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Higher performance gets a new look
2021-05-07 A different jacket, the same splendour. The sports codes of the Potchefstroom Campus at the North-West University (NWU) are soon getting new accommodation when the renovations to Building K2 on the Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds across from the High Performance…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/tourism-research-economic-environs-and-society-trees/research-reports-2009
Research Reports 2009
2024-06-07 ITLS - Institute for Tourism & Leisure studies (TREES' previous name) ITLS. 2009. An evaluation of tourism impacts on the environment in South African National Parks. Potchefstroom: Institute for Tourism and Leisure Studies. ITLS. 2009. A socio-economic…http://news.nwu.ac.za/voter-education-key-issues-explored-prior-general-elections
Voter education: key issues explored prior to the general elections
2024-04-19 Political commentator Mike Sham recently hosted a voter education event in collaboration with the Potchefstroom Student Campus Council (SCC) of the North-West University (NWU). Mike Sham, as well as the students of the NWU who were present at the event,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/celebrating-breastfeeding-week-why-we-need-do-more
Celebrating Breastfeeding Week: Why we need to do more
2025-08-05 Breastfeeding is every person’s first start in life, yet millions of South African mothers stop within weeks. A simple change in position or early expert support can make the difference between quitting and success. Myths, short maternity leave, and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-virus-uncertainty-dominoes-are-falling-one-one-economy
Covid-19, the virus of uncertainty: the dominoes are falling one by one in the economy
2020-05-14 The Covid-19 virus is causing unprecedented uncertainty on a global scale. An economist from the North-West University (NWU) says the impact of the pandemic is expected to be greater than that of the Spanish flu of a century ago. According to Prof Danie…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nuwe-nwu-innovasiegenootskap-aan-innoveerder-chemie-toegeken
Nuwe NWU Innovasiegenootskap aan innoveerder in Chemie toegeken
2023-08-28 Deur Vukosi Mathale Die Tegnologie-oordrag en Innovasie-ondersteuningskantoor (TTIS-kantoor) het aan ’n senior lektor in Chemie, dr Frans Smit, die 2023 NWU Innovasiegenootskap toegeken. Die NWU Innovasiegenootskap-program is ’n nuwe inisiatief van die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-jacket-nwu-intervention-programme
New jacket for NWU intervention programme
2018-11-08 What started out as an intervention programme to provide academic aid to Grade 12 learners struggling with accounting has grown into one of the North-West University’s (NWU’S) flagship community engagement projects. And come 2019, this successful…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-enactus-runners-sa%25E2%2580%2599s-2nd-universities-business-challenge
NWU Enactus runners-up in SA’s 2nd Universities Business Challenge
2019-02-28 The Enactus student chapter of the North-West University (NWU) is making its impact felt nationally, and if their performance in 2018 was anything to go by, then the stage is set for an exciting new year. The chapter ended 2018 on a high after being…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vincent-kheswa-%25E2%2580%2593-there-room-grow-outside-box
Vincent Kheswa – there is room to grow outside the box
2017-04-04 Life outside the proverbial box is bliss. And best of all: experiencing life to the fullest beats being a mere spectator. This is according to Vincent Kheswa, an alumnus of the North-West University (NWU) whose life’s journey bears testament of not only the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/optentia-research-starts-community
Optentia research starts with the community
2017-11-09 The 1990s concept of “giving psychology away” has come to life at Optentia in 2017 where research is being done with the purpose of “giving science away”. For the Optentia research focus area, the community is the starting point for any research project. “…http://news.nwu.ac.za/enactus-vaal-through-next-round-harmony-led-challenge
Enactus Vaal through to the next round of Harmony LED Challenge
2017-06-29 Members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark chapter of Enactus are walking proud and tall after advancing to the second round of the prestigious 2017 Harmony Local Economic Development Challenge. The team from Vanderbijlpark…http://news.nwu.ac.za/poetry-portrayal-life
Poetry as a portrayal of life
2022-05-13 World-renowned poet and writer Audre Lorde held that poetry is not only a dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before. No one…http://news.nwu.ac.za/centre-water-science-and-management-protecting-our-invaluable-resource
Centre for Water Science and Management is protecting our invaluable resource
2023-11-23 Protecting surface and groundwater from mining activities is crucial to safeguard ecosystems, public health and sustainable water resources. That is why the Centre for Water Science and Management (CWSM) at the North-West University (NWU) and its specialised…http://news.nwu.ac.za/academic-analyses-north-west-state-province-address
Academic analyses the North West State of Province Address
2024-03-20 A recent analysis by Dr Lindikaya W Myeki from the subject group Agricultural Economics and Extension at the North-West University (NWU) delved into the North West State of Province Address (NWSOPA), with a particular focus on food security issues. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/minister-appoints-nwus-research-support-director-water-research-commission
Minister appoints NWU’s Research Support director to Water Research Commission
2023-05-04 Expert knowledge is needed to protect and manage water, an essential and scarce natural resource. As a relatively dry country, South Africa faces crucial challenges that include insufficient water, water quality problems, inadequate infrastructure and…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/unit-environmental-sciences-and-management/ecological-interactions-and-ecosystem-resiliences
Ecological Interactions and Ecosystem Resilience
2026-03-05 Sub-programme leader: Prof Frances Siebert (Frances.Siebert@nwu.ac.za) Latest news: [accordion] Vacancy: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow …http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty_news
Faculty News
2017-11-01 News within the Faculty of Natural Sciences Please note that this page will no long be updated after the restructuring of our faculty. All new news will feature in our home page's slider and placed on the previous page after expiry.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-multilingualism-language-awareness-week
NWU celebrates multilingualism: Language Awareness Week
2021-09-09 Language Awareness Week (LAW) is all about celebrating multilingualism at the North-West University (NWU) this year. LAW 2021 is anchored by the Faculty of Education in collaboration with the Language Directorate and will be presented online from 13 to 17…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/skool-vir-wiskundige-en-statistiese-wetenskappe/wiskunde-en-toegepaste-wiskunde
Wiskunde en Toegepaste Wiskunde
2022-08-04 Wiskunde Op skoolvlak bestaan wiskunde uit algebra, meetkunde, analitiese meetkunde, trigonometrie en differensiaalrekening. Op universiteitsvlak word al die voorgenoemde afdelings in diepte bestudeer. Geen Fisika, Chemie, Ingenieurswese,…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/phasrec/projects