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Academic calls for implementation of Fresh Produce Market report
2025-04-22 The time for inquiries and investigations is over and action is needed. This is according to Dr Lindikaya Myeki, a senior lecturer in Agricultural Economics and Extension at the North-West University (NWU). This is in response to the recent release of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/donald-trump-thrash-south-africas-economy
Donald Trump to thrash South Africa’s economy?
2025-04-22 He is back and South Africa’s economic welfare – like that of most other global economies – is not on his list of priorities. On Monday, 20 January, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States of America (USA) and wasted no time in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/aerobics-team-secures-historic-third-championship
Aerobics team secures historic third championship
2025-01-23 By Tiyiselani Precious Miyambu Hard work and commitment paid off for the North-West University (NWU) Mahikeng Campus aerobics team who achieved their third consecutive victory at the 2024 University Sports South Africa (USSA) Aerobics Championships.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-find-spiral-arms-around-massive-stars
Researchers find ‘spiral arms’ around massive stars
2023-03-02 Researchers have found an important piece of the puzzle in the formation of massive stars, also known as protons (stars with a mass that is about eight times or more greater than that of the sun). In the first-ever observational evidence, they have determined…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bou-n-gesonde-ingesteldheid-teenoor-stem-onderwys
Bou ’n gesonde ingesteldheid teenoor STEM-onderwys
2023-03-02 Studente se swak prestasie en belangstelling in die gebiede van wetenskap, tegnologie, ingenieurswese en wiskunde (STEM) – veral onder vroue wat onderverteenwoordig is in die wetenskaplike gemeenskap – is in talle lande ’n groot bekommernis. Dit is selfs…http://news.nwu.ac.za/building-healthy-attitudes-towards-stem-education
Building healthy attitudes towards STEM education
2023-03-02 Students’ low performance and interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, particularly among women, who are underrepresented in the scientific community, have been a major concern in many countries. This is exacerbated when one views…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-verbetering-van-dienslewering-die-openbare-sektor-hierdie-navorser-se-doelwit
Die verbetering van dienslewering in die openbare sektor is hierdie navorser se doelwit
2023-03-02 Swak dienslewering is ’n probleem in Suid-Afrika, maar een akademikus by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), prof Costa Hofisi, doen iets daaromtrent. Met behulp van sy navorsingkundigheid gaan hy poog om ’n bydrae tot die verbetering van dienslewering in die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/improving-service-delivery-public-sector-researchers-aim
Improving service delivery in the public sector is researcher’s aim
2023-03-02 Poor service delivery is a problem throughout South Africa, but one North-West University (NWU) academic, Prof Costa Hofisi, is doing something about it. Using his research expertise, he has set his sights on contributing to service delivery improvements in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/regulering-en-outomatisering-kan-bedryfsrisikos-vir-banke-laat-styg
Regulering en outomatisering kan bedryfsrisiko’s vir banke laat styg
2023-03-02 Bedryfsrisiko’s is as die primêre bron van reputasierisiko vir Suid-Afrikaanse banke geïdentifiseer. So sê prof Suné Ferreira-Schenk, ’n professor in finansies en beleggings by die Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/regulation-and-automation-could-push-operational-risk-banks
Regulation and automation could push up operational risk for banks
2023-03-02 Operational risk has been identified as the primary source of reputational risk for South African banks. This is according to new research by Prof Suné Ferreira-Schenk, Finance and Investment professor at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/samewerking-met-zimbabwe-kan-formele-vaardighede-vir-vroee-kinderopvoeding-aan-oumas-en-moeders
Samewerking met Zimbabwe kan formele vaardighede vir vroeë kinderopvoeding aan oumas en moeders bring
2023-03-02 Om kinders tot op sewe jaar oud te help om hulle volle potensiaal te verwesenlik, is vroeë kinderopvoeding noodsaaklik. Talle versorgers regoor Afrika is oumas en moeders sonder formele kwalifikasies. Die vul van hierdie gaping is een van verskeie gebiede…http://news.nwu.ac.za/zimbabwe-collaboration-could-bring-formal-early-childhood-education-skills-grannies-and-moms
Zimbabwe collaboration could bring formal early childhood education skills to grannies and moms
2023-03-02 For children up to seven years old to reach their full potential, early childhood education is essential. Across Africa, many caregivers are grannies and mothers without formal qualifications. Filling this gap is one of several areas for fruitful…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-vanderbijlpark-campus-honours-long-serving-staff-members-0
NWU’s Vanderbijlpark Campus honours long-serving staff members
2023-03-02 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus recently hosted a long-service awards ceremony to honour and acknowledge staff members who have served the institution with loyalty, dedication and hard work for 10 years and more. The event has…http://news.nwu.ac.za/top-music-practitioners-facilitate-african-music-workshop-series
Top music practitioners to facilitate African Music workshop series
2023-03-02 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Music is bringing top African music practitioners to share their knowledge and expertise as part of an African Music workshop series. The first three workshops will be held during the first semester of 2023,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/daar-niks-kleins-aan-nanotegnologie-die-noordwes-universiteit-nie
Daar is niks kleins aan nanotegnologie by die Noordwes-Universiteit nie
2023-03-06 Eenduisendmiljoenste van ’n meter. Of om dit anders te stel: eenbiljoenste van ’n meter. Hierdie ongelooflike klein meting word ’n nanometer genoem en die wêreld van nanotegnologie funksioneer tussen 1 en 100 nanometer. Dit is ook hier waar die Noordwes-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/there-nothing-small-about-nanotechnology-north-west-university
There is nothing small about nanotechnology at the North-West University
2023-03-02 One thousand-millionth of a metre. Or, to put it differently: one billionth of a metre. This unfathomably small number is called a nanometre and the world of nanotechnology operates at between 1 and 100 nanometres. This is also where the North-West University…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-debating-union-hosts-annual-first-year-debate-tournament
NWU Debating Union hosts annual first-year debate tournament
2023-03-03 The North-West University (NWU) Debating Union on the Mahikeng Campus is dedicated to maintaining the existing skills of public speaking, debating, and critical thinking, and cultivating and maturing these skills in those who would like to learn. This is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-eagles-trample-shimlas
NWU Eagles trample Shimlas
2023-03-03 There was silence, except for the death rattle reverberating across the Fanie du Toit sports ground. This was not how it was supposed to start, was it? With barely a minute gone, the University of the Free State (UFS) Shimlas had already crossed the whitewash…http://news.nwu.ac.za/delegation-kogakkan-university-share-insight-new-team-teaching-style
Delegation from Kogakkan University share insight into new team-teaching style
2023-03-03 A delegation from Kogakkan University on the island of Mie, Japan, visited the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU) from 20 to 24 February 2023 to demonstrate their new team-teaching style – Lesson Study Approach (LSA). This teaching…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-north-west-sportsman-year