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Suid-Afrika 2024 – ’n scenario-perspektief
2020-11-23 Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Besigheidskool het onlangs ’n “Think Tank” aangebied oor die onderwerp Suid-Afrika 2024 – ’n scenario-perspektief (South Africa 2024 – a scenario perspective). Dr Frans Cronje, HUB van die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge, en dr…https://news.nwu.ac.za/node/27000
South Africa 2024 – a scenario perspective
2020-11-23 The North-West University (NWU) Business School recently presented a Think Tank on the topic South Africa 2024 – a scenario perspective. Dr Frans Cronje, CEO of the Institute of Race Relations, and Dr Oscar van Heerden, Director Operations at the Mapungubwe…https://news.nwu.ac.za/node/27001
NWU’s eye on the cosmos just became bigger
2020-11-27 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Astronomy Observatory now boasts a new, bigger and better telescope – the New Mahikeng Astronomy Telescope. The new telescope, manufactured by Planewave Instruments in the USA, has a 50 cm diameter which is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news
NWU partners with department to promote Indigenous Knowledge Act
2020-11-24 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Centre has partnered with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on a public awareness campaign on the Indigenous Knowledge Act and the Bio-cultural Protocol*. This Indigenous…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/add
NWU se Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe gee erkenning vir uitnemendheid in navorsing en innovasie
2020-11-24 Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe het op 18 November 2020 vir die eerste keer ʼn Navorsing en Innovasie Toekenningseremonie aangebied om erkenning te gee aan die harde werk en prestasies van die fakulteitslede. Die fakulteit…https://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-0
NWU Faculty of Health Sciences recognises excellence in research and innovation
2020-11-24 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Health Sciences hosted its first-ever Research and Innovation Awards ceremony on 18 November 2020 to recognise the efforts and achievements of its faculty members. The faculty calculated the performance of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-1
A conversation with Prof Dan Kgwadi about gender-based violence
2020-11-26 With the gender-based violence (GBV) rate in South Africa being five times higher than the global average according to Stats SA, the North-West University (NWU) is doing its part by creating awareness and offering support to those in need. On 12 November the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/add-0
Geslagsgebaseerde geweld – hulp is nodig
2020-11-27 Daar was oor die afgelope vyf maande talle verhale in die media oor slagoffers wat deur hulle lewensmaats getreiter, aangeval en selfs vermoor is. Volgens Statistieke SA is die voorkoms van geslagsgebaseerde geweld (GBV) in Suid-Afrika vyf keer hoër as die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-2
Help is needed for victims
2020-11-27 Over the past five months there have been numerous stories in the media about victims being harassed, attacked and even murdered by their intimate partners. According to Statistics SA, the incidence of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa is five times…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/add-1
NWU-navorser help om nuwe data oor die Aarde en die Melkweg bloot te lê
2020-11-27 ’n Nuwe studie het die sluier oor ’n paar van die geheimenisse van die Melkweg gelig. Daar is bevind dat die Aarde vinniger as vroeër beweeg, en dat dit amper 2 000 ligjaar nader aan die gravitasiekolk in die middel van die Melkwegsterrestelsel is. Dit is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-3
NWU researcher helps uncover new data about Earth and the Milky Way
2020-11-30 A new study has lifted the veil on some of the mysteries of the Milky Way. It has found that the Earth is moving faster than it used to and is nearly 2 000 light-years closer to the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy. This is according to new…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/drie-dosente-obu-genote-tau-fellows-gekies
Drie dosente as OBU-genote (TAU fellows) gekies
2020-11-30 Drie akademici van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Onderrigbevordering by Universiteite-genootskapprogram (OBU-genootskapprogram) gekies. Dit is ’n groot eer om deur die OBU-paneel gekies te word en bevestig weer eens dat die NWU…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-takel-pandemie-op-talle-fronte
NWU takel pandemie op talle fronte
2021-04-28 Die ontwrigtende Covid-19-pandemie het beslis nie die navorsers en akademici van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) van koers af gebring nie en hulle wend hulle kundigheid tot voordeel van die samelewing aan.NWU-personeel en -studente is by verskeie…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-takes-pandemic-many-fronts
NWU takes on pandemic on many fronts
2020-06-25 The disruptive Covid-19 pandemic has not sidetracked the North-West University’s (NWU’s) researchers and academics from using their expertise to the benefit of society. NWU staff and students have been involved in various pandemic-related projects. These…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-alumni-en-vriende-hou-w%25C3%25AAreldklaskonsert
NWU-alumni en vriende hou wêreldklaskonsert
2020-11-21 Potchefstroom – Alumni van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het die afgelope naweek vir die heel eerste keer ’n virtuele konsert aangebied met musikante van verskeie genres, maar wat almal vanuit die NWU-stal kom. “Hierdie konsert is maar net nog een van…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni-and-friends-give-world-class-concert
NWU alumni and friends give world-class concert
2020-06-25 Potchefstroom – Alumni from the North-West University (NWU) presented a virtual concert for the very first time over the past weekend, involving musicians from various genres, but all from the NWU stable. “This concert is just one more creative way in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/major-data-and-connectivity-boost-nwu-students
Major data and connectivity boost for NWU students
2020-06-25 In line with a previous commitment by the North-West University to support its students with data and devices during the Covid-19 pandemic, the institution says it is making steady progress. According to the institution, it has so far spent R19 662 689,59…https://news.nwu.ac.za/profs-johnna-and-est%25C3%25A9-long-will-they-be-remembered
Profs Johnna and Esté: Long will they be remembered
2020-06-25 It is with great sadness and immeasurable gratitude that the North-West University says farewell to two exceptional individuals who passed away on 23 June. Profs Johnna Kruger and Esté Vorster played an indelible role in shaping the fabric that binds our…https://news.nwu.ac.za/true-state-our-nation
"The true state of our nation"
2020-06-26 “Heavenly vengeance pursues a crime slowly, but nevertheless catches up with it in the end. In matters of debt the penalty is not halting; it pursues the culprit at a gallop.” (Anon) According to Prof Raymond Parsons, economist at the Business School of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/long-road-ahead-possible-if-crucial-decisions-are-made