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The NWU’s people-centred approach to community engagement during the Covid-19 pandemic
2022-04-21 Phenyo Mokgothu On 22 March 2022, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced what was essentially the end of the country’s lockdown or state of national disaster almost two years since it was imposed. This is an opportune time to look back on how the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-farm-manager-reflects-economic-impact-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak
NWU farm manager reflects on economic impact of foot and mouth disease outbreak
2022-05-03 Phenyo Mokgothu South Africa is presently experiencing an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) on farms and communal areas in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, North West and Gauteng. Hannes Lombard, manager of the North-West University’…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/uitblinker-adele-hardloop-skitterende-twee-oseane
Uitblinker Adele hardloop skitterende Twee Oseane
2022-04-22 Bertie Jacobs Die San Gabriel-berge, met spikkels sneeu op die hange en ’n wit sneeukombers op die pieke, kan in die winter vanaf die stad Rancho Cucamonga in Kalifornië gesien word. Die musikant Jake Hamilton is in 1979 daar gebore. …http://news.nwu.ac.za/stellar-adele-runs-star-making-two-oceans
Stellar Adele runs star-making Two Oceans
2022-04-22 Bertie Jacobs In winter, the San Gabriel Mountains, speckled with flecks of snow on its slopes and blankets of white on its peaks, can be seen from the city of Rancho Cucamonga in California. In 1979, musician Jake Hamilton was born here. …http://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…http://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…http://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…http://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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-optentia-appoints-international-health-expert-extraordinary-professor
NWU's Optentia appoints international health expert as extraordinary professor
2022-05-24 Prof Doris Bohman, a registered nurse, nurse tutor and associate professor at the Department of Health, Blekinge Institute of Technology, in Sweden, was recently appointed as an extraordinary professor at the North-West University's (NWU’s) Optentia research…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sanbs-and-nwu-bid-boost-much-needed-blood-stocks
SANBS and NWU in bid to boost much-needed blood stocks
2022-05-24 The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) says its stocks are unstable, and is urging the public to kindly donate blood regularly to avoid blood shortages. Meanwhile, the North-West University (NWU) is contributing to the campaign by hosting…http://news.nwu.ac.za/feather-nwus-cap-it-bags-prestigious-prize
Feather in NWU’s cap as it bags prestigious prize
2022-05-26 As its digital business strategy begins to gain momentum, the North-West University (NWU) is being recognised for its digitisation progress. On 20 April 2022 the university received an external award for the successful implementation of Planon, an…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-mascot-eagi-graduates
NWU mascot Eagi graduates
2022-05-27 A secret, closely guarded since 2019, was at long-last revealed during the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science graduation session on 23 May 2022. Not only did NWU mascot Eagi graduated with a BSc degree in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/wat-n-jaar-vir-christa-ramasimong
Wat ’n jaar vir Christa Ramasimong
2022-05-27 Dit was ’n jaar waarin hoogtepunt op hoogtepunt gevolg het en waar een eer op ’n ander gevolg het. Christa Ramasimong ervaar ’n tyd wat nie net haar toekoms sal bepaal nie, maar ook wie sy regtig is. Die karakter van hierdie jong vrou word gesmee in ’n vuur…http://news.nwu.ac.za/what-year-christa-ramasimong
What a year for Christa Ramasimong
2022-05-31 It has been a year in which highlight has succeeded highlight, in which one honour bestowed succeeded another. Christa Ramasimong is experiencing a time that will not only shape her future, but her very being. The character of the young woman is being moulded…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/minister-van-botswana-verwerf-sy-phd-aan-die-nwu-besigheidskool
Minister van Botswana verwerf sy PhD aan die NWU Besigheidskool
2022-05-27 Ons wil graag vir die Minister van Grond- en Watersake van die Republiek van Botswana, dr Kefentse C Mzwinila, gelukwens met sy PhD-graad wat hy op 25 Mei 2022 aan die NWU Besigheidskool verwerf het. …http://news.nwu.ac.za/botswana-minister-obtains-his-phd-nwu-business-school
Botswana minister obtains his PhD from the NWU Business School
2022-05-31 We wish to extend huge congratulations to the Minister of Land and Water Affairs of the Republic of Botswana, Dr Kefentse C Mzwinila, for graduating with a PhD degree from the NWU Business School on 25 May 2022. …http://news.nwu.ac.za/legalisation-cannabis-has-implications-mental-healthcare-practitioners
Legalisation of cannabis has implications for mental healthcare practitioners
2022-05-30 Misinformation about cannabis use can have serious implications for people facing mental health challenges. Mental healthcare practitioners can counter this by running education campaigns for vulnerable people, including mental healthcare users and especially…http://news.nwu.ac.za/young-lld-graduate-wise-beyond-his-years
Young LLD graduate is wise beyond his years
2022-05-30 At the tender age of 25, Phemelo Theophilus Magau has completed a daunting challenge: he finished his Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in just two years. He was awarded his LLD in mercantile law during an autumn graduation ceremony at the North-West University’…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nee-beteken-nee-en-dis-uit-en-gedaan
“Nee” beteken “nee”, en dis uit en gedaan
2022-05-30 Vyftien maande gelede het die ondenkbare plaasgevind. In ’n insident van sulke boosaardigheid, sulke disrespek en wreedheid is Carla Mӧller se lewe onherroeplik verander. Sy is verkrag, maar as gevolg van die niegewelddadige aard van die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/no-means-no-and-it