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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
Stemme van inheemse gemeenskappe van praktyk moet gehoor word
2022-05-23 “Vennootskappe tussen die regering, die privaat sektor en die burgerlike samelewing is noodsaaklik vir enige agenda vir volhoubare ontwikkeling. Ervaring in Afrika het egter getoon dat deelname deur plaaslike gemeenskappe aan ontwikkelingsprojekte selde…https://news.nwu.ac.za/voices-indigenous-communities-practice-need-be-heard
Voices of indigenous communities of practice need to be heard
2022-05-23 “Partnerships between the government, the private sector and civil society are critical for any sustainable development agenda. However, experience in Africa has shown that participation by local communities in development projects is rarely interactive or…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/waardes-n-dryfkrag-vir-die-nwu
Waardes is ’n dryfkrag vir die NWU
2022-05-23 Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is trots daarop om ’n waardegedrewe instelling te wees en is tans besig met ’n veldtog om die waardes wat as riglyne dien vir personeel, studente en ander belanghebbers, weer bekend te stel. Die veldtog het in Maart 2022…https://news.nwu.ac.za/values-are-driving-force-nwu
Values are a driving force for the NWU
2022-05-23 The North-West University (NWU) is proud to be a value-driven institution and is currently busy with a campaign to relaunch the values that guide staff, students and other stakeholders. The campaign kicked off in March 2022 with a cook-off held for the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students-enter-2022-leopards-lair-business-competition
NWU students: enter the 2022 Leopards Lair Business Competition
2022-05-23 Do you have a business idea? The North-West University (NWU) bhive Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) and Technology Transfer and Innovation Support (TTIS) office are looking for innovative business ideas or product inventions. NWU undergraduate…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-leads-agriculture-enterprise-and-women-empowerment
NWU alumnus leads with agriculture enterprise and women empowerment
2022-03-11 According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), approximate 70% of the South African population rely directly on agriculture as a means of living. North-West University (NWU) alumnus and livestock farmer Ipeleng Kwadi hails from Brits in North West, and is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-reaches-out-schools-donating-sports-equipment
NWU reaches out to schools by donating sports equipment
2022-03-11 As part of their community outreach programme, the All Sports Chapter (ASC) and Sports department on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus are reaching out to local schools lacking sports equipment. The aim of this programme is to give…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-universitat-duisburg-essen-develop-early-warning-tool-metal-pollution-fresh-water
NWU and Universität Duisburg-Essen develop early warning tool for metal pollution in fresh water
2022-03-15 Researchers from North-West University (NWU) and Universität Duisburg-Essen in Germany have developed an early warning tool for metal pollution in freshwater systems worldwide. This research achievement is a collaboration between the Water Research Group,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/rugby-vaal-ready-fly
Rugby on Vaal is ready to fly
2022-03-15 It was a Wednesday night and after the rain had yet again pelted down, the playing field at the North-West University’s campus in Vanderbijlpark was soaking wet. And draped in darkness. If it wasn’t bad enough that the elements conspired against the first…https://news.nwu.ac.za/susan-cilliers-documenting-demons
Susan Cilliers: Documenting the demons
2022-03-16 They were the twin murders that enraged a community and shocked a nation. On Saturday, 26 May 2018, 19-year-old Xander Bylsma murdered Sharnelle Hough (17) and Marna Engelbrecht (16) in their hostel in the small town of Stella. The tight-knit farming…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/susan-cilliers-dokumenteer-die-bose
Susan Cilliers: Dokumenteer die bose
2022-03-16 Dit was die dubbele moord wat ’n gemeenskap geruk en ’n nasie geskok het. Op Saterdag 26 Mei 2018 het die 19-jarige Xander Bylsma vir Sharnelle Hough (17) en Marna Engelbrecht (16) in hulle koshuis in die klein dorpie Stella vermoor. Hierdie hegte…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/eagles-trap-shimlas