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NWU alumnus’ off-the grid system solar system to benefit all South Africans
2020-08-06 The future of renewable energy is evolving rapidly, bringing about significant changes. According to industry experts, this energy transition is being driven by three trends – decarbonisation, digitalisation and decentralisation. These trends impact the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/pretty-pure-inspiration
Pretty is pure inspiration
2017-09-12 Pretty Yende has firmly established herself in the international opera milieu and is one of many South African singers who are enjoying a glittering international opera career. This 32-year-old from Mkhondo (Piet Retief) in Mpumalanga recently addressed…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-adaptation-post-apartheid-sa
Social adaptation in post-apartheid SA
2018-11-08 Life in post-apartheid South Africa remains to be learned. This provocation as well as the strategic intent of the North-West University (NWU) to champion social justice, challenges society towards the need for a deeper understanding of the ‘social’ from a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/christian-scholars-ponder-their-place-higher-education
Christian scholars ponder their place in higher education
2018-11-29 Christian scholars from across Africa have come together at a conference in Potchefstroom to consider the role of Christian scholarship in higher education. The International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education (IAPCHE) recently…http://news.nwu.ac.za/magtig-pragtig-cles-research-chair
Magtig, pragtig for CLES research chair
2019-03-18 “Magtig, pragtig!” Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya exclaims, quoting her favourite Afrikaans teacher from school. “He always used to say that when he was very impressed and today it is my turn,” explains the North-West University’s (NWU’s) deputy vice-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-community-hits-road-mental-awareness
NWU community hits the road for mental awareness
2019-03-20 The campus community of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently laced up their running shoes and heeded the call to take part in the campus’s first-ever mental health awareness fun run. The event, hosted by the NWU Alumni…http://news.nwu.ac.za/phd-study-concludes-social-entrepreneurship-state-mind
PhD study concludes that social entrepreneurship is a state of mind
2019-05-13 The delight radiating from the face of Prof Chimwernwe Chipeta was clear to see as he watched his wife Eleanor obtain her PhD in entrepreneurship at the recent PhD graduation ceremony at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/top-performing-mbas-awarded
Top performing MBAs awarded
2019-06-12 No fewer than 55 graduates recently obtained their MBA degrees from the North-West University's (NWU’s) Business School. During a lavish occasion held in Potchefstroom, these students who took the bull by the horns were honored for their hard work and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/potchefstroom-africa
From Potchefstroom to Africa
2019-07-05 Maggie Jasson from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Education has proven that beauty pageants are not just about being beautiful. The 45-year-old has made it into the finals for the Mrs Africa pageant which aims to create a platform where the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vergeet-my-nie-promises-be-unforgettable-affair
Vergeet my nie promises to be an unforgettable affair
2019-07-26 “Life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidence, but rather a tapestry of acts that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan.” This quote sums up the whole concept of the new romantic Afrikaans film Vergeet my nie, directed by André…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-national-science-week-talk-mendeleev-periodic-table
NWU celebrates National Science Week with talk on Mendeleev Periodic Table
2019-07-30 The United Nations General Assembly, during its 74th Plenary Meeting on 20 December 2017, proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019). As we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni-changing-face-tomorrow-all
NWU Alumni changing the face of tomorrow for all
2017-10-10 “Welcome home, alumni!” With these words Prof Linda du Plessis, deputy vice-chancellor of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, recently welcomed members of the Young Alumni fraternity back to the campus for the annual NWU Alumni…http://news.nwu.ac.za/fulufhelo-netswera-ready-take-challenge
Fulufhelo Netswera is ready to take on the challenge
2017-10-17 With more than 22 years of experience within the higher education, research and innovation sector, Prof Fulufhelo Netswera has been appointed as the new director for the North-West University School of Business and Governance Fulufhelo says that he is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/stable-interest-rates-necessary-south-africas-economic-recovery
Stable interest rates necessary for South Africa's economic recovery
2018-05-25 According to renowned economist Prof Raymond Parsons from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Business School, stable interest rates are necessary for as long as possible to avoid choking off South Africa’s incipient economic recovery. “As widely…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-farm-mechanics
NWU and farm mechanics
2018-08-06 The words ‘land expropriation’ are undoubtedly the buzzwords of the day and have sparked both national and international debate about its subsequent effect on the South African economy. Add to this the motion by the ruling party to pursue an amendment to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/geexpo-2018-bigger-and-better
GeeXpo 2018: bigger and better!
2018-07-24 Whoever says that mathematics and information sciences can’t be fun, has surely never taken part in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) annual GeeXpo initiative! On Saturday, 13 October 2018, the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences on the NWU’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-optentia-blazing-start
NWU’s Optentia off to a blazing start
2020-02-19 With the academic year in full swing, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research focus area is off to a blazing start. Researchers, professionals, members of academia and postgraduate students can look forward to and benefit from a bumper…http://news.nwu.ac.za/qatar-airways-ban-sign-things-come
Qatar Airways ban the sign of things to come
2017-06-13 Terrorism is the biggest threat facing the international tourism sector. This is according to Prof Melville Saayman of the research unit TREES (Tourism Research in Economic Environs and Society) at the North-West University (NWU). On June 5, Saudi Arabia…http://news.nwu.ac.za/master%25E2%2580%2599s-research-oyster-mushrooms-makes-student-cream-crop
Master’s research on oyster mushrooms makes student cream of the crop
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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/competitive-sport-both-art-and-science