2019-05-21
According to the World Economic Forum, the BRICS economies will be the most competitive of all countries in the coming years and are distinguished by their significant regional and global influence.
The health and wellness of people are at the top of the…
2019-05-21
Raised blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor responsible for mortality worldwide.
Despite this, the majority of people with hypertension are unaware of suffering from it, are untreated, or are on treatment but don’t control the illness.…
2019-05-23
Marga Cummings, ‘n student van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark, het haar oog op internasionale sukses.
As een van Suid-Afrika se top gekeurde hammergooi-atlete, sal sy eersdaags die geleentheid hê om teen atlete van regoor…
2019-05-23
Marga Cummings, a student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, has her sights set on international success.
As one of South Africa’s top-ranked female hammer throwers, she will soon have the opportunity to prove her mettle…
2019-05-23
Drama, drama and more drama. Thereafter, joy. On Monday night, 20 May 2019, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) women hockey team was crowned Varsity hockey champions after beating Maties 2-1 in an exhilarating game, decided by a penalty shootout.
This…
2019-05-27
Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het dit weer gedoen! Tydens die wêrelduitstalling vir insentiefreise (World Exhibition for Incentive Travel, IMEX) is die NWU se toewyding tot navorsingsuitnemendheid en maatskaplike geregtigheid herbevestig toe Emilé Coetzee…
2019-05-24
The North-West University (NWU) has done it again! During the World Exhibition for Incentive Travel (IMEX), the NWU’s dedication to research excellence and social justice was reaffirmed when Emilé Coetzee – an honours student within the Faculty of Economic…
2019-05-24
Researchers from the North-West University (NWU) have done it again. The finalists for the 2018/2019 NSTF-South32 Awards have finally been announced, and this year two esteemed researchers from the NWU have been nominated.
The “Science Oscars”, also…
2019-05-27
North-West University (NWU) students, Matt Lourens and Dehan Opperman, have proven that they are the cream of the crop when it comes to statistics, programming and mathematics.
The duo, who are busy with their master’s degrees in business analytics and…
2019-05-27
The high-energy astrophysics group at the Centre for Space Research at the North-West University (NWU) is playing an important role in key science programmes at the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) that will be built in Chile.
The final agreements between…
2019-05-27
Few scientific gatherings are as prestigious as the famous annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Two students from the North-West University (NWU) have the honour of being chosen to attend the 2019 event.
In the wake of the Second World War, the science…
2018-04-20
’n Mens leer lewenslesse deur aan sport deel te neem – lesse soos dissipline, verantwoordelikheid, selfvertroue, aanspreeklikheid en spanwerk. In die geval van hokkiespelers aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark help sport ook om…
2018-04-20
Ask any news editor: good news does not sell newspapers. Prof Hans Henrik Knoop, extraordinary professor at the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, warns about the dangers that the current kind of…
2018-04-24
It took a moment for Dr Fazel Freeks to comprehend what he was hearing. Aghast at first, the images that formed from the convict’s depiction about the deed that lead to his incarceration made him think about his family. Freeks thought of his youngest…
2018-04-24
The saying goes that two heads are better than one, and a strategic sport partnership between the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campuses in Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark bears testament to this.
In order to ensure a competitive advantage the two…
2018-04-25
Three researchers of the North-West University (NWU) received awards for their work from the South African Academy for Science and Arts.
Prof Leonie Stander of the Faculty of Law received the Toon van den Heever prize for law, Prof Tiaan Brink of the…
2018-04-25
The Album student newspaper on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng recently invited Mr Sikonathi Mantshantsha, the deputy editor of the Financial Mail, to deliver a public lecture titled “State of Capture: A South African story”.
The…
2018-04-25
The world is getting smaller and countries are more interconnected than ever before. Those unwilling to reach out will be left behind, but the Faculty of Theology at the North-West University has no intention of letting that happen.
The faculty boasts an…
2018-04-26
“Research is formalised curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose,” said the American novelist Zora Neale Hurston. It is a sentiment that rings as true today as it did all those many decades ago. It is also a maxim that the Faculty of Theology at…
2018-05-02
On 16 April 2018 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) deputy vice-chancellor for research and innovation, Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya, invited members of the public and media to the fourth public lecture within the NWU Research and Innovation Seminar…
