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NWU Soccer Institute player named top North West ABC Motsepe player
2023-05-02 The North-West University (NWU) is celebrating the recent announcement that one of their football players, Heaven Prince Julius Sereetsi, has been named the best player of the North West ABC Motsepe league. Heaven, an NWU Soccer Institute attacking winger,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/gift-students-and-staff-hungary-may
GIFT students and staff off to Hungary in May
2023-05-02 Several lecturers from the Global, Innovative, Forefront, Talent (GIFT) Management research niche area in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (FEMS) will soon depart for Hungary, courtesy of funding received from…https://news.nwu.ac.za/snail-day-raises-awareness-schistosomiasis-and-river-health
Snail Day raises awareness of schistosomiasis and river health
2023-05-03 The North-West University (NWU) Water Research Group (WRG) and the University of Limpopo (UL) recently hosted a Snail Day community workshop, sponsored by the Water Research Commission (WRC). According to Dr Lizaan de Necker, principal investigator from the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/academics-look-science-and-faith
Academics look at science and faith
2023-05-03 Two North-West University (NWU) academics, Prof Frikkie van Niekerk and Prof Nico Vorster, are the proud editors of the transdisciplinary book titled Science and Faith in Dialogue. It is published in open access format by AOSIS Scholarly Books. …https://news.nwu.ac.za/best-diplomats-conference-opens-new-doors-opportunity
Best Diplomats Conference opens new doors of opportunity
2023-05-04 North-West University (NWU) student Oscar Mosenogi, who has been selected as one of the World Changers Candidates Ambassadors, was given the opportunity to speak at the Best Diplomats Conference that took place in Thailand. This conference was organised by…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nuwe-boek-ondersoek-hoer-onderwys-die-lig-van-n-pandemie
Nuwe boek ondersoek hoër onderwys in die lig van ’n pandemie
2023-06-07 Die Covid-19-pandemie het verwoesting agtergelaat en die hoëronderwyssektor is nie gespaar nie. Dit is die gevolgtrekking waartoe ’n nuwe boek, getiteld Higher Education in the Face of a Global Pandemic, gekom het. Die mederedakteurs daarvan was prof…https://news.nwu.ac.za/new-book-investigates-higher-education-face-pandemic
New book investigates higher education in the face of a pandemic
2023-06-07 The Covid-19 pandemic left nothing but devastation in its wake, and the higher-education sector was not spared. This is the conclusion drawn in a new book titled Higher Education in the Face of a Global Pandemic, co-edited by Prof Petronella Jonck from the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/revolutionising-agriculture-industrial-engineering-efficient-farms
Revolutionising agriculture: industrial engineering for efficient farms
2023-06-07 Prof Rojanette Coetzee, an academic at the North-West University’s (NWU's) Faculty of Engineering, recently established a research forum that will use industrial engineering methods to help farmers. Assisted by research assistants Herme Nel and Jorinda…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bbp-groeisyfers-vir-die-eerste-kwartaal-van-2023
BBP-groeisyfers vir die eerste kwartaal van 2023
2023-06-07 Volgens prof Raymond Parsons van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Besigheidskool is die goeie nuus dat die BBP-groei van 0,4% in die eerste kwartaal van 2023, ná die hersiene -1,1%-groei in die vierde kwartaal van 2022, die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie in staat…https://news.nwu.ac.za/dp-growth-figures-first-quarter-2023
DP growth figures for the first quarter of 2023
2023-06-07 According to Prof Raymond Parsons from the North-West University (NWU) Business School, the good news is that GDP growth of 0,4% in the first quarter of 2023, following on the revised -1,1% growth in the fourth quarter of 2022, has enabled the South African…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lecturer-becomes-first-family-bag-phd
NWU lecturer becomes first in family to bag a PhD
2023-06-07 The recent autumn graduations at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus brought a momentous achievement for one employee in particular – Dr Bonelwa Sidumo. Dr Sidumo, a statistics lecturer and emerging researcher, received her PhD in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/adele-and-tete-gunning-comrades-gold
Adele and Tete gunning for Comrades gold
2023-06-07 It is a tale etched in South African athletics folklore. One-hundred-and-two-years ago, an ultramarathon was born to celebrate comradery and the indomitable human spirit in the wake of the devastation caused by the First World War. It is an 87701 km odyssey…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/jean-tiedt-koning-van-verdediging
Jean Tiedt: Koning van verdediging
2023-06-02 Rugby het verander. Dit het ontwikkel. Kyk maar na van die wedstryde in die 70’s, 80’s en vroeë tot middel-90’s. Dit was ’n bietjie van ’n deurmekaarspul, was dit nie? Daar was min struktuur (in elk geval nie soos vandag nie) en dit was meer van ’n…https://news.nwu.ac.za/jean-tiedt-king-defence
Jean Tiedt: King of defence
2023-06-02 Rugby has changed. It has evolved. Take a look at some of the games in the 70s, 80s and early to mid-90s. They were a bit of a mess, weren’t they? There was little structure (not like nowadays, anyway) and it was more of a scrap than a clinical exhibition.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/vernon-paulo-beur-boontoe
Vernon Paulo beur boontoe
2023-06-02 Daar is soveel van ’n vasbyter in Vernon Paulo se benadering tot rugby dat dit ’n mens amper bang maak. Dié amper-22-jarige woelgees van ’n haker is op die oorlogspad. Vra maar vir Ikeys se skrumskakel, Asad Moos, wat tydens die Varsitybeker-finaal tussen die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/vernon-paulo-clawing-his-way-top
Vernon Paulo is clawing his way to the top
2023-06-02 There is a tenacity to Vernon Paulo’s approach to rugby that is, quite frankly, scary. The soon-to-be 22-year-old dynamo of a hooker has an appetite for destruction. Just ask Ikeys scrumhalf Asad Moos who, during the Varsity Cup final between the Eagles and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-vice-chancellor-reflects-first-year-office
NWU vice-chancellor reflects on first year in office
2023-06-02 By:Phenyo Mokgothu and Nolwazi Xulu North-West University (NWU) principal and vice-chancellor, Prof Bismark Tyobeka, shared his experiences and insights from his first year at the university during a media networking session on 31 May 2023 at the NWU’s…https://news.nwu.ac.za/there-nothing-precarious-about-precious-future