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Long and lean road to reviving South African Airways
2020-11-21 lign="center">The North-West University’s Ofentse Mokwena, a transport economist, takes a look at South African Airways’ dire financial and management situation. He also elucidates on some possible solutions. South African Airways (SAA) had hidden…http://news.nwu.ac.za/not-all-superheroes-wear-capes
Not all superheroes wear capes
2020-04-02 In the turbulent times in which we currently find ourselves, huge emphasis is being placed on the major role that healthcare workers play in our societies. Nurses and midwives, among others, are the people who devote their lives to caring for mothers and…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/african-centre-disaster-studies/postgraduate-diploma-disaster-risk-management
Postgraduate Diploma in Disaster Risk Management
2025-08-31 POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT Qualification code: 2GC D01 Curriculum code: N501P Solving complex real-world problems and building societal resilience requires many disciplines …http://news.nwu.ac.za/physicist-looks-sun-stored-power
Physicist looks to the sun for stored power
2018-02-23 Solar energy is an intermittent energy resource but can be stored for later use, says Prof Ashmore Mawire, principal researcher in the solar thermal energy group at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng. He is one of the very few applied…http://news.nwu.ac.za/meet-our-researchers
Meet our researchers
2023-09-28 The faculties at the North-West University (NWU) are doing exciting work on the research front. Prof Moses Retselisitsoe Phooko is the director of Professional Development and Community Engagement in the Faculty of Law. His research is on the Southern…http://news.nwu.ac.za/academic-lauds-transport-departments-nanotechnology-road-rescue
Academic lauds Transport Department's nanotechnology road rescue
2023-08-11 North-West University (NWU) academic and professor in chemistry, Prof Lebo Seru, has praised the Department of Transport’s announcement that they will be embarking on a pioneering plan to reinforce collapsing roads in the North West province through the…http://sport.nwu.ac.za/canoeing/canoeing
Canoeing
2025-02-03 Canoeing, also referred to as kayaking or paddling, is practised on relatively large bodies of water and is somewhat unknown to many students before they join the North-West University (NWU) family. The NWU Potchefstroom Canoe Club provides students…http://www.nwu.ac.za/qualitative-data-analysis-atlasti-8-beginner-advanced-0
Qualitative data analysis with ATLAS.ti 8 (beginner & advanced)
2019-02-26 In this two-day workshop, Dr Nicole Claasen (certified Senior ATLAS.ti Professional Trainer) provides insights into qualitative data analysis with ATLAS.ti which is the most intuitive and powerful qualitative data analysis software on the market and is…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/research/energy-reserach-group
Energy Reserach Group
2026-01-10 The Energy Research Group (ERG) is a multi-disciplinary research group, situated in the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University. The ERG conducts cutting edge research and offers research opportunities at Bachelors (final year), Masters, PhD…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/electrochemistry-energy-environment-eee-group/current-research-focus
Current Research Focus
2023-07-04 Our key research focus areas include electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and photo-electrocatalysis. Electrocatalysis Electrolysers and fuel cells employ electrocatalysts at both the cathode and anode, which in the majority of cases employ a…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/chemical-resource-beneficiation-crb/membraantegnologie-publikasies-en-patente
Membraantegnologie: Publikasies en Patente
2017-08-31 Publikasies: • P.G. Randall, H.M. Krieg & A.E.J. McGill, 1992. Calibration comparison between South African and Federal Grain Inspections services and European calibrations. South African Journal of Food Science and…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group-staff
Management
2025-04-16 Academics Professor Nico J. Smit NRF rating: B-rated nico.smit@nwu.ac.za Research focus: Marine and freshwater fish parasites, environmental parasitology…http://news.nwu.ac.za/universities-urged-aid-un-goals
Universities urged to aid UN goals
2019-06-07 “Universities are becoming too vocational. There is too big a focus on jobs for today and not on jobs for tomorrow.” This according to Dr Geoff Scott, emeritus professor for higher education and sustainability at Western Sydney University in Australia…http://news.nwu.ac.za/effective-border-control-curb-coronavirus
Effective border control to curb Coronavirus
2020-03-09 With South Africa’s third COVID-19 case confirmed over the weekend, a North-West University (NWU) academic believes that effective border control is needed to curb the further spread of the Coronavirus. Prof Muhiyatshombe Lukamba says a large number of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/try-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-cookbook-traditional-tswana-cuisine
Try the NWU’s cookbook on traditional Tswana cuisine
2018-02-22 Impressing your family and friends with traditional Tswana dishes has just become easier. Dr Nicole Claasen from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), together with 129 women, has compiled a Tswana…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-reaches-out-schools-donating-sports-equipment
NWU reaches out to schools by donating sports equipment
2022-03-11 As part of their community outreach programme, the All Sports Chapter (ASC) and Sports department on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus are reaching out to local schools lacking sports equipment. The aim of this programme is to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/spcs-action-connecting-academia-and-industry-science
SPCS in Action: Connecting academia and industry in science
2024-09-18 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Physical and Chemical Sciences (SPCS) will host its highly anticipated SPCS in Action event on 25 and 26 September 2024 at the Mahikeng Campus. With the theme “Connecting academia and industry through science…http://news.nwu.ac.za/eagles-continue-fly-high-varsity-cup
Eagles continue to fly high in Varsity Cup
2023-03-24 They just have a touch of class, don’t they? Slick as marlins in the water at the back, as ferocious as stampeding rhinos in the front. On Monday, 20 January, the North-West University (NWU) Eagles ran in five tries as they beat the Central University of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vanderbijlpark-campuss-landscaping-wins-award
Vanderbijlpark Campus’s landscaping wins an award
2023-08-07 Rothe Plantscapers’ landscaping on the North-West University’s (NWU's) Vanderbijlpark Campus recently scored the garden maintenance company a silver award at the South African Landscape Institute’s (SALI’s) Awards of Excellence ceremony. As a principal…http://www.nwu.ac.za/mynwu/go-boldly-explore-webpage-story