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ENVIRA & METSI
2021-06-22 ENVIRA The Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management (UESM) Newsletter, ENVIRA, was revived during the 2020 Lockdown and has been fruitful ever since. The ENVIRA is published seasonally and broadcasts the most recent research activities…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-onder-die-mees-toegewydes-ten-opsigte-van-omgewings-en-maatskaplike-verandering
NWU onder die mees toegewydes ten opsigte van omgewings- en maatskaplike verandering
2022-10-27 Universiteite het ’n deurslaggewende rol om te speel om oplossings vir dringende omgewings- en maatskaplike vrae te kry. Die jongste ranglys deur die Quacquarelli Symonds-agentskap (QS-agentskap) plaas die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) onder die top- wêreldwye…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/verseker-n-toekoms-vir-trekvisspesies
Verseker ’n toekoms vir trekvisspesies
2024-06-19 Die Waternavorsingsgroep (WNG) van die Skool vir Biologiese Wetenskappe en die Eenheid vir Omgewingswetenskappe en -bestuur aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het met Nature-I-Am saamgewerk om Wêreld Vismigrasiedag te vier. Kinders tussen die ouderdomme van…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-engineering-still-forefront
NWU's Engineering still at the forefront
2018-11-20 A great honour was recently bestowed upon the North-West University's (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering when their programme in mineral processing has been named under the top 100 best programs in the world in this field. This announcement was made by the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/july-2019-inflation-results-are-released-quo-vadis
July 2019 Inflation results are released: Quo vadis?
2019-08-22 According to Statistics South Africa (2019) the annual year-on-year inflation rate declined from 4,5% in June 2019 to 4,0 % in July 2019, while on a month-on-month basis the inflation increased by 0,4%. “The inflation rate is therefore within the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/we-lead-through-research-nwu
We lead through research at the NWU
2022-08-31 At the North-West University (NWU), research not only plays a pivotal role in the daily functioning, but it is also where the university helps to change the world. Beyond the NWU’s multitude of research centres of excellence, chairs, units, focus areas and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/dr-mathews-phosa-those-we-should-diligently-serve-are-cold-and-hungry
Dr Mathews Phosa: Those we should diligently serve are cold and hungry
2023-05-30 Political titan, businessman extraordinaire, philanthropist and a figurehead of the ANC’s negotiation process in the early 1990s, Dr Mathews Phosa visited the North-West University (NWU) on 23 May and pulled no punches in detailing how to get the country back…http://news.nwu.ac.za/antimicrobial-resistance-threatens-africas-future-sasuf-2023
Antimicrobial resistance threatens Africa’s future (SASUF 2023)
2023-03-30 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a huge threat to Africa’s and, by extension, the world’s health care systems and should be addressed with haste. This according to Prof Carlos Bezuidenhout, director of the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,…http://law.nwu.ac.za/law-justice-and-sustainability/external-projects
External Projects
2023-10-30 Transboundary Protection of Biodiversity (TraProBio) Justus Liebig University and the Faculty of Law NWU (Potchefstroom Campus) KAS/NWU "Risks Posed to Protecting the Right to Food and Food Security" Conference October 2013 KAS/NWU "…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/virtual-seminar-dr-patience-chadambuka-rural-communities-and-coping-extreme-heat-south-western
Virtual seminar by Dr Patience Chadambuka: Rural Communities and Coping with Extreme Heat in South-Western Zimbabwe
2024-04-18 The NWU School of Social Sciences cordially invites to attend a thought-provoking virtual seminar hosted by Dr Patience Chadambuka, from Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. The seminar is titled "Rural Communities and Coping with Extreme Heat in South-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/maintaining-balance-between-protection-and-use-sa%25E2%2580%2599s-most-diverse-floodplain-ecosystem
Maintaining the balance between protection and use of SA’s most diverse floodplain ecosystem
2017-03-29 Thousands of people rely on the floodplain of the Lower Phongolo River in KwaZulu-Natal, as do millions of fish, frogs, birds, insects and other aquatic animals. But how can they all co-exist sustainably and what is needed to maintain the delicate balance…http://news.nwu.ac.za/engineering-week-2024-inspires-next-generation-innovators
Engineering Week 2024 inspires the next generation of innovators
2024-08-14 It all starts at the North-West University (NWU), and the Faculty of Engineering on the Potchefstroom Campus has risen to the occasion to fulfil that mission. For many years, the goal of the biennial Engineering Week has been to introduce high school learners…http://news.nwu.ac.za/global-warming-places-africas-wildlife-peril
Global warming places Africa’s wildlife in peril
2025-10-10 Drought, intensified by global warming and compounded by human action, has taken a devastating toll on wildlife across Africa and the Amazon between 2023 and 2025. According to a sobering new United Nations report, animal populations are being ravaged not…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/masim
MaSIM Home
2023-10-16 Welcome to the Focus Area for Material Science Innovation and Modelling Since it was approved in 2012, the Material Science, Innovation and Modelling (MaSIM) research focus area has endeavoured to become a leading research and development centre…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/research/research-innovation-engineering
Research & Innovation: Engineering
2022-07-01 Research Chairs: DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Nuclear Engineering The DST/NRF SARChI Research Chair in Nuclear Engineering is the only research chair in nuclear engineering in South Africa and NWU is the only university in South Africa with a PhD program…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researcher-first-africa-lead-global-hypertension-society
Researcher is first in Africa to lead global hypertension society
2018-10-25 Normal heart rates range from 60 to 100 beats per minute. Anything above that means blood is racing at an alarming speed through your veins. One person whose blood is pumping with passion in the fight against a deadly health condition, hypertension, is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-faculty-law-marches-rights-children
NWU’s Faculty of Law marches for the rights of children
2019-02-27 More than 200 people participated in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) awareness march to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The march took place on 26…http://news.nwu.ac.za/driehoek-tragedy-%25E2%2580%2593-nwu-expert-emphasizes-need-professional-trauma-counselling
Driehoek tragedy – NWU expert emphasizes the need for professional trauma counselling
2019-02-07 On Friday, 1 February 2019, the country was shocked by the news of a walkway collapse at Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark. Learners were leaving the morning assembly to go to their respective class rooms when tragedy struck. Three pupils: Roydon…http://news.nwu.ac.za/amberley-angel-disguise-0