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The villainisation of vaccinations and the rehabilitation of authority
2021-02-08 While social media and the information age have had the wonderful effect of making information freely available, they have, seemingly, also caused the demise of people’s trust in experts, authorities, specialists and researchers. Dr Yolandi Coetzer,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-toekoms-van-die-nwu-besigheidskool-projek-proton
Die toekoms van die NWU Besigheidskool – Projek Proton
2021-06-04 Prof Jan van Romburgh het sy visie vir die NWU Besigheidskool vir die volgende vyf jaar gekoester, beplan en bepeins. Hy het onlangs sy visie in die vorm van ’n vars en innoverende metafoor – naamlik Projek Proton – gedeel. Hy het al sy kollegas, die…https://www.nwu.ac.za/womens-month-2022
Women's Month 2022 - Cloned
2023-07-27 Women’s Day: a day of tribute, reflection, and recommitment August is Women’s Month in our country. It is a recognition of and a tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 to protest against the pass…https://news.nwu.ac.za/how-resolve-coronavirus-food-shortages
How to resolve coronavirus food shortages
2020-05-08 It is no secret that millions of South Africans currently suffer under the impact of the lockdown regulations introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic. The poor access to food is probably the biggest tragedy, because millions of citizens do not know…https://news.nwu.ac.za/three-minute-thesis-shows-less-more
The three-minute thesis shows less is more
2021-10-20 Concise, clear communication is imperative in the academic realm. It is a skill to make your research vision heard and an even greater one to make it understood. Enter the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. The competition was developed by the…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/molecular-biology/members-biochemical-genetics
Members - Biochemical Genetics
2023-06-09 Research leaders and publication links Prof Rencia van der Sluis Associate Professor Research: ORCID LinkedIn Web of Science Telephone: +27 18 299 2068 E-mail: 21224919@nwu.ac.za Office: Potchefstroom Campus, Building F3, Room 202 Qualifications: PhD…Centre of Excellence in Carbon based Fuels
2024-01-19 Vision The vision of the Centre of Excellence in Carbon-based Fuels is to be the leaders in developing carbon-based fuels for improvements in energy efficiency, operational reliability and availability, as well as in minimising the carbon footprint by…History of Nuclear Engineering
2023-12-28 Initial nuclear exuberance: Too cheap to meter (!) Click here to learn about the initial limitless expectations people had for nuclear power. The nuclear industry brought to its knees by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster During the…Sharpeville 2020: action research inspires change for the better
2017-11-09 More than 55 years after the Sharpeville massacre, the township is still bleeding, and the youth are suffering the consequences. This is according to Prof Danie Meyer, associate professor in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the North-West…Student Business Competition: business ideas that can change the world
2017-09-21 The ripple effect created by entrepreneurship can be seen and experienced in the change it brings about in lives and the livelihoods of communities in which entrepreneurs operate. One such a community is the student cohort of the North-West University’s (…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/alumna-skitter-op-die-nasionale-musiekverhoog
Alumna skitter op die nasionale musiekverhoog
2019-04-05 Met haar strelende stem, skitterpersoonlikheid en flair vir vermaak, is Verona Goslett spoedig besig om ʼn huishoudelike naam in Suid-Afrika te word. Hierdie talentvolle jong alumna van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is tans besig om die nasionale…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/ingenieursvindingrykheid-van-nwu-se-superses
Ingenieursvindingrykheid van NWU se superses
2023-03-09 They are the best of the best … of the best, sir. Die vorige sin het wel sy oorsprong in die 1997-wetenskapfiksiekomedie Men in Black, maar dit is ’n onweerlegbare feit dat die sestal van Joshua van Zyl, Etienne Kruger, Niël Gertenbach, Jean du Toit, Rynhardt…Associations
2017-10-03 PARTICIPATION IN EXTERNAL INSTITUTIONS / ASSOCIATIONS / PROJECTS // DEELNAME AAN EKSTERNE LIGGAME / ASSOSIASIES / PROJEKTE SUMMER SCHOOL WITH JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY / SOMERSKOOL MET JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITEIT…https://news.nwu.ac.za/what-partial-independence-transnet-national-ports-authority-means
What the partial independence of the Transnet National Ports Authority means
2021-06-25 President Cyril Ramaphosa, together with Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan and Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula, announced on 22 June 2021 the establishment of the National Ports Authority as an independent, wholly-owned subsidiary of Transnet…https://news.nwu.ac.za/alumna-shines-bright-national-music-stage
Alumna shines bright on national music stage
2019-04-05 With her soothing voice, shining personality and entertainer’s flair, Verona Goslett is fast becoming a South African household name. This talented young alumna of the North-West University (NWU) is currently taking the national music scene by storm as a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/theres-more-wind-and-solar-power-electricity
There’s more to wind and solar power than electricity
2021-06-23 In the past decade, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind have made some inroads in supplying “green” energy to the country’s power grid. To be self-sustainable with the use of renewable electricity, methods of energy storage are required, as solar…https://news.nwu.ac.za/elsunet-du-plessis-heidelberg-highest-level
Elsunet du Plessis: From Heidelberg to the highest level
2021-09-07 It was darn close. Too close. On Sunday afternoon, the NWU Eagles were stopped in their tracks in a heart-breaking way in the Varsity Netball campaign against the eventual winners, Kovsies, with a score of 66–65. In the final seconds of the game. The very…https://news.nwu.ac.za/gift-keeps-giving
The gift that keeps on giving
2021-10-20 Dr Imtiaz Ismail Sooliman, founder of the humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers and holder of an NWU honorary doctorate, was announced Social Justice Champion for 2021. He obtained his honorary doctorate from the NWU in 2019, and received the 2021…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-africa-day-style
NWU celebrates Africa Day in style
2022-06-06 Ontiretse Motingwa The North-West University (NWU) celebrated Africa Day across all three its campuses on 26 and 27 May 2022. This year the Africa Day theme was “The Year of Nutrition - Strengthening resilience in nutrition and food security on the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/hysa-showcases-groundbreaking-exhibition-green-hydrogen-summit