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NWU launches Lekwena Weather Radar
2018-03-22 On 22 March 2018, the minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, officially launched the North West University’s (NWU’s) Lekwena Weather Radar, a weather radar network that provides a high-end scientific tool to study and quantify storms and…https://commerce.nwu.ac.za/business/news
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2024-06-07 Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism – the Role of Business in South Africa , a must have for your book collection! This book by Prof Raymond Parsons offers new perspectives on many of the decisions and events that have shaped the country’s recent economic history…https://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-forefront-agricultural-innovation
North-West University at the forefront of agricultural innovation
2025-04-22 Crop production in South Africa is overshadowed by storm clouds, and not the type that farmers crave. A multitude of uncertainties combine to darken prospects for the country’s crop farmers, which include climate change, water shortages, soil degradation,…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/chemical-resource-beneficiation-crb/catalysis-and-synthesis-group-leader
Catalysis and Synthesis: Group Leader
2019-09-18 Andrew Swarts obtained his Ph.D. in 2013 from Stellenbosch University, working with Prof Selwyn Mapolie in the area of homogeneous catalysis. He moved to North-West University (NWU) in 2014, where he is currently employed as…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-waarheid-oor-uraanblootstelling-suid-afrika-sal-jou-hare-laat-rys
Die waarheid oor uraanblootstelling in Suid-Afrika sal jou hare laat rys
2019-07-11 ’n Nuwe internasionale navorsingsprojek wat fokus op die blootstelling van mense aan uraan in Suid-Afrikaanse goudmyngebiede, het bevind dat inwoners wat in en naby goudmyngebiede woon, aan verhoogde omgewingsvlakke van uraan blootgestel word. Die uraan…https://news.nwu.ac.za/round-applause-finalists-and-winners-modiragatsi-youth-innovation-competition
Round of applause to finalists and winners of the Modiragatsi Youth Innovation Competition
2022-08-22 On Women’s Day this year, the Business School of the North-West University (NWU) had the privilege of honouring gifted young learners and students with great minds and the potential to shape a better future for all! The Modiragatsi Youth Innovation…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/ontmoet-ons-navorsers
Ontmoet ons navorsers
2023-09-28 Die fakulteite by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) doen opwindende werk op die navorsingsfront. Prof Moses Retselisitsoe Phooko is die direkteur van Professionele Ontwikkeling en Gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid in die Fakulteit Regte. Sy navorsing handel oor die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/plastic-pollution-downside-celebrations
Plastic pollution is the downside to celebrations
2024-04-09 Ten million tiny pieces of plastic are estimated to be lying on the lawn in front of the North-West University (NWU) Law Faculty in Potchefstroom, and the soil in the Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds also has high levels of plastic pollution. This is the downside…https://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africa-crossroads-time-restore-faith
South Africa is at a crossroads: Time to restore faith
2025-04-22 South Africa is at a breaking point. The political landscape is shifting, economic pressures are mounting, and trust in government is waning. Dr Sysman Motloung, a political analyst and academic at North-West University (NWU), has spent years studying the…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/atmospheric-chemistry-research-group/funders
Funders
2023-07-03 BIOGRIP project/program, funded under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Research Infrastructure (RI) Platform in South Africa NRF/SAEON/EFTEON funding for the South African Deposition of Biogeochemical Important Trace Species (DEBITS) project…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/research-innovation-natural-and-agricultural-sciences
Research & Innovation: Natural and Agricultural Sciences
2022-09-13 Research Chairs: DST/NRF Research Chair in Astrophysics and Space Physics (SARChI) Centre of Excellence Centre for Space Research CSR conducts observational and theoretical research in Astrophysics, Astronomy and Space Physics. …https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-settles-1-all-draw-against-challengers-tuks
NWU settles for 1-all draw against challengers UP Tuks
2019-08-16 During the North-West University’s (NWU’s) most recent Varsity soccer attempt, I could not help but think about my obsession with soufflés. My mother, a master baker, would tell me after every failed attempt at making my own soufflé that it needed the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/struggling-economy-market-millennials-or-miss-out
In a struggling economy, market to Millennials or miss out
2023-10-06 Their pockets help fuel our economy and their spending habits determine the success of many business endeavours. They were born between 1981 and 1996, they are called Millennials and, according to Prof Roland Goldberg from the Faculty of Economic and…https://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni-awards
NWU Alumni Awards
2021-08-03 Nomination of outstanding NWU Alumni for Biennial Alumni Excellence Awards 2021 It is that time again for you to nominate NWU Alumni who boast distinguished accomplishments or have made exemplary contributions to society. The deadline for…https://news.nwu.ac.za/action-based-research-brings-positive-environmental-change
Action-based research brings positive environmental change
2018-05-23 Climate change is not something that happens at a distance, to other regions and other people, but is a phenomenon that has an impact on everyone, everywhere. This is a lesson that grade 7 learners are being exposed to through a research project involving…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-uesm-researchers-blazing-trail-excellence
NWU UESM: Researchers blazing a trail of excellence
2018-06-05 In line with the vision of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management (UESM) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, experts are conducting research that is not only fundamental and applied, but also…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cloud-matters-showcase-impact-cloud-computing-environment
Cloud Matters showcase the impact of cloud computing on the environment
2022-12-01 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) research niche area Visual Narratives and Creative Outputs (ViNCO) presented a group exhibition, CLOUD MATTERS, from 2 to 4 November 2022. Stemming from the Faculty of Humanities’ international Digital Humanities in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/poverty-thrives-where-corruption-high