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World Intellectual Property Day celebrated at NWU
2022-05-18 World Intellectual Property Day is annually celebrated on 26 April, under the auspices of the United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). This year’s theme was “IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future”. This year, the North-West…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-shares-her-entrepreneurial-experiences
NWU alumnus shares her entrepreneurial experiences
2022-05-18 By Ontiretse Motingwa North-West University (NWU) graduate Siphiwe Ncube from Lonely Park in Mahikeng has chosen to not only focus on using her qualification to better her life, but also to knock an all doors that could possibly open to better opportunities…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-reviews-mental-health-unequal-world
NWU academic reviews mental health in an unequal world
2022-05-19 Prof Leepile Sehularo, an associate professor in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Nursing, conducted a literature review in line with the theme for World Mental Health Day 2022 – “Mental Health in an Unequal World”. The World Federation for…https://news.nwu.ac.za/double-success-fiorita-twins
Double the success for Fiorita twins
2022-05-19 North-West University (NWU) students and twins Andrea and Marco Fiorita, recently received their degrees in computer and electronic engineering with distinction. “Growing up, we were inseparable and always in cahoots. We made smoke bombs, took apart…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/verbruikers-staar-toenemend-moeilike-jaar-die-gesig-na-rentekoersverhoging
Verbruikers staar toenemend moeilike jaar in die gesig ná rentekoersverhoging
2022-05-20 Die besluit deur die Monetêrebeleidskomitee (MBK) om die repokoers met nóg 50 basispunte te verhoog, is oor die algemeen deur markte en ontleders verwag. Prof Raymond Parsons, ekonoom van die Besigheidskool van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), sê die MBK het…https://news.nwu.ac.za/consumers-facing-increasingly-tough-year-after-interest-hikes
Consumers facing an increasingly tough year after interest hikes
2022-05-20 The decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to raise the repo rate by another 50 basis points was widely expected by markets and analysts. Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the Business School of the North-West University (NWU), says the MPC took…https://news.nwu.ac.za/study-environmentally-friendly-options-replace-chemical-fertilisers
Study into environmentally friendly options to replace chemical fertilisers
2022-05-20 Prompted by the high cost of chemicals fertilisers and their impact on the environment, a master’s student the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, took on the challenge of searching for environmentally friendly options to replace or supplement…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/jong-plantkundige-bevorder-navorsing-wat-vir-gemeenskappe-relevant
Jong plantkundige bevorder navorsing wat vir gemeenskappe relevant is
2022-05-23 Afrika het volop plante wat vir voedsel en medisyne gebruik kan word, en ’n jong plantkundige aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) en sy navorsingsmedewerkers is vasbeslote om te verseker dat gemeenskappe self uit die ryk plantlewe rondom hulle voordeel trek…https://news.nwu.ac.za/young-botanist-promotes-research-relevant-communities
Young botanist promotes research that is relevant to communities
2022-05-23 Africa has abundant flora that can be used for food and medicine, and a young botanist at the North-West University (NWU) and his collaborating researchers are determined to ensure that communities themselves benefit from the rich plant life around them.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nns-gradering-vir-die-jongste-medeprofessor-dierewetenskap-aan-die-nwu
NNS-gradering vir die jongste medeprofessor in dierewetenskap aan die NWU
2022-05-23 Boerdery is in prof Kenny Mnisi se bloed, en sy lewenslange passie vir dierewetenskappe dra uiteindelik vrug. Prof Mnisi, wat by die Skool vir Landbouwetenskappe op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Mahikengkampus werk, het ’n Y2-gradering ontvang van die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nrf-rating-youngest-associate-professor-animal-science-nwu
NRF rating for youngest associate professor in animal science at NWU
2022-05-23 Farming runs in Prof Kenny Mnisi’s blood, and his life-long passion for animal sciences is finally paying off. Based in the School of Agricultural Sciences at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, he has been awarded a Y2 rating by the National…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-navorsers-voer-suid-afrika-se-eerste-studie-oor-omgewings-maatskaplike-werk-uit
NWU-navorsers voer Suid-Afrika se eerste studie oor omgewings- maatskaplike werk uit
2022-05-23 Klimaatsverandering, vernietiging van die omgewing en die ineenstorting van biodiversiteit hou ’n ernstige bedreiging vir die planeet en die mens in, en veral vir arm en gemarginaliseerde gemeenskappe. Die bedreiging kan selfs groter wees vir die burgers van…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researchers-conduct-south-africas-first-environmental-social-work-study
NWU researchers conduct South Africa’s first environmental social work study
2022-05-23 Climate change, environmental destruction and the collapse of biodiversity pose a severe threat to the planet and mankind, and especially to poor and marginalised communities. The threat may be even greater for citizens of South Africa as the southern…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/regsprofessor-verbeter-vorige-nns-gradering-van-n-c-na-n-uitmuntende-b
Regsprofessor verbeter vorige NNS-gradering van ’n C na ’n uitmuntende B
2022-05-23 Prof Christa Rautenbach se harde werk oor regspluralisme en kulturele diversiteit het uiteindelik vrugte afgewerp toe sy in die hoogs kompeterende graderingsproses van die Nasionale Navorsingstigting (NNS) ’n B-gradering ontvang het. Een van haar…https://news.nwu.ac.za/law-professor-improves-previous-nrf-rating-c-great-b
Law professor improves previous NRF rating of C to a great B
2022-05-23 Prof Christa Rautenbach’s hard work on legal pluralism and cultural diversity finally paid off when she received a B-rating in the highly competitive rating process of the National Research Foundation (NRF). One of her reviewers remarked that her “research…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/waarom-vroee-sifting-vir-bloeddruk-kinders-noodsaaklik
Waarom vroeë sifting vir bloeddruk by kinders noodsaaklik is
2022-05-23 Hoë bloeddruk of hipertensie is nie net ’n siekte by volwassenes nie, maar begin tydens die kinderjare en duur tot in volwassenheid. In ’n studie wat deur die Hipertensie in Afrika-navorsingspan (HART) van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) uitgevoer is,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/why-early-blood-pressure-screening-children-vital
Why early blood pressure screening in children is vital
2022-05-23 High blood pressure or hypertension is not only a disease in adults, but starts during childhood and tracks into adulthood. In a study conducted by the Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) of the North-West University (NWU), researchers emphasised the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/studie-bevind-dat-ongeteerde-strate-lugbesoedeling-bevorder
Studie bevind dat ongeteerde strate lugbesoedeling bevorder
2022-05-23 Die brand van fossielbrandstowwe en industriële vrystellings is van die vernaamste bronne van lugbesoedeling in Suid-Afrika. Daar is egter ander bronne wat in woongebiede aangetref word, byvoorbeeld ongeteerde strate, waarvan daar baie in lae-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/study-finds-unpaved-roads-increase-air-pollution
Study finds that unpaved roads increase air pollution
2022-05-23 The burning of fossil fuels and industrial emissions are among the major sources of air pollution in South Africa. However, there are other sources that are found in residential areas, for example unpaved roads, of which there are plenty in low-income…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/stemme-van-inheemse-gemeenskappe-van-praktyk-moet-gehoor-word