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What will determine the credibility of the latest Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)?
2020-10-29 According to Prof Raymond Parsons, economist at the North-West University (NWU) Business School, the difficulties and dilemmas facing Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni in the latest MTBPS must be acknowledged, and the credibility of the latest fiscal…https://news.nwu.ac.za/latest-rankings-reaffirm-nwu-among-best-world
Latest rankings reaffirm NWU is among the best in the world
2020-10-29 The latest rankings by Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings and the 2021 Best Global University Rankings again, like various previous rankings, recognised the good standing of the North-West University (NWU) among the best tertiary-education…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-empowers-taxi-industry-stakeholders-ahead-lekgotla
NWU empowers taxi-industry stakeholders ahead of lekgotla
2020-10-29 The North-West University (NWU) has played a significant role in the run-up to the national taxi lekgotla through academic assistance and inputs during the recent district and provincial lekgotlas. This comes after the North West provincial Department of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-female-rugby-team-wins-leopards-virtual-rugby-tournament
NWU female rugby team wins Leopards virtual rugby tournament
2020-10-30 The female rugby team on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus was crowned the winners of the Leopards Rugby Virtual League tournament on 25 October 2020. The NWU team won the league with 3 104 votes and 24 points. With the lockdown still…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-takes-student-assessment-online
NWU takes student assessment online
2020-10-30 Despite various challenges in 2020 due to the national lockdown and Covid-19 pandemic, the North-West University (NWU) is celebrating yet another teaching and learning milestone for itself. It is moving student assessment to a new online platform.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researcher-offers-new-considerations-pharmaceutical-quality-control-labs
NWU researcher offers new considerations for Pharmaceutical Quality Control Labs
2020-11-02 The impact of the international Covid-19 pandemic is severe and it remains the responsibility of all to prevent the spread of this virus. This impact has clearly been detected in the workplace – with specific reference to the Pharmaceutical Quality…https://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-receive-sought-after-prize-atkv
Researchers receive sought-after prize from ATKV
2020-11-02 Two researchers from the North-West University (one posthumously) were awarded a prestige ATKV-SA Academy prize for an article that appeared in the South African Journal for Natural Sciences and Technology (Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en…https://news.nwu.ac.za/tanya-was-born-create
Tanya was born to create
2020-11-02 Tanya van Deventer, a 23-year-old Master of Arts student in Graphic Design from the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus, was over the moon when her design was chosen as one of three to grace the Nescafé Ricoffy tins. South Africans were given…https://news.nwu.ac.za/world-prematurity-day-2020-%25E2%2580%2593-turn-awareness-action
World Prematurity Day 2020 – turn awareness into action
2020-11-06 For the past 10 years every 17 November is observed as World Prematurity Day. This day aims to highlight and raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide. In South Africa 15% of all births, which…https://news.nwu.ac.za/us-president-elect-joe-biden-%25E2%2580%2593-possible-economic-implications-sa-and-world
US President-elect Joe Biden – possible economic implications for SA and the world
2020-11-09 “The election of Joe Biden as United States (US) president-elect could eventually create an opportunity for South Africa to buttress its economic narrative with the US from both a trade and an investment point of view.” This is according to Prof Raymond…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/lang-en-moeilike-pad-om-die-suid-afrikaanse-lugdiens-reg-te-ruk
Lang en moeilike pad om die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens reg te ruk
2020-11-23 Die Noordwes-Universiteit se Ofentse Mokwena, ʼn vervoerekonoom, gooi sy blik op die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) se finansiële- en bedryfstreuermare en gee ook sy voorstel vir oplossings. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) het verborge kwesbaarhede gehad…https://news.nwu.ac.za/long-and-lean-road-reviving-south-african-airways
Long and lean road to reviving South African Airways
2020-11-21 lign="center">The North-West University’s Ofentse Mokwena, a transport economist, takes a look at South African Airways’ dire financial and management situation. He also elucidates on some possible solutions. South African Airways (SAA) had hidden…https://news.nwu.ac.za/successful-year-nwu-career-centre
A successful year for the NWU Career Centre
2020-11-11 This year the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Career Centre hosted two very successful virtual career fairs. During the virtual events hosted on 5 August and 21 October, more than 2 000 students engaged with various employers regarding their careers.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-navorsingsgroep-lewer-%25E2%2580%2599n-bydrae-tot-internasionale-vo%25C3%25ABlstudie
NWU-navorsingsgroep lewer ’n bydrae tot internasionale voëlstudie
2020-11-23 Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se navorsing oor die genetiese data van dwergpapegaaie, oftewel lovebirds (genus Agapornis), is by ’n omvattende internasionale voëlstudie ingesluit. Nege dwergpapegaaispesies kom inheems in Afrika en Madagaskar voor. Hierdie…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-research-group-contributes-international-bird-study
NWU research group contributes to international bird study
2020-11-21 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) research on the genetic data of the nine lovebird species (genus Agapronis) that are native to Africa and Madagascar has been included in a comprehensive international bird study. This research has also led to a patent…https://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-cameron-going-places
Prof Cameron is going places
2020-11-12 For the past two years Prof Cameron Modisane, a North-West University (NWU) alumnus, has been breaking boundaries. After obtaining his PhD in 2019 from the NWU’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Prof Modisane became the first black person under…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-featured-next-generation-brave-nominee
NWU student featured as a Next Generation of the Brave nominee
2020-11-16 North-West University (NWU) student Tebogo Matshehle Monogo has recently been featured as a Next Generation of the Brave nominee. The Next Generation of the Brave is a programme that encourages and supports current and aspiring health care professionals…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-jiu-jitsu-maestro-dominates-virtual-tournament
NWU Jiu-Jitsu maestro dominates virtual tournament
2020-11-16 North-West University (NWU) Jiu-Jitsu maestro Moses Radebe made a clean sweep at the recent virtual South African Jiu-Jitsu Kata competition. Moses obtained positions one and two respectively in the two virtual competitions that were judged by a panel…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cyber-security-awareness-nwu
Cyber Security Awareness at the NWU
2020-11-17 The IT department at the North-West University (NWU) recently launched a series of online training sessions for staff and students at the university. Themes included mobile cyber security, remote working and cyber security and phishing. The sessions of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-disability-rights-unit-receives-assistance-visually-impaired