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Covid-19 pandemic lockdown reshaping the world of work
2020-05-11 The Covid-19lockdown has recently forced most companies to adopt a different approach to work by allowing employees to work from home. Dr Kelebogile Paadi, a senior lecturer in the School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-leopard-lair-competition-%25E2%2580%2593-top-studentpreneur-shares-advice
NWU’s Leopard Lair Competition – top studentpreneur shares advice
2020-06-11 The deadline for entries for the 2020 version of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) popular Leopard’s Lair Business Competition is approaching, and all studentpreneurs are invited to take part. If you consider yourself to be an innovator with an out-of-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumus%25E2%2580%2599-business-idea-mushrooms-top-business-innovation-competition
NWU alumus’ business idea mushrooms to the top in business innovation competition
2020-05-22 On 6 May 2020 North-West University (NWU) alumnus Sydwell Sihlangu walked away as one of the winners of the Regional Connect Health Open Innovation Challenge with his business idea about establishing a mushroom hub. “Informed by the current Covid-19…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-batting-king-dreams-professional-cricket
NWU batting king dreams of professional cricket
2020-05-27 A great deal of courage and grit are needed to open an innings and look a determined opening fast bowler unwaveringly in the eye. However, 22-year-old Ruan Havenga, attacking opening batsman of the cricket team of the North-West University (NWU) in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/restriction-strategy-allows-sa-valuable-time-prepare-%25E2%2580%2593-nwu-virologist
Restriction strategy allows SA valuable time to prepare – NWU virologist
2020-04-28 As South Africa prepares to ease restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19, a North-West University (NWU) virologist, Prof Albie van Dijk, shares her views on the country’s fight against the pandemic. Prof Van Dijk is a lecturer and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/palesa-makes-it-top-15
Palesa makes it to the top 15
2020-06-25 A beauty pageant is defined as a competition that judges its contestants on their physical beauty. However, over the past few years these pageants have developed a different image. The Miss South Africa competition is a leadership platform for ambitious…http://news.nwu.ac.za/young-alumni-chapter-announces-new-leadership-structure
Young Alumni chapter announces new leadership structure
2020-06-29 If strong and dedicated leadership is a requirement for a successful alumni chapter, then the Vaal Alumni Chapter of the North-West University (NWU) is off to a great start. The chapter recently announced its leadership structure for the 2020/2021 term…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-lichen-species-discovered
New lichen species discovered
2020-07-27 Prof Stefan Siebert from the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management at the North-West University (NWU), together with academics from various American universities, recently described two new lichen species, the first discoveries of its kind in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/pre-tsd-and-covid-19-conundrum
Pre-TSD and the Covid-19 conundrum
2020-10-21 The impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on our mental health cannot be understated. From a South African perspective, months of a hard lockdown has changed the way we live, the way we work and the very way we operate. Mentally we have not escape unscarred. A…http://news.nwu.ac.za/study-investigates-root-violence-schools
Study investigates the root of violence in schools
2021-01-29 Teaching is often seen as a calling rather than a career. But that calling quickly turns into a nightmare when teachers are attacked by the very people they are trying to educate. Over the past few years, there have been numerous reports in the media of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/lecturer-contributes-world%25E2%2580%2599s-knowledge-treasures
Lecturer contributes to the world’s knowledge treasures
2017-08-29 Language fascinates Prof Bertus van Rooy, who thrives on the intricacies of human expression through language and, for his efforts, has moved up from B3 to B2 in the National Research Foundation (NRF) rating system. Bertus is a lecturer in languages and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/perfect-economic-storm-junk-status-and-recession-boot
The perfect economic storm: junk status and a recession to boot
2017-09-04 A perfect economic storm is brewing in South Africa and as a result business and consumers alike are bracing themselves for the consequent fall-out. This is according to Prof Danie Meyer, lecturer and researcher within the North-West University’s (NWU’s)…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-appoints-new-deputy-vice-chancellor-research-and-innovation
NWU appoints new deputy vice-chancellor for research and innovation
2017-08-28 The NWU Council appointed a new deputy vice-chancellor for research and innovation during its extraordinary meeting on 17 August. Prof Nancy (Refilwe) Phaswana-Mafuya will serve in this position from October for a term of five years. Prof Refilwe has 12…http://news.nwu.ac.za/thadeus-celebrates-phd-and-improving-health
Thadeus celebrates a PhD and improving health
2017-08-23 The academic procession on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently came together for a special ceremony to confer a PhD upon a proud Thadeus Marungudzi. Due to his battle with cancer, Thadeus was not able to attend the autumn…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nutrition-network-african-map
Nutrition network is on the African map
2018-03-22 The African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP) has so far left its footprint in 36 of the 52 countries in Africa. This training programme of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Centre of Excellence for Nutrition (CEN) has been available since 2002 and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-campus-dvc-advocates-standing-human-rights
NWU Campus DVC advocates standing up for human rights
2018-03-23 In her annual Human Rights Day message to students and staff, Prof Linda du Plessis, the deputy vice-chancellor for integrated planning and operations on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, argued that it is every person’s duty to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-economist-says-moody%25E2%2580%2599s-decision-sa%25E2%2580%2599s-investment-rating-good-news
NWU economist says Moody’s decision on SA’s investment rating is good news
2018-03-26 The widely expected but critical decision by Moody's to retain South Africa's existing investment rating and also to raise the outlook to stable is good news for the economy. This is according to Prof Raymond Parsons, well-known economist and academic from…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-mind-sports-over-matter
NWU: Mind (sports) over matter
2018-05-03 You already know that sports are beneficial to your physical health. But did you also know that it positively affects your mental health? Mind Sports – a family of sports in which the objective is to test mental strength and prowess rather than physical…http://news.nwu.ac.za/deaf-distance-student-receives-grade-r-diploma
Deaf distance student receives Grade R Diploma
2018-04-17 “I never thought that I would ever reach a university, let alone obtain a qualification.” These were the words of Lizette Fitzpatrick, who received her Grade R Diploma from the North-West University (NWU). She is the very first deaf person who received…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-3d-printer-first-its-kind-africa