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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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/phd-student-selected-2024-techwomen-programme
PhD student selected for 2024 TechWomen programme
2024-08-28 North-West University (NWU) PhD student Happy Nsiza has been named a TechWomen 2024 Emerging Leader, a recognition that places her among 103 women selected from more than 6 000 applicants worldwide. The TechWomen programme, which will take place in the…http://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…http://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…http://law.nwu.ac.za/law-justice-and-sustainability/environmental-change
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…http://sport.nwu.ac.za/sport/potchefstroom-campus
Potchefstroom Campus
2020-07-30 Sporting codes and categorization High performance sports Priority sport codes that are semi-professional, competing on the highest levels of competition. Athletics Cricket…http://news.nwu.ac.za/floyd-shivambu-and-fight-his-political-future
Floyd Shivambu and the fight for his political future
2025-10-10 Enigmatic and erratic, bold and belligerent. Floyd Shivambu walks the line between chaos and command like few other South African politicians do, with both his detractors and supporters asking: What is next for Floyd? As has become the norm, Shivambu has…http://www.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/inaugural-lectures-2022
Inaugural Lectures 2022
2023-06-08 The North-West University is proud to showcase its academics as they climb the ladder in their academic career. Any academic who is promoted to professor or who is appointed by the NWU as “newly appointed professor” from elsewhere, is expected to deliver a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/janco-voet-gebreek-maar-slaggereed
Janco: Voet gebreek, maar slaggereed
2022-03-01 Van uitdagings hoef jy hom niks te vertel nie. Hy is immers ’n swemmer wat al sy provinsie, Noordwes, op nasionale vlak verteenwoordig het. Ure se sweet in die gimnasium? Geen probleem nie. Dit juis al die sweet in die water en met gewigte wat dáái paar…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/daar-niks-kleins-aan-nanotegnologie-die-noordwes-universiteit-nie
Daar is niks kleins aan nanotegnologie by die Noordwes-Universiteit nie
2023-03-06 Eenduisendmiljoenste van ’n meter. Of om dit anders te stel: eenbiljoenste van ’n meter. Hierdie ongelooflike klein meting word ’n nanometer genoem en die wêreld van nanotegnologie funksioneer tussen 1 en 100 nanometer. Dit is ook hier waar die Noordwes-…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/fakulteit-natuur-en-landbouwetenskappe/fnas-direkteure
FNAS Direkteure
2024-02-27 [accordion] Skool vir Chemiese en Fisiese Wetenskappe Direkteur: Prof Lebo Katata-Seru Anjunk Direkteur: Prof Cobus Kriek Skool vir Biologiese Wetenskappe Direkteur: Vacant Adjunk Direkteur: Prof Oziniel Ruzvidzo Skool vir Geo…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu/inaugural-lectures-health-sciences-2025
Inaugural Lectures: Health Sciences 2025
2025-09-18 Prof Anja Franken From laboratory to lecture hall: Translating occupational skin exposure research into teaching and practice...read more × Prof Anja Franken From laboratory to lecture hall: Translating occupational skin…http://news.nwu.ac.za/president-ramaphosa-would-do-well-focus-electricity-issues
President Ramaphosa would do well to focus on electricity issues
2022-02-10 A North-West University (NWU) professor believes that – should power cuts continue as they have – more people will lose jobs, threatening the livelihoods of many in the country. This is especially true of small, medium and micro enterprises that are currently…http://news.nwu.ac.za/first-year-student-shines-top-participant-nstf-brilliants-programme
First-year student shines as a top participant in NSTF Brilliants Programme
2023-06-30 Lize-Mari Loots, a first-year BSc dietetics student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus, recently earned recognition as one of the top students in the prestigious National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Brilliants Programme.…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences/research-and-innovation
Research and Innovation
2025-03-03 The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences is dedicated to pioneering research and innovation that addresses global challenges while driving sustainable development. Our faculty is home to leading researchers, state-of-the-art…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-engineering-brings-industrial-innovation-delmas
Faculty of Engineering brings industrial innovation to Delmas
2018-05-24 Innovation is heading to Delmas and the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is at the helm. The German-based conglomerate Siemens, in conjunction with Eskom, approached Hasan Darwish, an industrial engineer at the Faculty of…http://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…http://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,…http://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…http://law.nwu.ac.za/p-per/volume-8-2005-no1