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Grant will help SA grapple with its difficult history
2021-08-17 South Africa is a society in which a sense of belonging is complicated by a long and deep history of division and dispossession. Four staff members of the North-West University have received an international grant from the African Critical Inquiry Programme…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/waarom-kinders-boelies-word
Waarom kinders boelies word
2021-07-01 Straf is die eerste ding waaraan die meeste mense dink wanneer hulle uitvind ’n kind is ’n boelie. Hulle ondersoek selde die rede waarom die kind hulle maats emosioneel, verbaal en selfs fisies seermaak. Tebello Mabusela, ’n sielkundedosent by die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/why-children-become-bullies
Why children become bullies
2021-08-17 Punishment is the first reaction most people think of when they find out that a child is a bully. They rarely investigate the reason why the child is emotionally, verbally or even physically harming their peers. Tebello Mabusela, a psychology…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students-assist-elderly-register-covid-19-vaccination
NWU students assist the elderly to register for COVID 19 vaccination
2021-07-07 South Africa's self-registration vaccination portal for citizens aged 60 and above commenced in mid-April. So far, the process of registration for the group has been very low due to variety of reasons. The North-West University (NWU) UNICEF student chapter…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-university-venda-host-iks-innovation-and-social-entrepreneurship-webinar
NWU and University of Venda host an IKS Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Webinar
2021-07-07 The North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with the University of Venda (UNIVEN) and Indigenous Terrain, recently co-hosted an Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Webinar series. This first collaborative student-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-talks-about-happiness
NWU academic talks about happiness
2021-07-02 Prof Anné Verhoef of the North-West University (NWU) presented an inaugural lecture titled “Transcendence, Chance and Happiness” on 24 June 2021. The lecture’s focus was on how happiness relates to notions of chance and transcendence. Prof Verhoef…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/kweek-hoop-ten-spyte-van-die-wanhoop-oor-covid-19
Kweek hoop ten spyte van die wanhoop oor Covid-19
2021-07-02 Die voortgaande effek wat Covid-19 op geestesgesondheid het, word regoor die wêreld gevoel, maar veral in Suid-Afrika noudat die pandemie ons land met ’n derde vlaag getref het. Ons het geliefdes, ons finansiële stabiliteit, van ons vryhede, ons sosiale…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cultivating-hope-despite-despair-covid-19
Cultivating hope despite the despair of Covid-19
2021-07-02 The continuing effect of Covid-19 on mental health is felt all over the world, but especially in South Africa now that this pandemic has hit our country with a third wave. We have lost loved ones, financial stability, some of our freedom, social interaction…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nuwe-vennootskap-sal-vir-chemiese-ingenieurs-groot-voordele-inhou
Nuwe vennootskap sal vir chemiese ingenieurs groot voordele inhou
2021-07-05 Die Skool vir Chemiese en Mineraalingenieurswese by die Noordwes-Universiteit het ’n vennootskap met ’n sagtewaremaatskappy gesluit wat hulle aan die voorpunt van ontwikkeling sal plaas. Die vennootskap met METSIM, die voorste modelleringsagtewaremaatskappy…https://news.nwu.ac.za/new-partnership-will-give-chemical-engineers-huge-advantage
New partnership will give chemical engineers a huge advantage
2021-07-09 The School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering at the North-West University is partnering with a software company that will put them on the cutting edge of development. The partnership with METSIM, the premier modelling software company, will allow the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/freedom-fear-nwu-celebrates-pride-month
Freedom from fear – NWU celebrates Pride Month
2021-07-09 During June, which is Pride Month, LGBT communities and their allies come together and celebrate the freedom to be themselves. Despite recent legal and societal advances, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people across the world often experience…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-collaborators-launch-community-e-skills-project
NWU and collaborators launch Community E-Skills project
2021-07-08 The North-West University's (NWU’s) NWU-CoLab, in collaboration with the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA), the Mahikeng Digital Innovation Hub (MDiHub) and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), recently…https://news.nwu.ac.za/look-sas-constitution
A look at SA’s Constitution
2021-07-09 For many years the South African Constitution was seen as one of the best-written constitutions and examples of constitutionalism on the African continent. Prof Koos Malan from the University of Pretoria’s Department of Public Law has challenged this…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-chhp-se-instituut-vir-sportwetenskap-en-ontwikkeling-steeds-aan-die-gang-ten-spyte-van-die
Die CHHP se Instituut vir Sportwetenskap en Ontwikkeling is steeds aan die gang ten spyte van die inperking
2021-07-09 Die Noordwes Sportakademie (NWAS) gebruik al langer as twee dekades die Instituut vir Sportwetenskap en Ontwikkeling by die Sentrum vir Gesondheid en Menslike Prestasie (CHHP) as konsultant. Die dienste sluit evaluerings, oefenprogramme, werkswinkels en…https://news.nwu.ac.za/chhp-institute-sport-science-and-development-still-performs-despite-lockdown
CHHP Institute of Sport Science and Development still performs despite lockdown
2021-07-09 The North West Academy of Sport (NWAS) has been using the Institute of Sport Science and Development at the Centre of Health and Human Performance (CHHP) as a consultant for over two decades. The services provided include assessments, exercise…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-and-poet-shines-setswana
NWU student and poet shines in Setswana
2021-07-13 Lesego Motlhankane, a third-year BEd student on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus, recently published an anthology of Setswana poetry titled Pitsana ya Poko. The book of poetry, a collaboration between Lesego and renowned author Kabelo…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-klits-spiesgooi-room
NWU klits spiesgooi-room
2021-07-13 Dit is ʼn bekende gesig daar waar die Mooirivier om die Fanie du Toit-sportterrein kronkel. Net onder die Hoëprestasieinstituut is daar sowat 100 m wat as ʼn gevaarvliegsone vir ons geveerde vriende moet dien. Spiese vlieg hier. ʼn Ander konstante hier…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-whips-javelin-cream
NWU whips javelin cream
2021-07-13 The scene where the Mooi River winds around the Fanie du Toit sports fields is a well known one. Just below the High Performance Institute there is a stretch of about 100 m that serves as a hazardous no-fly zone to our feathered friends. Javelins fly here.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/geweld-moet-vinnig-bedwang-gebring-word
Geweld moet vinnig in bedwang gebring word
2021-07-13 Wat op die spel is vir die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie indien wet en orde nie gou herstel word nie, is onomwonde deur president Cyril Ramaphosa in sy toespraak op 12 Julie beklemtoon. Prof Raymond Parsons, ekonoom by die Besigheidskool van die Noordwes-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/violence-must-be-contained-quickly