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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://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
Volume 8, 2005, No1
2020-07-07 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal ISSN 1727-3781 2005 Volume 8 No 1 9 January 2005 Other Volumes Contributions SOME COMMENTS ON WATER RIGHTS…http://news.nwu.ac.za/guest-lecture-unpacks-causes-municipal-infrastructure-decay
Guest lecture unpacks the causes of municipal infrastructure decay
2025-09-02 Is the decay of municipal infrastructure in South Africa the result of poor monitoring and evaluation, poor planning, or deeper systemic issues? This was the central question posed by Dr Robert Nkuna during his guest lecture on Friday, 15 August 2025, at the…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/research/research
Research
2023-12-30 The Unit for Energy and Technology Systems (UETS) strives to be recognised as a centre of expertise for research in and development of energy and technology systems that are relevant to society, the environment and the country. The…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/brics-network-university-itg-energy-workshop-invitation
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…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://engineering.nwu.ac.za/iea-task-30-workshop-2025
IEA Task 30 Workshop 2025
2025-11-07 We are pleased to welcome you to the 19th IEA Task 30 Workshop – an exclusive, invitation-only gathering under the umbrella of the IEA Advanced Fuel Cells Technology Collaboration Programme (AFC TCP). This international workshop builds on the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/soil-scientists-urge-action-climate-change-takes-its-toll
Soil scientists urge action as climate change takes its toll
2025-11-17 By Gosego Phutieagae Healthy soil produces strong plants, purifies water, prevents flooding and captures carbon dioxide. Depleted soil, on the other hand, has dire consequences for biodiversity, food security and climate resilience. The North-West…http://law.nwu.ac.za/law-justice-and-sustainability/environmental-change
Environmental Change
2025-12-05 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 governance and the law…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://humanities.nwu.ac.za/humanities/postgraduate-qualifications
Postgraduate Qualifications
2025-05-28 [accordion collapsed] School of Communication Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Communication with Journalism and Media Studies (MC/PC/VC) Communication with Development Communication (MC/PC) Communication with Advanced …http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/slimstasie-die-nwu-sal-luggehalte-en-weer-moniteer
Slimstasie by die NWU sal luggehalte en weer moniteer
2019-10-08 Vanderbijlpark, ’n besoedelingsknelpunt, is gekies as die ligging van ’n moderne waarnemingstasie wat die weer sowel as die luggehalte sal moniteer. Hierdie multimiljoenrandontwikkeling sal maak dat die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) die eerste…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/oorbrug-die-digitale-gaping-een-township-op-%25E2%2580%2599n-keer
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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/kyk-na-volhoubare-landbou-om-grond-te-bewaar
Kyk na volhoubare landbou om grond te bewaar
2024-04-08 Pluimveemis kan boerderypraktyke in Suid-Afrika omkeer, veral vir bestaansboere in landelike gebiede. Dit is een van die navorsingsbevindings van Mandisa Mazibuko, ’n navorser van die Fakulteit Natuur- en Landbouwetenskappe. Haar navorsing…http://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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/four-nwu-researchers-nominated-science-oscars
Four NWU researchers nominated for Science Oscars
2020-04-22 Four researchers from the North-West University (NWU) have been nominated for this year’s Science Oscars. The nominees for the NSTF-South32 Awards are Prof Rose Hayeshi, director of and associate professor at the DSI/NWU Preclinical Drug Development…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africa-post-2020-covid-19-and-economy-part-2
South Africa post-2020: Covid-19 and the economy (part 2)
2021-01-14 It was not the aftermath of the storm. Indeed, the rain was still pelting down, but South Africa’s economic ship needed to be steered towards lost prosperity. In this, the second part of a series of articles, Professor Raymond Parsons from the Business School…http://news.nwu.ac.za/r59-closure-%25E2%2580%2593-mayhem-meyerton
R59 closure – mayhem for Meyerton
2017-10-04 The small town of Meyerton, 15km north of Vereeniging in Gauteng, is bearing the brunt of unrelenting protest action over housing issues. The latest development saw frustrated residents of the Sicelo Township dug a large trench across a section of road on…http://news.nwu.ac.za/top-performing-trio-applauded-international-honour-society