2017-07-06
Die VSA se president Donald Trump se onttrekking aan die Paryse Klimaatsooreenkoms vroeër hierdie maand is met wêreldwye ontsteltenis begroet. Trouens, die Verenigde Nasies (VN) sowel as voormalige president Barack Obama, het die besluit as ’n groot…
2017-06-21
US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord earlier in the month was greeted with global dismay. In fact, both the United Nations (UN) and former President Barack Obama labelled the decision as a major setback.
According to Dr…
2017-06-22
’n Toegewyde fokus op die praktyk van tegnologie-bevorderende leer: dit is waaroor die pas gestigte TELIT-SA-navorsingsfokusarea gaan.
TELIT-SA staan vir tegnologie-bevorderende leer en innoverende onderwys en opleiding in Suid-Afrika (Technology Enhanced…
2017-06-22
A dedicated focus on the practice of technology-enhanced learning: this is what the newly established TELIT-SA research focus area is all about. TELIT-SA stands for Technology Enhanced Learning and Innovative Education and Training in South Africa, and…
2017-07-06
Sonder ’n behoorlike begrip van ekonomiese konsepte word daar kleigetrap in die ingewikkelde landskap van die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie. Só sê prof Danie Meyer, senior lektor in die Skool vir Ekonomiese Wetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se…
2017-06-23
Without a proper understanding of economic concepts one is flying blind in the intricate landscape that is the South African economy. This is according to Prof Danie Meyer, senior lecturer within the School of Economic Sciences at the North-West University’…
2017-06-26
Four scientists of the North-West University (NWU) are finalists in the National Science and Technology’s (NSTF) prestigious science awards, also known as the “Science Oscars” of South Africa.
Prof Louis du Preez (zoology), Prof Alta Schutte (…
2017-07-06
Kanovaarders van regoor die streek en lede van die Watuni-kanoklub, wat op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark geleë is, het Saterdag ’n vaart onderneem ter herinnering aan wyle Gerhard Nel.
Die jaarlikse Gerhard Nel-gedenkresies is…
2017-06-26
Canoeists from across the region and members of the Watuni Canoe Club – situated at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark – took to the water on Saturday, 24 June 2017, in remembrance of the late Gerhard Nel.
The annual Gerhard Nel…
2017-06-26
Extrusion, a high-pressure cooking process, has revolutionised the food, feed, plastic and powder paint industries, among many others. Small wonder, then, that the annual ExtruAfrica conference, training seminar and exhibition is such an eagerly…
2017-06-26
North-West University (NWU) PhD student, Sidwell Sihlangu, has been awarded a prize worth R20 000 for the best-researched journal in scientific innovation at the Provincial Youth in Agriculture Awards for his master’s research on cultivating oyster…
2017-06-27
The sun may not be setting on the British Empire, but the island nation will be shrouded beneath stormy clouds for the foreseeable future. Negotiations for Britain to leave the European Union commenced last week in Brussels and it is evident that two years…
2017-06-27
Hypertension, strokes and heart disease – the silent killers. Have you ever heard that a healthy body houses a healthy brain? The reverse is actually true. Therefore the Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) of the North-West University (NWU)…
2017-07-06
“Sport het die mag om die wêreld te verander. Dit het die mag om te inspireer. Dit het die mag om mense op ’n manier te verenig soos min ander dinge kan doen. Dit praat ’n taal wat almal kan verstaan. Sport kan hoop skep waar daar net wanhoop was.”
Hierdie…
2017-06-27
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks in a language everyone understands. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.”
These powerful…
2017-06-27
Dealing with work complexity has become a major development issue, especially when one considers the uncertain times in which leaders are expected to operate in. With this challenge in mind the North-West University (NWU) Leadership Summit will take place…
2017-06-28
The Sociology Department on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng will host the 24th annual South African Sociological Association (SASA) Congress from 2 to 5 July 2017. The theme of the congress is ”#WHATMUSTRISE: Critical sociological…
2017-06-28
The devastating Knysna fires left some of the most beautiful parts in the Eastern Cape in ruins, and in the midst of this unprecedented damage many people are without houses, without food, without anything.
This is a heartbreaking situation that sent…
2017-07-06
"As jy ooit iemand op ’n troontjie moet plaas – doen dit dan met onderwysers. Hulle is ons samelewing se helde." Hierdie woorde van ’n Amerikaanse skrywer, Guy Kawasaki, maak sin wanneer ’n mens dink aan onderwysers se taak wat uit soveel fasette bestaan.…
2017-06-28
“If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.” These words by American author, Guy Kawasaki, rings true and when one considers the multi-faceted role of teachers it becomes clear that a teacher is not just an educator.…
