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2022-04-05 Die woord “digitaal” handhaaf deesdae ’n sterk teenwoordigheid in feitlik elke sektor, saam met oproepe vir die heropleiding en verdere opleiding van die arbeidsmag ten opsigte van digitale geletterdheid en vaardighede sodat hulle in die toekomstige…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group/qa-wrg-authors
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2025-03-01 Watch this space for exciting new 2025 content! Archive: 9 Questions with WRG authors Please click on the links below for more information on our scientific work In quick interviews, our authors tell us about the motivation for the studies…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/mdot/home
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2022-09-13 Overview The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences offers diverse and interesting qualifications, characterised by relevant and integrated training. Here, students develop life skills that enable them to handle challenges in the workplace. Our…http://news.nwu.ac.za/what-inspiration
What an inspiration!
2020-12-10 Dr. Marli Dercksen was recently honoured with a special Woman Inspiration award for her work in metabolic diseases by the Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Societies (FAK). Lets find out more about this remarkable woman. Tell us a bit about when you…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-drug-discoveries-are-triple-offensive-against-malaria-and-tb
New drug discoveries are a triple offensive against malaria and TB
2019-05-28 Researchers from three South African universities are unleashing the power of oxygen in a triple-drug treatment strategy against disease-causing parasites and bacteria. Oxygen is the key to life – and that applies as much to parasites and bacteria that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-nano-fertilizers-could-boost-global-food-security
How nano-fertilizers could boost global food security
2021-04-23 The global population is rapidly increasing and is expected to grow to 9,2 billion by 2050, according to the United Nations (UN). A UN Food and Agriculture Organisation report raises serious concerns about future global capacity to produce sufficient…http://news.nwu.ac.za/being-visually-impaired-does-not-hold-nwu-alumnus-and-phd-graduate-back
Being visually impaired does not hold this NWU alumnus and PhD graduate back
2021-04-20 Disability is not inability. Advocate Jan Tladi confirmed this statement when he defied the odds and became the first completely blind student to graduate with a PhD from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus. Jan enrolled at the NWU Business…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-virus-variants-and-their-impact-vaccines
Covid-19 virus variants and their impact on vaccines
2021-08-17 North-West University (NWU) academic Dr Hazel Tumelo Mufhandu presented a public lecture on Covid-19 virus variants and their impact on vaccines as part of a National Science Week webinar series on 2 August 2021. This year the National Science Week theme…http://law.nwu.ac.za/external-funded-projects/food-security-2015
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2018-03-13 KAS and NWU Conference Critical Law and Governance Perspectives on Food Security in South Africa: Exploring the Role of Policy-Makers and other Stakeholders Session 1: Legislative framework for GMOs…http://www.nwu.ac.za/content/maps-and-directions-io
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Partnerships
2020-09-11 Partnerships EDF Ekoserwis, Poland EDF Ekoserwis is a company in Poland that specialises in the use of Coal Combustion Products (CCP) that are derived from the…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group-msc
Master's Students
2025-03-01 Angela Minnie Email address: 30488222@mynwu.ac.za Current research focus: Acanthocephala, Taxonomy, Marine environmental parasitology, Biological…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni/alumni-awards-recipients-2025
Alumni Awards Recipients 2025
2025-11-24 The North-West University (NWU) honoured ten remarkable professionals at its prestigious biennial Alumni Excellence Awards ceremony held in Pretoria on 30 October 2025. Through the Alumni Excellence Awards, the NWU recognises exceptional alumni whose work…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-anthropologist-highlights-5-practical-steps-towards-inclusive-ecology-studies
NWU anthropologist highlights 5 practical steps towards inclusive ecology studies
2021-05-28 We live in a vast world of knowledge and yet many scientific fields predominantly emphasise the contributions of Western knowledge. The importance of decolonising ecology to broaden the reach and impact of the field in an ethical way is the topic of a paper…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/first-year-faculty-engineering
First year at the Faculty of Engineering
2023-08-15 The Faculty of Engineering is very excited to meet our new first years and we are looking forward in being part of your university experience. We would like to give you some inside information on how to survive your first year on campus! You are going to be…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu/inaugural-lectures-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-2024
Inaugural Lectures: Natural and Agricultural Sciences 2024
2024-11-14 Prof Sithandiwe Mazibuko-Mbeje Type 2 diabetes a silent killer: addressing insulin resistance and obesity (read more) × Prof Sithandiwe Mazibuko-Mbeje Type 2 diabetes a silent killer: addressing insulin resistance and obesity…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/unit-environmental-sciences-and-management/biodiversity-and-conservation-ecology
Biodiversity and Conservation Ecology
2026-03-05 Sub-programme leader: Prof Louis du Preez (Louis.DuPreez@nwu.ac.za) Latest news: [accordion] The Culprit Behind the Extinction of the Kihansi Toad in the Wild …http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/must-deep-learning/research-projects
Research projects
2026-03-16 DL Theory Generalisation in Deep Learning A long-standing theoretical interest in our group is generalisation - that is, how exactly information learned on a training set of samples is transferred to novel inputs. This is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/wat-n-inspirasie
Wat ʼn inspirasie!
2020-12-09 Dr. Marli Dercksen is onlangs deur die Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge met ʼn spesiale Inspirasievrou-toekenning vir haar werk in metaboliese siektes vereer. Kom vind saam meer uit oor dié merkwaardige vrou. Vertel ons bietjie wanneer jy…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/tuis