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NWU staff open their hearts and wallets to vulnerable children
2019-06-24 With hardly a month before the annual Nelson Mandela Day commemorations start, staff from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Corporate Relations and Marketing (CRM) department opened their hearts and wallets to assist vulnerable children in Mahikeng’s…https://news.nwu.ac.za/transforming-housing-research-exploration-personal-and-cultural-rediscovery
Transforming housing research into an exploration of personal and cultural rediscovery
2025-05-29 By Gofaone Motsamai Years of study, fieldwork and reflection have culminated in a book that combines experience and policy on a touchy subject in South Africa, housing. Dr Salphinah Vuloyimuni Ubisi, a lecturer in the subject group Public Administration and…Stagflation continues amid the economic recession: SA economy caught in the “perfect storm”
2020-03-19 Two economists of the North-West University (NWU) say that inflation is expected to continue on an upward trend this month, while the cost of production is also expected to continue to rise as a result of the global uncertainty and supply chain problems…https://www.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/inaugural-lectures-2022
Inaugural Lectures 2022
2023-06-08 The North-West University is proud to showcase its academics as they climb the ladder in their academic career. Any academic who is promoted to professor or who is appointed by the NWU as “newly appointed professor” from elsewhere, is expected to deliver a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/long-and-lean-road-reviving-south-african-airways
Long and lean road to reviving South African Airways
2020-11-21 lign="center">The North-West University’s Ofentse Mokwena, a transport economist, takes a look at South African Airways’ dire financial and management situation. He also elucidates on some possible solutions. South African Airways (SAA) had hidden…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…‘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://engineering.nwu.ac.za/hysa/ice-2023-speakers
Confirmed Invited Speakers (3 April 2023)
2023-09-29 .col-sm-3.col.well:hover { color: black; background: white; } Home Scientific Committee Conference Fees Sponsors & Partners Become a sponsor Important Dates Abstract Submission Registration Speakers Programme Practical Information…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/consumer-sciences/projects
Research projects
2025-06-12 Recently completed postgraduate projects of PhD students Botha, E. 2023. A consumer infant vaccination decision model in South Africa. Promotor: Prof. D. van der Merwe; co-promotors: Prof. R.J. Burnett and Prof. P. Bester. Dreyer, H. 2023. Towards an…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus%25E2%2580%2599-grid-system-solar-system-benefit-all-south-africans
NWU alumnus’ off-the grid system solar system to benefit all South Africans
2020-08-06 The future of renewable energy is evolving rapidly, bringing about significant changes. According to industry experts, this energy transition is being driven by three trends – decarbonisation, digitalisation and decentralisation. These trends impact the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/perennial-grasses-are-answer-veld-restoration
Perennial grasses are the answer for veld restoration
2021-08-12 In a water-scarce country like South Africa with growing demands for grazing, cultivated perennial grasses could be the answer to protecting the veld and providing nutrition for animals. “Droughts, scarcity of rain and overgrazing have caused a lot of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/record-chasing-cornelle-looking-super-2022
Record-chasing Cornelle looking for super 2022
2022-05-31 “Cleaning house!” laughs Cornelle Leach with a sigh. Her tongue is firmly in her cheek and barely a word she utters is true. Because that is definitely not all the 23-year-old has kept herself busy with since she received her honours degree in Tourism…https://news.nwu.ac.za/research-week-aims-acknowledge-and-showcase-ground-breaking-work-researchers
Research week aims to acknowledge and showcase ground-breaking work of researchers
2023-09-27 Research Week at the North-West University (NWU) was jam-packed with events showcasing the excellent and impactful work NWU researchers do. This week is a biennial series of events that has been established to put the spotlight on postgraduate research…https://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-tyobeka-lauds-proposed-national-nuclear-initiative
Prof Tyobeka lauds proposed national nuclear initiative
2024-09-06 The principal and vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU) – and internationally renowned nuclear energy expert – Prof Bismark Tyobeka, has lauded the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE) proposed recommendation to Cabinet that three…https://news.nwu.ac.za/how-brown-seaweed-and-spent-oyster-mushroom-substrates-could-be-used-chicken-feed
How brown seaweed and spent oyster mushroom substrates could be used as chicken feed
2024-07-31 One of the greatest challenges facing Africa is food security. Dr Godfrey Mhlongo, a recent PhD graduate in animal science from the North-West University (NWU), believes indigenous chickens, brown seaweed and oyster mushroom spawn could help feed the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-wins-grassroots-innovator-year-award-mushroom-dome-brainwave
Alumnus wins Grassroots Innovator of the Year Award for mushroom dome brainwave
2025-01-21 An innovative African Hut Mushroom Dome, a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution to growing mushrooms, has earned North-West University (NWU) alumnus Dr Sydwell Sihlangu the title of Grassroots Innovator of the Year 2024 at the Grassroots…https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/lifestyle-diseases-research-entity-workshop-mapping-research-and-analysis-lifestyle-diseases