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2017-04-07 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal ISSN 1727-3781 2014 Volume 17 Number 5 19 December 2014 Index • Editorial • Articles …https://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni/alumni-awards-recipient-andries-w-coetzee
Alumni Awards Recipient: Andries W Coetzee
2021-11-26 Andries W Coetzee: Ambassador for Africa and Afrikaans in global academia In Patagonia in Argentina, the influence of Afrikaans can still be heard in the speech of Spanish-Afrikaans individuals who have spoken mainly Spanish for four decades or…https://news.nwu.ac.za/international-centre-will-fight-neuromuscular-diseases
International centre will fight neuromuscular diseases
2018-09-17 The North-West University (NWU) will play a prominent role in establishing a new International Centre for Genomic Research in Neuromuscular Disease, and South Africa’s participation in this virtual centre. The centre will bring scientists, academics and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/be-mindful-anger-during-covid-19-lockdown
Be mindful of anger during the Covid-19 lockdown
2020-07-14 With South Africa having been in lockdown for more than 100 days already, people are experiencing a variety of emotions, ranging from sadness, fear, anxiety and loneliness to anger. People experiencing anger came into focus when businessman Vusi…https://news.nwu.ac.za/chhp-institute-sport-science-and-development-still-performs-despite-lockdown
CHHP Institute of Sport Science and Development still performs despite lockdown
2021-07-09 The North West Academy of Sport (NWAS) has been using the Institute of Sport Science and Development at the Centre of Health and Human Performance (CHHP) as a consultant for over two decades. The services provided include assessments, exercise…https://news.nwu.ac.za/psychosocial-management-depression-among-adolescents
Psychosocial management of depression among adolescents
2021-05-07 Depression in adolescents is the most prevalent mental health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa and a major cause of disability. In South Africa, depression among adolescents is the leading cause of poor cognitive and social development, posing a huge mental…https://news.nwu.ac.za/calling-all-prospective-engineers-take-part-nwus-engineering-saturdays
Calling all prospective engineers to take part in the NWU’s Engineering Saturdays
2021-04-08 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering understands how the minds of young prospective engineering students work. To this end, the faculty has established Engineering Saturdays; a programme that allows Grade 10 to 12 learners to visit…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-makes-difference-her-community
NWU student makes a difference in her community
2021-04-09 It might be cliché to say, “it takes a village to raise a child,” but in reality it is true. North-West University (NWU) honours student in marketing management, Tshepang Mosokwene, knows this very well. Tshepang grew up in dire poverty, living in a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-soccer-institute-recreates-fan-experience-through-live-streaming
NWU Soccer Institute recreates the fan experience through live streaming
2021-04-09 Covid-19 has revolutionised how businesses and other institutions are run. The sports industry is no exception and has been massively affected by the global pandemic. Even though the industry has been broadcasting sports events for more than two decades now,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/university-collaboration-reaches-promising-covid-19-vaccine-results
University collaboration reaches promising Covid-19 vaccine results
2021-06-17 Walter Sisulu University (WSU) and the North-West University (NWU) jointly announced "very promising first results" from preclinical trials on a new Covid-19 vaccine candidate on Tuesday, 8 June. The WSU Medical School has a rich history of producing…https://news.nwu.ac.za/maintaining-healthy-relationships
Maintaining healthy relationships
2020-12-08 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Employee Relations and Wellness division recently hosted a webinar aimed at educating staff and students on how to maintain healthy relationships. Dr Shanaaz Hoosain, a senior lecturer in social work at the University of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-historian-maps-way-south-african-heritage
NWU historian maps the way to South African heritage
2021-12-02 An academic and historian of the North-West University (NWU) is part of a community engagement project that documents all South Africa’s heritage sites and places of interest (POIs) by listing the location and explaining the meaning of all South African POIs…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-masters-students-passion-leads-book-about-wetlands
NWU master’s student’s passion leads to book about wetlands
2022-03-07 Kirsty Kyle, a master’s student at the North-West University (NWU), has recently published an educational children’s book and, after receiving sponsorship for the printing, donated the books to under-privileged schools. The book, Discovering Wetlands with…https://news.nwu.ac.za/exciting-new-era-begins-nwu
Exciting new era begins for the NWU
2022-09-01 The inauguration of Dr Bismark Tyobeka as the third vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU) is the start of an exciting new journey for the university. Dr Tyobeka, who started his five-year term as principal and vice-chancellor on 1 June 2022, was…https://news.nwu.ac.za/enhanced-research-collaboration-agenda-nwu-nrf-meeting
Enhanced research collaboration on agenda at NWU-NRF meeting
2024-07-15 The principal and vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), Prof Bismark Tyobeka, welcomed a delegation from the National Research Fund (NRF), led by the chief executive officer, Prof Fulufhelo Nelwamondo, during a meeting held on Monday, 8 July.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/wish-list-dr-pieter-groenewald-new-minister-correctional-services
A wish list for Dr Pieter Groenewald, the new Minister of Correctional Services
2024-07-31 Dr Casper Lötter, a conflict criminologist affiliated with the North-West University’s (NWU) School of Philosophy, gives his wish list for what the new Minister of Correctional Services, Dr Pieter Groenewald, can do to improve the country’s correctional…https://news.nwu.ac.za/world-prematurity-day-raising-awareness-about-preterm-birth
World Prematurity Day: Raising awareness about preterm birth
2024-12-04 World Prematurity Day, observed annually on 17 November, is a global awareness day dedicated to raising awareness about the challenges of preterm birth and the impact it has on families and communities worldwide. Every year, approximately 15 million babies…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-human-metabolomics/pliem-new-developments
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