has progressed exceptionally well. Not only have technology and infrastructure been established for sound research in the years ahead, but we have also gained a large number of registered users.” These are the words of Prof Gerhard…https://news.nwu.ac.za/first-nwu-tedx-talk-homes-local-issues
First NWU TEDx talk homes in on local issues
2019-04-09 The North West province is hungry for ideas and needs a coordinated response from all stakeholders to bring about much-needed change in the lives of the province’s residents. This is according to Premier Job Mokgoro, one of the speakers at the recent…https://news.nwu.ac.za/ask-economist-what-does-industry-require-me
Ask an economist: what does industry require of me?
2019-04-10 If you are fascinated by how money makes the world go round, have a flair for problem-solving and a knack for analytic reasoning, chances are that you are enrolled for a BCom degree in economics. If so, diarise the 16th of April 2019 and make sure you…https://news.nwu.ac.za/disaster-risk-reduction-young-voices-matter
Disaster risk reduction: young voices matter
2018-11-08 On average, 240 million people world-wide were affected by natural disasters between 2000 and 2005. South Africa’s risk for disasters is also increasing. The country is exposed to a wide range of weather hazards, including droughts, cyclones and severe…https://news.nwu.ac.za/smooth-running-registration-process-north-west-university
Smooth running of the registration process at the North-West University
2019-01-23 The management of the North-West University (NWU) is satisfied with the process of registering first-year students across its three campuses in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark. The first-year target for the 2019 academic year is 9 400, and up…https://news.nwu.ac.za/unemployment-project-delivers-second-phd-graduate
Unemployment project delivers second PhD-graduate
2018-10-25 If the streets of Orange Farm could talk, it would tell of all the tears that had fallen on its red dirt: tears of hopelessness and poverty. Four years ago, Melinda du Toit embarked on a PhD study. She did not know how much she would come to care for the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/youngest-phd-graduate-africa-now-also-youth-leader-year
Youngest PhD graduate in Africa now also Youth Leader of the Year
2018-10-25 The youngest PhD graduate in Africa, 24-year-old Dr Musa Suarombe, has been named the Institute of People Management’s (IPM’s) Youth Leader of the Year for 2018/2019. Dr Suarombe, a postdoctoral fellow at the North-West University’s (NWU) campus in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-says-no-gender-based-violence
NWU says NO to gender-based violence
2018-10-15 South Africa has seen 291 more women murdered, 117 more boys and 29 more girls. This is according to the crime statistics for 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, released by the South African Police Service in September. Clearly the murders of women and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/rag-srcs-gives-r22-million-community
RAG SRCS gives R2,2 million to community
2020-02-28 It is a unique North-West University (NWU) tradition that you will find in few other places. This tradition encapsulates the spirit of the NWU’s students: a commitment to their community and the determination to ensure a better life for those the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/edmund-leading-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-varsity-cup-charge
Edmund leading the NWU’s Varsity Cup charge
2020-01-31 Loose-forwards born and bred in the North West are a breed apart. With sinews and muscles as tough and hard as the red, sun-back earth they tread upon, they loom large at the back of the scrum. Edmund Rheeder is no different. The robust eightman who grew…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-inaugural-lecture-examines-interaction-between-land-and-water
NWU inaugural lecture examines interaction between land and water
2019-11-13 Prof Lobina Palamuleni presented her inaugural lecture, titled “Building the bridge: The land and water bridge”, on 7 November 2019 at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng. Prof Palamuleni, a professor in the School of Geo and Spatial…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-makwassie-spruit-enterprises-sign-mou
NWU and Makwassie Spruit Enterprises sign MOU
2020-02-21 With the youth unemployment rate in South Africa reaching a record time high, the North-West University (NWU) is pulling out all the stops to ensure that its students are employable after attaining their qualifications. During 2019, 20 BSc Agriculture…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-legal-scholars-present-paper-decolonization-and-africanisation-law-curriculum
NWU legal scholars present paper on decolonization and Africanisation of law curriculum
2019-07-16 Two students from the North-West University (NWU) presented a joint paper on the decolonisation and Africanisation of the law curriculum at the annual South African Law Deans’ Association (SALDA) Law Students’ Conference. Fourth-year LLB-students Bophelo…https://news.nwu.ac.za/are-solar-cookers-thermal-energy-storage-solution-developing-countries
Are solar cookers with thermal energy storage a solution for developing countries?
2019-09-02 On 29 August 2019 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Prof Ashmore Mawire from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences delivered his inaugural address. During his address titled “Solar cookers with thermal energy storage: A sustainable cooking…https://news.nwu.ac.za/vergeet-my-nie-promises-be-unforgettable-affair
Vergeet my nie promises to be an unforgettable affair
2019-07-26 “Life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidence, but rather a tapestry of acts that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan.” This quote sums up the whole concept of the new romantic Afrikaans film Vergeet my nie, directed by André…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-national-science-week-talk-mendeleev-periodic-table
NWU celebrates National Science Week with talk on Mendeleev Periodic Table
2019-07-30 The United Nations General Assembly, during its 74th Plenary Meeting on 20 December 2017, proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019). As we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/double-success-fiorita-twins
Double the success for Fiorita twins
2022-05-19 North-West University (NWU) students and twins Andrea and Marco Fiorita, recently received their degrees in computer and electronic engineering with distinction. “Growing up, we were inseparable and always in cahoots. We made smoke bombs, took apart…https://news.nwu.ac.za/consumers-facing-increasingly-tough-year-after-interest-hikes
Consumers facing an increasingly tough year after interest hikes
2022-05-20 The decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to raise the repo rate by another 50 basis points was widely expected by markets and analysts. Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the Business School of the North-West University (NWU), says the MPC took…https://news.nwu.ac.za/merging-prospects-and-habits-troubled-world-life-balance
Merging prospects and habits for a troubled world: A life balance
2022-10-10 By Ontiretse Motingwa and Nolwazi Xulu North-West University (NWU) Prof Choja Oduaran of the School of Psychosocial Health presented her inaugural lecture on the evening of 7 October 2022. The lecture, attended by academics, family members, friends and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/we-lead-through-research-nwu