2019-05-29
Daar moet meer gedoen word om die invloed van bendeaktiwiteite teen te werk, aangesien wetgewing teen bendes nie die mas opkom nie.
Volgens dr Delano van der Linde van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Fakulteit Regte, is wetgewing soos die wet op die…
2019-05-29
More should be done to curb the influence of gang activities as anti-gang legislation is not up to the task.
According to Dr Delano van der Linde from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Law, legislation such as the Prevention of Organised…
2019-05-30
Hunting as a revenue sector in South Africa is worth billions, with local hunters spending approximately R11,6 billion per year.
This is according to a recent study conducted by Prof Peet van der Merwe and the late Prof Melville Saayman from Tourism,…
2019-05-31
“Given the inevitable balance of political forces driving the shape and size of the new cabinet, the broad economic message emerging from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reconfigured and leaner cabinet is potentially a very positive one for business and the…
2019-06-03
Die aftelling na die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se GeeXpo het begin, en skole regoor sentraal-Suid-Afrika word genooi om aan die jaarlikse ekspo vir wiskunde, wetenskap en inligtingstegnologie deel te neem.
Hierdie jaar se GeeXpo word vir die sewende…
2019-06-03
The countdown to the North-West University’s (NWU’s) GeeXpo has begun, and schools across central South Africa are invited to take part in the annual mathematics, science and information technology expo.
This year’s rendition of GeeXpo will see the…
2019-06-03
Jy kan nie tydens ’n akademiese lesing leer hoe om fiets te ry nie, dus is daar altyd ’n behoefte aan praktiese sowel as professionele ervaring.
Só sê Jacques de Jongh, ’n lektor in die Skool vir Ekonomiese Wetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU)…
2019-06-03
You can’t learn how to ride a bicycle during an academic lecture, hence the need for both practical and professional experience.
This is according to Jacques de Jongh, a lecturer in the School of Economic Sciences at the North-West University’s (NWU’s)…
2019-06-03
Drie studente van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark het onlangs die verhoog betree as Taktoekenningswenners van die toonaangewende Golden Key Internasionale Erevereniging.
Ammaarah Abba, Tendai Mavhungu en Salome Mofokeng se…
2019-06-03
Three students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently took to the stage as Chapter Award winners of the prestigious Golden Key International Honour Society.
Ammaarah Abba, Tendai Mavhungu and Salome Mofokeng each…
2019-06-03
On 11 and 12 July 2019, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management will be hosting its annual Human Capital Summit.
This year will see the third rendition of the summit taking place at the NWU’s…
2019-06-03
More than 10 000 prospective students and their parents attended the 2019 rendition of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) open days across its three campuses.
This year the event took place on 11, 18 and 24 May in Potchefstroom, Vanderbijlpark and…
2019-06-04
On Tuesday, 4 June 2019, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced that it has increased the tax return threshold from R350 000 to R500 000. Individuals earning less than R500 000 will not need to submit personal income tax returns (ITR12).
“It is…
2019-06-06
Two players from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Soccer Institute will fly the university and South African flag at the World Student Games in Naples, Italy from 3 July to 14 July 2019.
Gift Mogorosi and Lindani Nkabinde were selected along with 20…
2019-06-06
With about 6,2 million unemployed people between the ages of 15 and 64 years in South Africa, the North-West University (NWU) is determined to do its bit to decrease these alarming statistics.
During the month of May the NWU Career Centre hosted five…
2019-06-06
The Institute of Psychology and Wellbeing at the North-West University (NWU) and Autism South Africa (A;SA) will soon host their fourth Autism Symposium.
The symposium, which has grown into a national event, is not only for academics and professionals who…
2019-06-07
As Dr Cobus van der Walt slowly rises, the muttering in Room 305 is replaced by a quiet reverence.
The former director of Information Technology at the North West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom commands the type of admiration reserved for…
2019-06-07
“Universities are becoming too vocational. There is too big a focus on jobs for today and not on jobs for tomorrow.”
This according to Dr Geoff Scott, emeritus professor for higher education and sustainability at Western Sydney University in Australia…
2019-06-10
It is a well-known fact that the North-West University (NWU) has delivered world-class international athletes such as Caster Semenya, Willem Coertzen, Elroy Gelant, Sunette Viljoen, Khotso Mokoena, Lood de Jager and Akker van der Merwe, to name but a few…
2019-06-10
Final-year students from the School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) recently had the opportunity to show that their course entails much more than poring over their books.
These aspiring engineers competed against…
