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Effective border control to curb Coronavirus
2020-03-09 With South Africa’s third COVID-19 case confirmed over the weekend, a North-West University (NWU) academic believes that effective border control is needed to curb the further spread of the Coronavirus. Prof Muhiyatshombe Lukamba says a large number of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-provincial-government-forge-better-working-relations
NWU and provincial government forge better working relations
2019-06-27 As North West premier Prof Job Mokgoro steps to the podium to deliver his State of the Province Address (SOPA) in Mahikeng on Friday, 28 June, he will do so armed with valuable suggestions from the province’s academics and other professionals. The…https://news.nwu.ac.za/universities-urged-aid-un-goals
Universities urged to aid UN goals
2019-06-07 “Universities are becoming too vocational. There is too big a focus on jobs for today and not on jobs for tomorrow.” This according to Dr Geoff Scott, emeritus professor for higher education and sustainability at Western Sydney University in Australia…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-reaches-out-schools-donating-sports-equipment
NWU reaches out to schools by donating sports equipment
2022-03-11 As part of their community outreach programme, the All Sports Chapter (ASC) and Sports department on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus are reaching out to local schools lacking sports equipment. The aim of this programme is to give…https://news.nwu.ac.za/vanderbijlpark-campuss-landscaping-wins-award
Vanderbijlpark Campus’s landscaping wins an award
2023-08-07 Rothe Plantscapers’ landscaping on the North-West University’s (NWU's) Vanderbijlpark Campus recently scored the garden maintenance company a silver award at the South African Landscape Institute’s (SALI’s) Awards of Excellence ceremony. As a principal…https://news.nwu.ac.za/eagles-continue-fly-high-varsity-cup
Eagles continue to fly high in Varsity Cup
2023-03-24 They just have a touch of class, don’t they? Slick as marlins in the water at the back, as ferocious as stampeding rhinos in the front. On Monday, 20 January, the North-West University (NWU) Eagles ran in five tries as they beat the Central University of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/spcs-action-connecting-academia-and-industry-science
SPCS in Action: Connecting academia and industry in science
2024-09-18 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Physical and Chemical Sciences (SPCS) will host its highly anticipated SPCS in Action event on 25 and 26 September 2024 at the Mahikeng Campus. With the theme “Connecting academia and industry through science”,…Minister appoints NWU alumnus to Eskom interim board of directors
2017-06-29 On 23 June 2017 the Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown, appointed Dr Pulane Molokwane, an alumnus of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, as a non-executive director to the interim board of Eskom . “I believe the interim…Try the NWU’s cookbook on traditional Tswana cuisine
2018-02-22 Impressing your family and friends with traditional Tswana dishes has just become easier. Dr Nicole Claasen from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), together with 129 women, has compiled a Tswana…https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/seminar-dr-nomonde-p-madubula
Seminar by Dr Nomonde P. Madubula
2024-10-07 You are cordially invited to a seminar by Dr Nomonde P. Madubula (Former NWU student and specialist in Development and Management). Topic: Assessing Climate Change Response in the Local Government [accordion] Abstract This paper reports on an…https://news.nwu.ac.za/climate-change-alters-distribution-disease-carrying-snails-south-africa
Climate change alters distribution of disease-carrying snails in South Africa
2024-08-19 Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is the second most socio-economically devastating parasitic disease after malaria, affecting millions of South Africans. Caused by parasitic worms which rely on specific snails as intermediate hosts, recent research…Strengthening local government legislative authority in South Africa: enforcing municipal by-laws
2017-11-02 28 September 2017 – The Roots, Potchefstroom Critical role-players in the enforcement of bylaws Adv Charlie Naidoo (Manguang Metro…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/%25E2%2580%2598n-blink-toekoms-wag-vir-slimkop-franco
‘n Blink toekoms wag vir slimkop Franco
2018-05-07 Franco Bosman is ʼn man met ʼn plan. Tydens die onlangse Toekennings vir Studente-uitnemendheid van die Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark, is Franco aangewys as die beste GR-student in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/liezl-gouws-gereed-om-haar-paralimpiese-stempel-af-te-druk
Liezl Gouws is gereed om haar Paralimpiese stempel af te druk
2021-08-23 Sy het haar vasberadenheid reeds oor en oor bewys – meer as wat iemand van haar ouderdom dit behoort te doen, en Liezl Gouws is gereed om dit weer te doen. Hierdie vierdejaar-farmasiestudent van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), wat as vyfjarige ’n serebrale…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hoe-bruin-seewier-en-gebruikte-oestersampioensubstraat-vir-hoendervoer-gebruik-kan-word
Hoe bruin seewier en gebruikte oestersampioensubstraat vir hoendervoer gebruik kan word
2024-07-31 Een van die grootste uitdagings wat Afrika in die gesig staar, is voedselsekerheid. Dr Godfrey Mhlongo, ’n onlangse PhD-gegradueerde in dierewetenskap aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), glo dat inheemse hoenders, bruin seewier en oestersampioensaad kan help…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-home-largest-zebra-fish-bioassay-facility-africa
NWU home to largest Zebra fish bioassay facility in Africa
2018-06-13 The Water research group in the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management (UESM) at the North-West University (NWU) installed the National Aquatic Bioassay Facility (NABF) in September 2017. Not only is the 515m2 facility the largest Zebra fish…https://news.nwu.ac.za/gift-goes-international
GIFT goes international
2023-08-18 A research team 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) recently traveled to Hungary to collaborate with the University of…https://www.nwu.ac.za/qualitative-data-analysis-atlasti-8-beginner-advanced
Qualitative data analysis with ATLAS.ti 8 (beginner & advanced)
2019-02-26 In this two-day workshop, Dr Nicole Claasen (certified Senior ATLAS.ti Professional Trainer) provides insights into qualitative data analysis with ATLAS.ti which is the most intuitive and powerful qualitative data analysis software on the market and is…Elmarie van der Schyff
2020-11-23 In recent times, enormous developments occurred in the field of mineral and water rights following the promulgation of legislation in which the state was statutorily appointed as the guardian or trustee of the resources concerned. This statutory…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/philosophy/essay-competition