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Holocene paleoecology of a wetland at the spring of the Mooi River
2023-05-05 Holocene paleoecology of a wetland at the spring of the Mooi River Coert Coetzee (Hons) Supervisor: Prof Frank Neumann Co-supervisor: Ms Moteng Moseri Commenced 2022 Rationale Peat is deposited over millennia, as this deposition occurs a record of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/plastiekbesoedeling-plaas-n-demper-op-vierings
Plastiekbesoedeling plaas ’n demper op vierings
2024-04-09 Daar word geskat dat 10 miljoen klein stukkies plastiek op die grasperk voor die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Fakulteit Regte in Potchefstroom lê, en die grond op die Fanie du Toit Sportterrein het ook hoë vlakke van plastiekbesoedeling. Dit plaas ’n demper…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/auther/gesondheidsbevordering-welstand-aktivering-2
Gesondheidsbevordering & Welstand aktivering 2
2020-09-01 Hulpbronne: Health promotion (0.48MB) Responsible discarding practices (10MB) Nuttige skakels: The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion World Health Calendar Western Cape on Wellness (WOW) Public Health Association of South…https://news.nwu.ac.za/phd-study-concludes-social-entrepreneurship-state-mind
PhD study concludes that social entrepreneurship is a state of mind
2019-05-13 The delight radiating from the face of Prof Chimwernwe Chipeta was clear to see as he watched his wife Eleanor obtain her PhD in entrepreneurship at the recent PhD graduation ceremony at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/thokozane-makes-headway-reality-show
Thokozane makes headway in reality show
2020-02-14 Thokozane Zulu is a man with a plan. This final-year student in Public Governance at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark has his sights set on parliament, and if his recent performance in the SABC reality show, One Day Leader, is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-ufs-share-spoils-mahikeng
NWU and UFS share the spoils in Mahikeng
2019-08-06 It is almost apt that the recent clash between the North-West University (NWU) and the University of the Free State (UFS), who are both round 1 winners in the Varsity Soccer tournament, ended in a 1-1 stalemate. Host NWU was confident to have the upper…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-defensive-strength-rests-goalkeeper-matanes-hands
NWU's defensive strength rests in goalkeeper Matane's hands
2023-08-22 In the intricate realm of soccer where the goalkeeper’s role is pivotal, North-West University (NWU) goalkeeper Kamogelo Matane has emerged as a rising star with an impressive skill set tailored to meet the demands of the game. Hailing from Mahikeng, this…https://news.nwu.ac.za/supporting-pregnant-women-living-hivaids-and-gestational-diabetes
Supporting pregnant women living with HIV/Aids and gestational diabetes
2024-10-23 The School of Nursing at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus has launched a potentially life-saving community engagement project aimed at supporting pregnant women living with HIV/Aids and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). “…Youngsters win international Innovation Award for robotics project
2017-06-13 Three 11-year old youngsters from Vanderbijlpark – Izabelle Bothma, Ewald Harmse and Wilmar Pretorius – designed a robot that will be able to assist rescuers in finding individuals trapped under snow. Their ingenuity earned them the Innovation Award at the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/selling-tekkies-award-winning-lecturer
From selling tekkies to award-winning lecturer
2025-03-06 Dr Thulisile Bhuda once stood behind the counter at a Tekkie Town store in in a mall, ringing up customers’ purchases. Now, years later, she stands in front of a lecture hall of students at the University of Mpumalanga, sharing her knowledge of culture and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/study-finds-freshwater-species-risk-threats-linked-human-activities
Study finds freshwater species at risk from threats linked to human activities
2022-09-06 From climate change and associated extreme weather events to pollutants, over-utilisation and invasive species, human activities are the main threats to freshwater species in South Africa’s largest floodplain ecosystem. This is according to the Water…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group/alumni
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2025-03-01 Dr Chinemerem Ohoro Email address: 49889648@mynwu.ac.za Field of expertise: Environmental/Analytical Chemistry, Ecotoxicology, Risk assessment, Organic…https://news.nwu.ac.za/spotlight-service-delivering-during-lockdown
Spotlight on service delivering during lockdown
2020-04-29 Countries the world over are faced with overcoming a united threat in the form of the global Covid-19 pandemic. More often than not, the most vulnerable are the communities in developing countries, especially those relying on government to meet their…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-second-biosphere-reserve-north-west
NWU celebrates a second biosphere reserve for North West
2018-10-22 This is the Marico Biosphere – 44 000 hectares of supreme Africa landscape. An ecosystem that the North-West University (NWU) helped preserve. Hundreds of community members and officials from the NWU and provincial government celebrated the launch of the…https://law.nwu.ac.za/law/nwu-ufh-bursary-scholarship-advertisement
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2021-01-13 North-West University and University of Fort Hare-RAVAC: NWO-NRF Project: Water-Energy-Food communities in South Africa: Post-Doctoral and Post-graduate bursaries 2021 The Netherlands Science Research Foundation (NWO) and the South African National…Electrochemistry for Energy & Environment
2018-04-10 Research Focus Our current research focus includes investigating (i) vapour deposited thin metal films, nanoparticle metal oxide materials, and perovskite type materials for their electrocatalytic activity towards the oxygen evolution reaction (OER)…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hier-kom-die-volgende-geslag-ekostryders
Hier kom die volgende geslag ekostryders
2018-11-22 Die toekoms van ons planeet is dalk nie so donker as wat talle mense voorspel nie. ’n Navorser van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) doen haar deel om ’n nuwe geslag ekostryders toe te rus met kennis en toewyding om waterskaarste en ander uitdagings wat met…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-onder-die-mees-toegewydes-ten-opsigte-van-omgewings-en-maatskaplike-verandering
NWU onder die mees toegewydes ten opsigte van omgewings- en maatskaplike verandering
2022-10-27 Universiteite het ’n deurslaggewende rol om te speel om oplossings vir dringende omgewings- en maatskaplike vrae te kry. Die jongste ranglys deur die Quacquarelli Symonds-agentskap (QS-agentskap) plaas die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) onder die top- wêreldwye…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/vaardighede-ki-en-masjienleer-nodig-om-afrika-se-waterhulpbronbestuur-te-verbeter
Vaardighede in KI en masjienleer is nodig om Afrika se waterhulpbronbestuur te verbeter
2024-02-27 Water is ’n beperkte natuurlike hulpbron, en vir Afrika om sy bestuur van hierdie hulpbron te verbeter, is dit nodig dat instellings vir hoër onderrig vaardighede in kunsmatige intelligensie (KI) en masjienleer onderrig en omarm. Dit is een van die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/navorser-gebruik-kunsmossels-om-waterbesoedeling-te-moniteer