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NWU se Tinotenda: meester van die basketbalbaan
2020-05-07 Tinotenda Chirara het op die vroeë ouderdom van 10 jaar verlief geraak … op basketbal. Vandat hy destyds in 2006 aan die sport bekendgestel is, het hy die basketbalbaan oorheers, en sy doelwitte een doel op ’n keer bereik. Hierdie 24-jarige tweedejaar-BA…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-tinotenda-master-basketball-court
NWU’s Tinotenda: master of the basketball court
2020-05-07 At the tender age of 10, Tinotenda Chirara fell in love … with basketball. Ever since his introduction to the sport way back in 2006, he has taken the court by storm, conquering his goals one hoop at a time. This 24-year-old second-year BA student at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-writes-about-experiences-african-migrants-european-countries
NWU academic writes about experiences of African migrants in European countries
2020-05-07 North-West University (NWU) academic and a research professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the campus in Mahikeng, Prof Erhabor Idemudia, has co-authored a book with Prof Klaus Boehnke from Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany. The book titled…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-brand-stores-prove-charity-does-indeed-begin-home
NWU brand stores prove that charity does indeed begin at home
2020-05-07 With the world facing an unprecedented challenge in the form of the global Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen everyone coming together to combat this pandemic. The North-West University (NWU) played its part and recently launched the NWU Covid-19 Response…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-resolve-coronavirus-food-shortages
How to resolve coronavirus food shortages
2020-05-08 It is no secret that millions of South Africans currently suffer under the impact of the lockdown regulations introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic. The poor access to food is probably the biggest tragedy, because millions of citizens do not know…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineers-tutor-prospective-students
NWU engineers tutor prospective students
2020-06-19 Life can be difficult for Grade 11 and 12 learners who have to master challenging subjects such as mathematics in their final years in high school. It can even be more trying when a coronavirus pandemic and its resulting lockdown are added to the mix.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/three-nwu-researchers-nominated
Three NWU researchers nominated for 'Science Oscars'
2020-06-12 In recognition of their outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation in South Africa, three North-West University (NWU) academics have been nominated in the 2019/2020 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) -South32…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experiencing-distance
Experiencing the distance.
2020-06-19 Who could have guessed that distance education would be the compass of 2020! This is not only the alley for students and lecturers alike, but it opened up new horizons with unending possibilities and ongoing potential in the world of technological…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-pandemic-places-goalpost-dreams-ice-now
Covid-19 pandemic places goalpost dreams on ice for now
2020-06-19 Like for so many sports people the Covid-19 pandemic has called a halt to the rugby dreams of the 20-year-old Hugo Scott of the North-West University (NWU). This crack scrum half of the first rugby team on the Vanderbijlpark Campus was, among other things,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-se-avuyile-span-sy-spiere-soos-die-held-van-sy-kindertyd-%25E2%2580%2593-arnie
NWU se Avuyile span sy spiere soos die held van sy kindertyd – Arnie
2020-06-19 Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Avuyile Ndzimela leef sy droom uit om ’n topliggaamsbouer te wees, en daarmee bring hy op meer as een manier hulde aan die held van sy kindertyd, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Soos sy held blink die 21-jarige BA-student in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-avuyile-flexing-his-muscles-childhood-hero-arnie
NWU’s Avuyile is flexing his muscles like childhood-hero Arnie
2020-06-19 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Avuyile Ndzimela is living his dream of being a top bodybuilder, and in the process he is paying homage to his childhood hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in more ways than one. Like his idol, the 21-year-old BA student in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/lockdown-offers-challenges-autists
Lockdown offers challenges to autists
2020-06-19 “The current coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have disrupted routines unexpectedly and overwhelmingly. This has caused concern across the world about the impact on the mental health of not only adults, but also of children.” Hanlie…http://news.nwu.ac.za/well-being-performance-and-challenges-modern-life
Well-being, performance and the challenges of modern life
2020-06-22 Is there really a problem? The benefits of exercise, a healthy diet and a balanced lifestyle are undisputed in modern life, and the positive impact these have on well-being and performance is no secret. Yet obesity and weight problems have reached…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-one-winners-africa-france-1-000-entrepreneurs-challenge
NWU alumnus is one of winners the Africa-France 1 000 Entrepreneurs Challenge
2020-06-22 North-West University (NWU) alumnus Sydwell Sihlangu and founder of Eco-Agro Enterprise Pty Ltd has been selected as one of the winners of Africa-France Summit and Digital Africa’s 1 000 Entrepreneurs Challenge competition. Through the 1 000…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-it-department-creates-covid-19-pre-screening-and-clinic-apps
NWU’s IT department creates Covid-19 Pre-Screening and Clinic apps
2020-06-22 As the world continues to face the unprecedented challenges meted out by the global Covid-19 pandemic, many countries and institutions around the world are developing new and technological means of maintaining health standards and creating safe…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineers-walk-away-international-award-tackling-covid-19
NWU engineers walk away with international award for tackling Covid-19
2020-06-22 An initiative from the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) was recently honoured with an international award from the Covid-19 Innovation Challenge of the United Nations (UN) Africa Innovation and Investment Forum 2020. According to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-virus-uncertainty-dominoes-are-falling-one-one-economy
Covid-19, the virus of uncertainty: the dominoes are falling one by one in the economy
2020-05-14 The Covid-19 virus is causing unprecedented uncertainty on a global scale. An economist from the North-West University (NWU) says the impact of the pandemic is expected to be greater than that of the Spanish flu of a century ago. According to Prof Danie…http://news.nwu.ac.za/remembering-prof-claassen
Remembering Prof Claassen
2020-05-15 He strode the red, rich earth of the old Western Transvaal like a colossus, this enigma of a man. Hard and uncompromising, dedicated to the extreme. For decades his name was known in rugby circles the world over as a Goliath of the game. And I got to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/dit-hoekom-jy-sukkel-om-te-slaap
Dit is hoekom jy sukkel om te slaap
2020-05-20 As jy in die vroeë ure van die oggend op enige sosialemediaplatform inskakel, sal jy heel waarskynlik ’n klomp mense aanlyn aantref. Sedert die land ’n paar weke gelede as gevolg van Covid-19 die staat van inperking betree het, sukkel Suid-Afrikaners om aan…http://news.nwu.ac.za/why-you-have-been-struggling-sleep