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The House that Proudfoot Built
2020-06-08 The Yankee Stadium was known as the House that Ruth Built, after legendary slugger Babe Ruth, and the United Center in Chicago is synonymous with Michael Jordan’s exploits during the 1980s and 1990s. Can it be said that the North-West University’s Rugby…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ramaphosa%25E2%2580%2599s-additional-anti-covid-19-economic-package-substantial-raft
Ramaphosa’s additional anti-Covid-19 economic package is a substantial raft
2020-04-22 ‘President Cyril Ramaphosa’s additional economic support package to address the fallout on the economy from Covid-19 represents a highly substantial raft of measures designed to assist distressed businesses, households and individuals, adding up to about…http://news.nwu.ac.za/quality-steers-nwu-ranking-excellence
Quality steers NWU to ranking excellence
2020-07-31 The quality subject offerings in the fields of atmospheric science, clinical medicine, education, hospitality and tourism management, and public health at the North-West University (NWU) have elevated the university in global rankings. It is also a great…http://news.nwu.ac.za/innovation-public-administration-prof-hofisi%25E2%2580%2599s-motto
Innovation in public administration is Prof Hofisi’s motto
2018-05-17 It was Albert Einstein who said: “If at first, an idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” Prof Costa Hofisi from the Faculty of Humanities of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark fully agrees with this statement. During…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-engineering-investigates-mystery-artificial-intelligence
Faculty of Engineering investigates the mystery of artificial intelligence
2018-05-25 The Multilingual Speech Technologies (MuST) research group is a research niche area associated with the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering. It focusses on machine learning and statistical pattern recognition, as well as their…http://news.nwu.ac.za/playing-games-classroom-better-maths
Playing games in the classroom for better maths
2018-10-12 What does an 800-year-old pastime game have to do with teaching mathematics in South African high schools? According to North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Marthie van der Walt, playing indigenous games such as Morabaraba will help learners to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-leopards-lair-competition-entry-deadline-extended
NWU’s Leopards Lair Competition: entry deadline extended
2019-07-18 The North-West University (NWU) believes in the transformative power of entrepreneurship, not only in terms of a re-envisioned world of work, but also as a driving force of renewed economic growth. With this said, the third annual rendition of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-sciences-rubik%25E2%2580%2599s-cube-humanity-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-herman-van-der-merwe
Social sciences the Rubik’s Cube of humanity – Prof Herman van der Merwe
2017-03-29 Did you know that it took the Hungarian inventor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik one month to master his own mechanical puzzle, the Rubik’s Cube? With 42 Quintillion possibilities but only a few correct solutions, the Rubik’s Cube is the epitome of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vincent-kheswa-%25E2%2580%2593-there-room-grow-outside-box
Vincent Kheswa – there is room to grow outside the box
2017-04-04 Life outside the proverbial box is bliss. And best of all: experiencing life to the fullest beats being a mere spectator. This is according to Vincent Kheswa, an alumnus of the North-West University (NWU) whose life’s journey bears testament of not only the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/youngsters-compete-robofest-international
Youngsters off to compete at Robofest International
2017-04-06 If the excitement of the recent rendition of the Robofest SA 2017 was anything to go by, then the stage is set for a stellar international championship in June. The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark hosted the national Robofest…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumna-nominated-2017-woman-year-awards
NWU alumna nominated for 2017 Woman of the Year Awards
2017-03-03 A woman is often referred to as a full circle: within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. When you look at the calibre of finalists for the 2017 rendition of the Woman Of Stature (WOS): Woman of the Year Awards, these words indeed ring true.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/auther-community-based-research-difference
AUTHeR: Community-based research with a difference
2017-11-08 The research activities of the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR) on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom are focused on bio-psychosocial health and specifically on preventing illness, maintaining and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-provides-access-people-disabilities
NWU provides access for people with disabilities
2018-08-14 Accessing a number of the historic buildings on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) three campuses has been a problem over the years, since some of the buildings do not have a ramp or a lift to accommodate people living with disabilities. The NWU has…http://news.nwu.ac.za/big-impact-small-bar-soap
The big impact of a small bar of soap
2018-07-30 By observing people’s behaviour in public restrooms across South Africa, a leading South African hygiene brand found that – on average – only four out of 10 people wash their hands. And of these, only 65% used soap. Hoping to help people make a clean…http://news.nwu.ac.za/leopards-lair-2019-melanie-wins-big-fighting-period-poverty-0
Leopards Lair 2019: Melanie wins big by fighting period poverty
2019-11-11 Melanie Pieterse is a young entrepreneur on a mission. As the winner of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Leopards Lair competition, this final-year student in industrial engineering not only impress as a start-up fempreneur, she is also actively…http://news.nwu.ac.za/mobile-science-laboratory-bring-science-life-north-west-learners
Mobile science laboratory to bring science to life for North West learners
2020-03-06 On Thursday, 5 March 2020, the Sasol Foundation donated a mobile science laboratory to the North-West University (NWU) that will deliver practical science education to thousands of learners around the North West Province. When fully utilised, this state-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/it-students-%25E2%2580%2598scrum%25E2%2580%2599-industry-experts
IT students ‘scrum’ with industry experts
2020-03-19 The importance of industry exposure for university students cannot be over emphasised. Not only does it allow students to apply their knowledge to real-life situations and problems, but it also bridges the perceived gap between academic theory and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/diversity-enrichment-programme-get-bus-and-experience-yesteryear
Diversity Enrichment Programme: Get on the bus and experience yesteryear
2022-08-19 Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. This is the motto of the Division of Student Affairs on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal), and more so for its “My University! My Country!” campaign. The campaign –…http://news.nwu.ac.za/plans-nwu-medical-school-track
Plans for the NWU Medical School on track
2021-04-12 The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the enormous stress and burden placed on South Africa’s medical professionals have dramatically strengthened the North-West University’s case for a medical school in North West. Official NWU documents suggest that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-vanderbijlpark-campus-unveils-pride-wall