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Taylor Swift to South Africa’s rescue?
2024-04-11 • Taylor Swift is a cultural phenomenon, spelling a massive cash influx in consumer spending for her concert destinations. • Cities and provinces in South Africa can benefit hugely by exploiting the spending potential from concerts by international…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-demonstrate-conservation-and-development-can-go-hand-hand
Researchers demonstrate that conservation and development can go hand in hand
2025-11-13 While cities in Africa expand rapidly and the pressure for economic growth is increasing, the protected areas on the continent face a complex challenge: how to conserve nature and empower people. At the North-West University (NWU) the Protected Areas…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/wilna-liebenberg
Wilna Liebenberg
2021-01-21 Wilna Liebenberg, BPharm, MSc, DSc (NWU) is a research professor in the Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences at the NWU. She is the founder and head of the Solid-state Pharmaceutical Innovation and Nanotechnology (SPIN) research group.…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/chemical-engineering
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2024-01-11 Chemical engineers play a crucial role in tackling and resolving various global challenges, encompassing issues like climate change, energy scarcity, and environmental and water-related issues. Within the realm of Chemical Engineering,…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/botany
Botany
2020-01-28 What is Botany? Plants form the bridge between the biosphere and its energy source, the sun. Plants are furthermore the source of oxygen, food, fossil and recent fuel, fibre, medicine and building material. Plants, such as cut flowers, are…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/biological-sciences/careers
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2017-03-31 Obtaining a degree in Biological Sciences will allow you to choose from a wide range of careers. From lecturing, to research, to active field work in Exploration Geology where site work follows on research and modulation. Some career…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/world-antimicrobial-awareness-week-call-abstracts
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week - Call for abstracts
2021-10-29 You are invited to a research symposium in commemoration of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW21), hosted by the North-West University in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg, Stellenbosch University and the Water Research Commission…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/nwu-wine-tasting-event
NWU Wine Tasting Event
2024-05-23 Join us for an exceptional wine tasting and dining experience, featuring a selection of fine wines paired with a mouth watering meal. This elegant event promises an unforgettable evening! Hosted by: Jordan winery Price: R 285.00 - including a meal…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group-extraordinary
Extraordinary Appointments
2025-03-01 Professor Bernd Sures bernd.sures@uni-due.de; Bernd.Sures@nwu.ac.za The research of Bernd Sures is of immense societal relevance. At its core, it focuses on understanding the occurrence and effects…http://news.nwu.ac.za/study-large-scale-potential-store-renewable-hydrogen
Study into large-scale potential to store renewable hydrogen
2021-09-22 Power fluctuations sometimes associated with renewable energy resources could become a thing of the past through research under way at the North-West University (NWU) on new and better ways to store hydrogen. The HySA Centre of Competence (Coc) at the NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-primary-school-hallway-led-phd-engineering
How a primary school hallway led to a PhD in engineering
2025-06-06 Refilwe Ngwaku hails from the humble dusty streets of Soweto, where she believes that there are few role models. From a young age, her dream was to be different, to become the change she wanted to see. Her goal was to show that success can come from any…http://news.nwu.ac.za/pioneering-south-africas-circular-economy
Pioneering South Africa's circular economy
2024-08-30 Gone are the days of the throwaway economy. Environmental scientists and pioneers like Prof Linda Godfrey of the North-West University (NWU) are leading the charge towards a thriving circular economy. With over 20 years dedicated to studying the waste…http://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/integrated-development-plan
Integrated Development Plan
2022-12-08 Integrated Development Plan What is it? A municipal integrated development plan (IDP) is a five-year strategic narrative (plan) of the guiding principles, strategic focus areas and development priorities of a municipality as a…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/geologie-en-grondkunde
Geologie en Grondkunde
2020-01-28 Wat is Geologie en Grondkunde? Geologie is die studie van die aarde. Hierdie studieveld handel oor die materiaal waaruit die aarde, klippe en minerale bestaan so wel as die prosesse wat ʼn bydrae tot die vorming van die aarde gelewer het in…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/af/philosophy/verwelkomingsboodskap
Verwelkomingsboodskap
2022-09-05 Welkom by ‘n plek van besinning. Welkom by die Skool vir Filosofie, wat op die Potchefstroom-kampus graag ‘n “plek van besinning” wil wees. Onlangs het ‘n voornemende student ‘n klompie belangrike vrae oor die Filosofie en Etiek gevra en die Skool vir…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/chemical-resource-beneficiation-crb/catalysis-and-synthesis-group-leader
Catalysis and Synthesis: Group Leader
2019-09-18 Andrew Swarts obtained his Ph.D. in 2013 from Stellenbosch University, working with Prof Selwyn Mapolie in the area of homogeneous catalysis. He moved to North-West University (NWU) in 2014, where he is currently employed…http://theology.nwu.ac.za/unit-reformational-theology-and-development-sa-society/african-spiritualities-and-leadership
African Spiritualities and Leadership
2025-08-04 Focus In this subgroup, an intra- and interdisciplinary research approach is followed with a focus on enhancing the development of the (South) African society in terms of spirituality and leadership. Various intersecting disciplines participate in this sub…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-presents-international-conferences-turkey-and-greece
NWU academic presents at international conferences in Turkey and Greece
2017-10-11 Prof Masood Khalique from the School of Mathematical Sciences on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng was an invited speaker at the III International Conference on Symmetries, Differential Equations and Applications (SDEA-III) that was…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/fazel-ebrihiam-freeks