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NWU Residence Chapter makes going green their business
2019-07-10 How can universities encourage students and staff to think green, act green, and become green leaders? The Residence Chapter of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng showed their (green) mettle when they received an honorary award for…https://news.nwu.ac.za/biogas-brilliance-scores-nwu-enactus-team-second-place
Biogas brilliance scores NWU Enactus team a second place
2019-07-18 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Enactus team secured the second position in the ideation challenge competition during the annual EnactusZA National Competition that took place at the Sandton Convention Centre on 8 and 9 July 2019. This competition…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-empowers-future-graduates
NWU empowers future graduates
2022-04-21 Mafumane Tlhapi The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Alumni Relations office in conjunction with its Career Centre recently hosted a Career Empowerment seminar across its three campuses to prepare students for the working environment. Various companies…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/service-delivery-budget-and-implementation-plan
Service Delivery Budget and Implementation Plan
2022-12-08 Service Delivery Budget and Implementation Plan What is it? The municipal Service Delivery Budget and Implementation Plan (SDBIP) is a detailed plan to be approved by the mayor of a municipality for the implementation of municipal services…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/ward-committees
Ward Committees
2022-12-05 Ward Committees What is it? A ward is an area in a metro or local municipality, which has clearly defined boundaries. A ward committee is a democratically elected body which represents a wide variety of community interests and meets…https://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-nico-smit-appointed-adjunct-professor-university-miami
Prof Nico Smit appointed as adjunct professor at the University of Miami
2023-11-10 North-West University (NWU) academic and researcher, Prof Nico Smit has been appointed as an adjunct professor in marine biology and ecology at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami (UM), USA. The title of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/children-leap-joy-frog-day
Children leap for joy on Frog Day
2024-04-29 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) African Amphibian Conservation Research Group in the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management celebrated annual Frog Day with a vibrant and educational event on 6 April 2024. The team invited 70 children to be…https://news.nwu.ac.za/tanzanian-spray-toad-extinction-highlights-need-protect-biodiversity
Tanzanian spray toad extinction highlights the need to protect biodiversity
2024-10-22 When a species becomes extinct in the wild, the loss is permanent. For Africa, a serious loss is the extinction of the Tanzanian Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis) due to habitat change and infectious disease. This should serve as a wakeup call…BRICS Network University ITG for Energy Workshop Invitation
2019-09-17 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: #7F939F; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } The 6th SA-UNESCO Engineering, Science and Technology Conference 23 - 27 September 2019…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group/ecology
Ecology
2025-03-01 WRG Ecology studies estuarine, wetland and river ecosystems with the aim to determine the interactions and/or relationships between the different organisms and their responses to their environment. This research aims to contribute towards local,…Environmental Change
2021-07-26 Members of the Project on Environmental Change in the Research Unit: Law, Justice and Sustainability focus their research on the interface between environmentalsustainability, environmental justice, environmental…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-navorsers-help-om-die-pad-vorentoe-vir-waterstof-suid-afrika-uit-te-stippel
NWU-navorsers help om die pad vorentoe vir waterstof in Suid-Afrika uit te stippel
2022-04-06 Die Aarde is in die moeilikheid. Ons is besig om onder wolke van koolstofdioksiedvrystellings te verstik as gevolg van die gebruik van steenkool en ander hulpbronne om energie op te wek, en dit doen die omgewing skade aan. Hierdie vrystellings is die primêre…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/suid-afrika-steier-onder-bloedige-warm-weer
Suid-Afrika steier onder bloedige warm weer
2023-11-24 Suid-Afrikaners weet El Niño beteken ’n warm, droë somer, maar klimaatskundiges van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) waarsku dat die El Niño-impak verder as bloot droogte strek – daar is bewyse, hoewel nie beduidend nie, dat dit ook erge weerstoestande en ’n…Oorbrug die digitale gaping een township op ’n keer
2018-02-01 As die jongste HUB nóg van Projek Isizwe[HC1] , die innoverende niewinsgewende organisasie (NWO) agter Afrika se suksesvolste gratis Wi-Fi-netwerk, rig Dudu Mkhwanazi (26) haar visier daarop om die digitale gaping in Suid-Afrika te oorbrug. Meer nog, sy…Opportunities in the South African Nuclear Industry
2023-12-28 [accordion collapsed] Success story of the Koeberg nuclear power plant Koeberg nuclear power plant consists of two 900 MW pressurised water reactors and was constructed just north-west of Cape Town in 1984. It was constructed during the last of the good…https://news.nwu.ac.za/study-environmentally-friendly-options-replace-chemical-fertilisers
Study into environmentally friendly options to replace chemical fertilisers
2022-05-20 Prompted by the high cost of chemicals fertilisers and their impact on the environment, a master’s student the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, took on the challenge of searching for environmentally friendly options to replace or supplement…https://law.nwu.ac.za/research-unit-law-justice-and-sustainability/research-innovation-law
Research & Innovation: Law
2022-07-01 Research Chair NRF South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability (CLES) This NRF SARChI Chair’s research focus is on urban development, environmental sustainability and law with several projects critically exploring the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-education-how-we-let-our-youth-thrive-and-flourish
NWU: Education is how we let our youth thrive and flourish
2023-06-15 As time passes, words are watered down and phrases lose their meaning. Wisdom passes into obscurity as repetition creates clichés. This is where we are now. Do we still listen when we hear “youth” and “future”? The North-West University (NWU) believes that…https://news.nwu.ac.za/towards-sustainable-future-north-west-university