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Deal with lifestyle diseases to avoid severe Covid-19 symptoms
2021-01-28 “Individuals with comorbidities such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and sendentarism, are at high risk of being severely ill when contracting Covid-19,” says Prof Ushotanefe Useh, acting director of the research entity Lifestyle Diseases at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-and-celebrity-journalist-making-his-mark
NWU alumnus and celebrity journalist is making his mark
2021-02-04 Lesley Mofokeng, trailblazing celebrity journalist and alumnus of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, continues to make his mark in the journalism industry. He has done it all – from overseeing entertainment sections of top national…http://news.nwu.ac.za/reading-literacy-nwu-closes-gap-between-theory-and-practice
Reading literacy: NWU closes gap between theory and practice
2021-09-13 “Teaching reading is rocket science.” This quote by Louisa Moats underlines the importance of reading literacy, and that is why researchers and teacher educators from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Education are taking the lead to promote…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-mahikeng-library-makes-studies-easier-undergraduate-students
NWU Mahikeng Library makes studies easier for undergraduate students
2024-09-05 On 4 March 2021, the library on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus launched new additions to its undergraduate student commons. According to Tiyani Mabunda, the director for open scholarship, the new additions include a 24-hour study…http://news.nwu.ac.za/dr-abongile-balarane-eggcellent-choice-leadership
Dr Abongile Balarane: An EGGcellent choice in leadership
2021-06-18 One man who knows not to count his chickens before they hatch is North-West University (NWU) alumnus Dr Abongile Balarane, the newly appointed chief executive and general manager of the South African Poultry Association’s Egg Organisation. According to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-juta-mock-trial-competition-celebrates-tenth-anniversary-online-trials
NWU-Juta Mock Trial competition celebrates tenth anniversary with online trials
2021-08-17 The popular annual NWU-Juta Mock Trial competition is celebrating its tenth anniversary. This year the competition will take place in an online format. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Juta Mock Trial competition did not take place in 2020 but is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/mental-health-and-lgbt-healthcare-providers-should-step
Mental health and LGBT: healthcare providers should step up
2022-02-11 Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals are often stigmatised and discriminated against. This population is expected to experience poorer mental health outcomes compared with heterosexual and cis-gendered people*, a phenomenon healthcare…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-receives-prestigious-grant-malaria-research
NWU academic receives prestigious grant for malaria research
2022-03-29 Phenyo Mokgothu Dr Fortunate Mokoena, North-West University (NWU) academic in the subject group Biochemistry, has been awarded the Grand Challenges Africa drug discovery grant. Dr Mokoena was awarded this grant for her study “Identification of Novel…http://news.nwu.ac.za/academic-wins-international-award
Academic wins international award
2023-06-20 Dr Henriette Hammill, a senior lecturer in biokinetics at the North-West University (NWU) was recently awarded second prize for her outstanding work at the International Federation of Physical and Sports Education (FIEPS) New Leader Congress held in Galati,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/one-year-and-donald-trump-has-fundamentally-shifted-global-order
One year on, and Donald Trump has fundamentally shifted the global order
2026-01-20 Prof. André Duvenhage US President Donald Trump’s stated interest in the annexation of Greenland has escalated into a geopolitical flashpoint that threatens to strain the cohesion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In early…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/research-innovation-health-sciences
Research & Innovation: Health Sciences
2022-07-01 Research Centres of Excellence: The Centre of Excellence for Nutrition’s (CEN) Research Centre of Excellence. Nutrition in the Life Cycle. Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacen) Cutting-edge Pharmaceutical Research and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/crisis-trauma-and-how-they-affect-you-differently
Crisis, trauma and how they affect you differently
2026-03-13 Dr Monique de Klerk is a senior counselling psychologist at the NWU's Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) Dr Monique de Klerk knows the difference between the theoretical and the practical. As a senior counselling…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-appoints-founding-chief-director-desmond-tutu-school-medicine
NWU appoints founding chief director of the Desmond Tutu School of Medicine
2026-05-12 The North-West University (NWU) has reached a significant milestone in its academic and institutional development with the appointment of Prof. Binu Luke as the inaugural chief director of the Desmond Tutu School of Medicine, effective from 1 April 2026…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/eppei-specialisation-centre-emissions-control/students
Students
2020-09-11 Current students André Jacobs Kinetic modelling of CO2 adsorption onto dry sorbents from multicomponent gases. Cara Prinsloo A CFD model predicting…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/setswana
Setswana
2021-11-08 Available on the Mahikeng and Potchefstroom Campuses Setswana is an indigenous African language belonging to the Sesotho language group of the Sintu language family. It is also the language spoken by the Batswana people. This is a group of…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/ubmi/sams2017/accommodation
SAMS 2017 Accommodation
2022-08-26 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: black; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } 60th Annual Congress of the South African Mathematical Society 20-22 November 2017,…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/ubmi/math-workshop-2019/accommodation
NWU Mathematics Workshop 2019: Accommodation
2022-08-26 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: black; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } NWU Mathematics Workshop 2019 25-27 September 2019, North West University,…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/registration-and-orientation/fnas-course-details
FNAS Course Details
2023-01-10 FNAS offers a range of programmes. Please find the degree and programme that you should register for on this page. Each programme listed on this page includes a full list of modules for every year level and every semester of the programme. Please ensure that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/breaking-silence-launching-powerful-campaign-end-gender-based-violence
Breaking the silence: Launching a powerful campaign to end gender-based violence
2023-05-09 By Mafumane Tlhapi and Menziwa Msibi The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Student Counselling and Development Centre, in conjunction with Protection Services and Student Judicial Services, held a silent awareness campaign against gender-based violence (GBV…http://news.nwu.ac.za/presidents-annual-national-address-was-another-box-ticking-exercise