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2024-06-07 ITLS - Institute for Tourism & Leisure Studies TREES. 2011. National profile and economic impact of biltong hunters in South Africa. Tourism Research in Economic Environs & Society: Potchefstroom. TREES. 2011. A marketing analysis of visitors to Table…Volume 10, 2007, No 2
2020-07-07 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal ISSN 1727-3781 2007 Volume 10 No 2 21 November 2007 Index • Editorial • Contributions • Orationes…Prevention is better than cure: changing the social work paradigm
2018-04-05 “Violence is a huge problem within our society. It doesn’t only come with physical and emotional cost, but also with an economic cost. People who have experienced violence have higher incidences of illness and early death and can therefore not contribute to…NWU recognises institutional linguistic diversity during International Mother Tongue Month
2019-03-28 In accord with the North-West University’s (NWU) commitment to pursue, accommodate and provide a fair and an inclusive language environment, the university recently celebrated annual International Mother Tongue Day across its three campuses. The NWU,…Virtual Galleries
2020-12-03 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: #A2B644; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } 'Meraki' The Virtual Art Exhibition 'Meraki' The…https://www.nwu.ac.za/alumni-awards-nomination
Alumni Awards Nomination Form
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NWU students shine in 48-hour Arcademia Game Jam
2025-06-04 Students from the North-West University (NWU) recently collaborated with their counterparts from the University of Lincoln (UoL) in the United Kingdom for the Arcademia Global Game Jam, an intense 48-hour competition to create playable arcade games. The "…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/research/centre-excellence-carbon-based-fuels-0
Centre of Excellence in Carbon based Fuels
2024-01-19 Vision The vision of the Centre of Excellence in Carbon-based Fuels is to be the leaders in developing carbon-based fuels for improvements in energy efficiency, operational reliability and availability, as well as in minimising the carbon footprint by…COVID-19 poses a clear and present danger to SA economy
2020-03-16 “Market trends and other economic data confirm that the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) now poses a clear and present danger to the South African economy. The ripple effects from the economic dislocation elsewhere and the immense volatility in financial…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/research-innovation/research-innovation-humanities
Research & Innovation: Humanities
2023-08-23 Research Units: OPTENTIA Research Unit Develop and organise knowledge for the optimal expression of individual, social and institutional potential in African context. Unit for Languages and Literature in the SA Context Focusing on the language diversity…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/afrikaans-and-dutch
Afrikaans and Dutch
2021-11-08 Available on the Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses The variety of Afrikaans that is spoken today originates from the Dutch, Malay and African languages spoken by early settlers in South Africa in the 1600s. Afrikaans is viewed by linguists…https://news.nwu.ac.za/electronic-voting-seminar-sparks-critical-debate-mahikeng
Electronic voting seminar sparks critical debate in Mahikeng
2025-06-30 By Gofaone Motsamai Concerns over cost, access and digital readiness dominated discussions at a seminar on the feasibility of introducing electronic voting (e-voting) in South Africa hosted by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The seminar on 12…Elmien du Plessis
2024-05-09 Onlangse Pulblikasies en Internasionale Publikasies: Du Plessis WJ “The public purpose requirement in the calculation of compensation” in Rethinking Public Interest in Expropriation Law, 2014; Du Plessis WJ et al “The effectiveness of the public purpose principle” in Marting, Boer & Slobodian Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability: A…https://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-3
NWU researcher helps uncover new data about Earth and the Milky Way
2020-11-30 A new study has lifted the veil on some of the mysteries of the Milky Way. It has found that the Earth is moving faster than it used to and is nearly 2 000 light-years closer to the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy. This is according to new…https://news.nwu.ac.za/disease-response-projects-aim-make-africa-self-sufficient
Disease response projects aim to make Africa self-sufficient
2021-08-12 In a time of Covid-19 fatigue, citizens are now confronted with an even deadlier and highly transmissible Delta variant. This new virus mutation impacts on already overburdened and under-resourced health systems. More alarming is that on day 460 of the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/mother-and-son-doing-first-year-university-together
Mother and son doing first year at university together
2021-03-31 With a 25-year age gap between them, mother and son Susan and Janu Fouche have both been accepted to do their first year at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU). Forty-three-year-old Susan is studying towards a social work…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sonwabo-digs-deep-follow-his-dream
Sonwabo digs deep to follow his dream
2021-02-10 ‘’Ulala kanjani ungenayo iDegree’’ – how do you sleep while you don’t have a degree in your possession? This is the IsiXhosa mantra 37-year-old Sonwabo Mvangwana used to motivate himself throughout the four years he was trying to obtain his BSc degree in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/understanding-world-homeless-people-suffering-mental-illness
Understanding the world of homeless people suffering from mental illness
2022-05-03 Phenyo Mokgothu Globally, one of the main causes of street homelessness is chronic mental illness, and South Africa is no different. Researchers from the North-West University (NWU) have some recommendations on how the plight of these vulnerable people can…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-africa-day-style
NWU celebrates Africa Day in style
2022-06-06 Ontiretse Motingwa The North-West University (NWU) celebrated Africa Day across all three its campuses on 26 and 27 May 2022. This year the Africa Day theme was “The Year of Nutrition - Strengthening resilience in nutrition and food security on the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-vanderbijlpark-campus-enactus-team-president-compete-international-honours