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NWU gives back during Mandela Day
Jul 21, 2020 - True to the North-West University’s (NWU’s) commitment to an ethic of care and giving back to its communities, staff members across its campuses reached out to those in need on Mandela Day. Staff members from the Mahikeng Campus visited children’s homes and homes for the elderly in the Madibogo Pan village, donating food parcels. The team…http://news.localhost:107/consumer-driven-innovation-keeps-nwu-student-his-toes
Consumer-driven innovation keeps NWU student on his toes
Jul 23, 2020 - To understand Africa’s digital opportunity, one only has to look at the numbers: six out of the 10 fastest-growing economies are in sub-Saharan Africa, with Africa being the second-biggest mobile market in the world. This is according to the poll blog ICT works. Despite the challenges facing Africa, and South Africa in particular, young…http://news.localhost:107/nwu-soccer-institute-perseveres-during-pandemic
NWU Soccer Institute perseveres during the pandemic
Jul 23, 2020 - The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to ripple through the world’s health, educational, financial and commercial institutions, and the sports environment is no different. The nonstop entertainment ardent fans of university sports have come to expect, came to a grinding halt with the 2020 season of the Varsity Football tournament -…http://news.localhost:107/af/nwu-takel-pandemie-op-talle-fronte
NWU takel pandemie op talle fronte
Apr 28, 2021 - 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 pandemieverwante projekte betrokke. Dit wissel van betrokkenheid by gemeenskappe tot die vind van…http://news.localhost:107/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-webinar-will-investigate-role-african-medicine-during-epidemic
NWU’s webinar will investigate the role of African medicine during an epidemic
Aug 03, 2020 - The North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with the Namibia University of Science and Technology, will be hosting a research webinar on 6 August 2020. The guest speaker at the webinar – themed “The Future of African Medicine in Epidemic Preparedness and Response” – will be Dr Aunkh H Chabalala, director of the Indigenous Knowledge-Based…http://news.localhost:107/nwu-student-recruitment-embraces-digital-revolution
NWU Student Recruitment embraces the digital revolution
Aug 04, 2020 - Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the North-West University (NWU) has adopted a new digital recruitment approach. With a large part of the world currently practising social distancing and higher education moving online, many face-to-face recruitment events for 2020 have been postponed or cancelled. Traditionally attracting new students…http://news.localhost:107/nwu-heads-sa-core-team-fight-against-neuromuscular-diseases
NWU heads SA core team in fight against neuromuscular diseases
Sep 05, 2020 - The social and economic impact of neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) is staggering. These diseases, which include motor neuron disease and muscular dystrophies, can cause premature death or lifelong disability and are believed to affect one in every 400 people – meaning about 20 million children and adults across the globe. There is hope on the…http://news.localhost:107/nwu-academic-advances-environmental-justice
NWU academic advances environmental justice
Sep 05, 2020 - Environmental justice, writes North-West University (NWU) senior lecturer and researcher Dr Kesolofetse Lefenya, entails social transformation directed towards meeting basic human needs and enhancing the quality of life, environmental protection and democracy. Dr Lefenya writes that, despite the latter, South Africa is experiencing intensifying…http://news.localhost:107/preventing-better-treating-substance-abuse
Preventing is better than treating substance abuse
Sep 05, 2020 - Prevention is better than cure, and the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Prof Leepile Sehularo is at the forefront of seeking solutions to adolescent substance abuse through prevention programmes. Illegal substance use among adolescent learners is a global concern for government policy-makers, researchers and mental health care practitioners,…http://news.localhost:107/abduction-and-forced-marriage-still-happen-south-africa
Abduction and forced marriage still happen in South Africa
Sep 05, 2020 - Even in 21st century South Africa, a constitutional democracy, forced marriage is a reality for some young girls. Ukuthwala, the customary practice where girls under the age of 18 years are abducted and married off to older men, still occurs in the rural Eastern Cape. Such marriages are usually arranged by the groom and the girl’s family…http://news.localhost:107/space-law-specialist-lands-top-fellowship
Space law specialist lands top fellowship
Sep 05, 2020 - Prof Wian Erlank of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Law Faculty has been awarded a prestigious research fellowship by an internationally renowned foundation. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation focuses on sponsoring scientists and scholars across all disciplines and nationalities. It provides researchers with the opportunity to do…http://news.localhost:107/looking-gender-dynamics-and-support-systems-during-pandemic
Looking into gender dynamics and support systems during a pandemic
Sep 07, 2020 - The North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), hosted the fifth research webinar of a seven-part series on 3 September 2020. With the theme “Gender Dynamic and Support Systems”, the webinar looked into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on society, with specific insights from…http://news.localhost:107/chhp-%25E2%2580%2593-we-are-cloning-expertise
CHHP – we are cloning expertise!
Sep 07, 2020 - In the short life of the Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) at the North-West University (NWU) it has already become known as one of the most exceptional centres that tertiary-education institutions have to offer. One of the factors that contributes to its success is that it is constantly seeking for new ways to improve its…http://news.localhost:107/celebrating-indigenous-languages-during-heritage-month
Celebrating indigenous languages during Heritage Month
Sep 07, 2020 - As South Africa celebrate Heritage Month, North-West University (NWU) academic and acting director for the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Dr Motheo Koitsiwe, says there is a need for the country to celebrate its own indigenous languages. “It is important to restore African indigenous languages, especially since language plays a…http://news.localhost:107/innovative-lecturing-approach-during-lockdown
Innovative lecturing approach during lockdown
Sep 08, 2020 - Planning is everything. It may be time-consuming, but it is well worth the effort. So says Meelan Roopa, lecturer in Business Engineering and Design in the Faculty of Engineering, sharing his story about teaching and learning during the lockdown period. He says much time was invested in restructuring his method of presenting class and…http://news.localhost:107/trade-hosts-economic-development-master-class-event
TRADE hosts economic development master-class event
Sep 08, 2020 - Informal sector can play bigger role in job creation The TRADE research focus area at the North-West University (NWU) hosted a successful online master-class event on 4 September. The event was open to the public and focused on economic development. It was well attended by members of TRADE, students, leaders at local government level, leaders…http://news.localhost:107/south-african-economy-icu-how-do-we-get-out-it
South African economy in ICU: How do we get out of it?
Sep 08, 2020 - The South African economy is in dire need of resuscitation. A development economist from the North-West University (NWU) says that not since World War II have the local and global economies been affected in such a devastating way as by the impact of Covid-19. According to Prof Danie Meyer, director of the TRADE research focus area at the NWU…http://news.localhost:107/lee-anne-diab-improving-athletes%25E2%2580%2599-recovery-through-science
Lee-Anne Diab - Improving athletes’ recovery through science
Sep 10, 2020 - North-West University (NWU) alumna Lee-Anne Diab has turned her passion for sports into a successful career. The sporting fanatic is currently the first female sports scientist in rugby at The Blue Bulls Company, and one of the first women consulting for national and international sporting codes. She is also the chief executive officer and…http://news.localhost:107/nwu-host-dialogue-service-delivery-and-violent-protests-north-west
NWU to host dialogue on service delivery and violent protests in North West
Sep 10, 2020 - The North-West University (NWU) will be hosting an online dialogue on service delivery and violent protests in the North West province on 11 September 2020. The event will be broadcasted via the NWU Facebook page as well as the NWU YouTube channel at 15:00. Participants in this dialogue will include NWU academics in the field of Public…http://news.localhost:107/gender-based-violence-%25E2%2580%2593-help-needed-victims