2017-03-17
Two alumni from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus, Wouter Pienaar and Ettienne van Rensburg, took centre stage during the 28th annual Caxton Excellence Awards which recently took place at the Silver Star Casino in Krugersdorp.
The…
2017-03-17
Officials from the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America (USDA) visited the School of Agriculture on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) on 16 March 2017.
The delegation from the USDA’s Borlaug office in Washington,…
2017-03-22
Few would say no to a journey of discovery that is not only education but also a great stress reliever. It should come as no surprise then, that the North-West University's (NWU's) Science Centre on the Potchefstroom Campus has seen a spike in visitors in…
2017-03-22
Dr Phil Ndlela, an English literature lecturer on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), recently published a peer-reviewed essay on one of South Africa’s literary giants, Prof Ezekiel Mphahlele, on AOSIS – an online platform that…
2017-03-22
Gugulethu Sibiya, a second-year law student at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), recently published a novel titled “The Turning Point”.
The book focuses on a young person’s choices due to the influence of love and adults who take…
2017-03-22
On Tuesday, 28 March, Christian Bester together with pianist Laetitia Orlandi and French horn player Shannon Armer, will present a recital of American art songs.
The recital will feature a variety of composition styles and regional flavours of American…
2017-03-29
Die hartverskeurende realiteit van die seksuele misbruik van kinders is ’n wêreldwye euwel wat twee navorsers van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) aanpak deur oorlewendes te help om hulle trauma te hanteer en te groei.
Die wêreldwye voorkoms soos dit in 22…
2017-03-29
The heart-wrenching reality of childhood sexual abuse is a global scourge which two researchers from North-West University (NWU) are tackling by assisting survivors to deal with their trauma and thrive.
The worldwide prevalence as measured in 22 countries…
2017-03-29
The heron that laid the golden egg? Scientists from the North-West University (NWU) have found several metals and metalloids in bird eggs in the catchment area of the Orange River which could pose a potential health risk to humans.
Prof Henk Bouwman from…
2017-03-29
Met 11 amptelike tale in Suid-Afrika gaan dit nooit ’n maklike taak wees om ’n doeltreffende dog bekostigbare manier te kry om spraak na teks te transkribeer nie. Dit gaan egter verander met behulp van die innoverende denke van navorsers wat ’n oopbron-,…
2017-03-29
With 11 official languages in South Africa, finding an effective yet affordable way to transcribe speech to text was never going to be easy, but that is set to change with some innovative thinking from researchers who are creating an open source web-based…
2017-03-29
They are a sight common in South Africa as they scavenge landfills and go through bins in suburbs, business and industrial districts. Yet little is known about the role waste pickers play in the economy.
Sights set on shedding light on the factors that…
2017-03-29
Thousands of people rely on the floodplain of the Lower Phongolo River in KwaZulu-Natal, as do millions of fish, frogs, birds, insects and other aquatic animals. But how can they all co-exist sustainably and what is needed to maintain the delicate balance…
2017-03-23
R3 523 735.10. It is an amount that changes lives, it is an amount that makes a bleak day a better one. It is a record amount that was distributed to various individuals, schools, projects and welfare institutions during the North-West University’s (NWU’s…
2017-03-23
A national honour recently bestowed two experts of the North-West University (NWU). Prof Jeanetta du Plessis and Prof Richard Gordon, both from the Centre of Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacen), were appointed as members of the National…
2017-03-23
Dr Lufuno Makhado, a senior lecturer in the Department of Nursing Science on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), , will be taking part in the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA)/South African Trauma Training Research (Phodiso…
2017-03-23
The Law Faculty on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted a symposium at the campus multi-purpose student centre. The well-attended event saw second-year LLB students go against the final fourth-year students on the topic “…
2017-03-24
Another student from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus has self-published a book. Gaopalelwe Lesley Mathiba, a third-year law student, published his debut novel titled “The Essence Behind Motherhood: 'Behold your mother' ~John 19:27”.…
2017-03-24
Saint Augustine once said that the world is a book, and those who do not travel limit themselves to reading only a single page. With this in mind, students of the North-West University (NWU) are invited to apply for the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary.
The…
2017-03-24
The court of public opinion has it that the 2017 Budget Speech represented a contractionary budget with increased taxes and with lower levels of incentives for economic activity.
In light of this, Prof Danie Meyer and Dr Andre Mellet from the North-West…
