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NWU Business School examines North West province’s response to Covid-19 crisis
Dec 01, 2020 - On 24 November 2020 the North-West University (NWU) Business School hosted a webinar exploring how institutions in the North West Province – including provincial government departments and the NWU – responded to the Covid-19 crisis. According to Theo Venter from the Business School the purpose of the webinar was to learn from their…https://news.nwu.ac.za/passing-away-queen-mother-royal-bafokeng-nation
Passing away of the Queen Mother of the Royal Bafokeng nation
Dec 01, 2020 - The North-West University (NWU) community is deeply saddened by the news of the passing away of the Queen Mother of the Royal Bafokeng nation, Semane Bonolo Molotlegi. Since the King of the Royal Bafokeng, Kgosi Leruo Tsekedi Molotlegi became the second chancellor of the NWU in 2009 (and served for two terms until 2019), a very strong working…https://news.nwu.ac.za/purple-colour-excellence-also-remembrance
Purple is the colour of excellence, but also of remembrance
Dec 01, 2020 - During the month of December, the three main gates of the North-West University’s campuses in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark will be illuminated in purple for a specific reason. The colour purple symbolically runs through the veins of every staff member, student and stakeholder of the North-West University (NWU). Since its…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/pers-die-kleur-van-uitnemendheid-maar-ook-van-herinnering
Pers is die kleur van uitnemendheid, maar ook van herinnering
Dec 03, 2020 - Gedurende die maand Desember gaan die drie hoofhekke van die Noordwes-Universiteit se kampusse in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom en Vanderbijlpark om ’n bepaalde rede pers verlig word. Die kleur pers loop simbolies deur die are van elke personeellid, student en belanghebber van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU). Sedert pers in 2018 as die NWU se…https://news.nwu.ac.za/purple-colour-excellence-also-remembrance-0
Purple is the colour of excellence, but also of remembrance
Dec 03, 2020 - During the month of December, the three main gates of the North-West University’s campuses in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark will be illuminated in purple for a specific reason. The colour purple symbolically runs through the veins of every staff member, student and stakeholder of the North-West University (NWU). Since its…https://news.nwu.ac.za/didintle-netball-superstar
Didintle is a netball superstar
Dec 02, 2020 - North-West University (NWU) alumna Didintle Keebine literally eats, sleeps and breathes netball and her dedication to the sport has paid off. After participating in the recent Telkom Netball League, she was announced as one of the superstars of the tournament. Didintle, who started playing netball at the age of six, says she was very…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-research-entity-looks-lifestyle-diseases-lokaleng-village
NWU research entity looks into lifestyle diseases in Lokaleng village
Dec 03, 2020 - On 28 November 2020 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Lifestyle research entity in the Faculty of Health Sciences shared its research findings on the lifestyle of the Lokaleng village - situated only a few kilometres from the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus - with its community. According to Prof Ushotanefe Useh, acting director of the research entity,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-jan-van-romburgh-ready-serve
Prof Jan Van Romburgh is ready to serve
Dec 02, 2020 - With over 16 years of service at the North-West University (NWU), Prof Jan van Romburgh has been appointed as the chief director of the North-West University Business School. Prof Jan’s appointment is effective from 1 January 2021. In his new role he is expected to harness the quality and energy that already exists among the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-tennis-wizz-partake-international-premier-tennis-challenge
NWU tennis wizz to partake in International Premier Tennis Challenge
Dec 02, 2020 - North-West University (NWU) student Mogami Gideon Thakgwe has been invited to take part in the KM Sports International Premier Tennis Challenge. The tournament – which will take place from 9 to 14 January 2021 at Selbourne Park in East London – is endorsed by Tennis SA and is being hosted by KM Sports, in association with the Department of Sport…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/noordwes-universiteit-vereer-sy-uitmuntende-navorsers
Noordwes-Universiteit vereer sy uitmuntende navorsers
Dec 04, 2020 - Die NWU het op 3 Desember 2020 sy allerbeste navorsers en innoveerders tydens ’n virtuele toekenningsaand vereer. Talle van die uitmuntende personeellede het by die geleentheid erkenning vir hulle uitnemendheid in navorsing in 2019 ontvang, waarby navorsers met nuwe NNS-graderings ingesluit is. Die wenners van die visekanseliersmedalje vir die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-honours-its-outstanding-researchers
North-West University honours its outstanding researchers
Dec 04, 2020 - The NWU honoured the best of its best researchers and innovators during a virtual awards evening on 3 December 2020. Many outstanding staff members were acknowledged at the event for achieving excellence in research during 2019, including researchers with new NRF ratings. The winners of the vice-chancellor’s medal for the best master’…https://news.nwu.ac.za/industrial-engineering-students-take-part-inchainge-global-student-challenge-2020-2021
Industrial engineering students take part in the Inchainge Global Student Challenge 2020–2021
Dec 04, 2020 - A team of four third-year Industrial Engineering students, Hendrik Rossouw, Nondumiso Bhengu, Ryno Aust and Carolien Müller, have been invited to participate in the global qualification round (GQR) of the Inchainge Global Student Challenge 2020–2021. This team is very enthusiastic and excited because they will be participating in an…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-belangrikheid-van-ondersteuning
Die belangrikheid van ondersteuning
Dec 07, 2020 - Dit neem ’n slagoffer van geslagsgebaseerde geweld gemiddeld sewe pogings voordat hulle ’n toksiese verhouding verlaat. Dit raak egter makliker vir ’n slagoffer om die moed bymekaar te skraap om uiteindelik pad te gee – en weg te bly – as hulle ondersteuning van familie en vriende ontvang. Tebello Mabusela, ’n dosent aan die Skool vir…https://news.nwu.ac.za/importance-support
The importance of support
Dec 07, 2020 - On average it takes a gender-based-violence victim seven attempts before they leave a toxic relationship. It becomes easier for a victim to sum up the courage to finally walk out – and stay away – when they receive support from family and friends. Tebello Mabusela, a lecturer at the School of Psychosocial Health of the North-West University (NWU…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/sal-jy-jou-plasings-op-sosiale-media-ook-op-n-reklamebord-uitbasuin
Sal jy jou plasings op sosiale media ook op ’n reklamebord uitbasuin?
Dec 07, 2020 - Moenie enigiets op sosiale media publiseer as jy nie gewillig is om dit op ’n reklamebord langs ’n snelweg te sien nie. Die doen van die “reklamebordtoets” wanneer jy by sosiale media betrokke is, is goeie raad van Emma Sadleir, ’n voorste kundige oor sosialemediareg en stigter van die Digital Law Company, wat instellings en groepe oor die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/are-you-prepared-publish-your-social-media-post-billboard
Are you prepared to publish your social media post on a billboard?
Dec 07, 2020 - Do not publish anything on social media if you are not willing to see it on a billboard next to a busy highway. Doing the “billboard test” when engaging with social media is sound advice from Emma Sadleir, a leading expert on social media law and founder of the Digital Law Company, which advises institutions and groups on the risks and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/cfam-papprojek-deur-rotary-international-vereer
CFAM-papprojek deur Rotary International vereer
Dec 08, 2020 - Miljoene Suid-Afrikaners het gely onder die impak van die nasionale inperkingsregulasies wat as gevolg van die koronaviruspandemie ingestel is. ’n Plaaslike Potchefstroomse ingenieursmaatskappy, CFAM Technologies, wat ’n newemaatskappy van die Fakulteit Ingenieurswese van die Noordwes-Universiteit is, het die bul by die horings gepak om te…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cfam-porridge-project-rewarded-rotary-international
CFAM Porridge Project rewarded by Rotary International
Dec 08, 2020 - Millions of South Africans suffered under the impact of the national lockdown regulations introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic. A local Potchefstroom engineering company, CFAM Technologies, which is a spin-off company of the Faculty of Engineering of the North-West University, grabbed the bull by the horns to ensure that residents in and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/maintaining-healthy-relationships
Maintaining healthy relationships
Dec 08, 2020 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Employee Relations and Wellness division recently hosted a webinar aimed at educating staff and students on how to maintain healthy relationships. Dr Shanaaz Hoosain, a senior lecturer in social work at the University of Cape Town, and Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, author and the United Nation’s special rapporteur on…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/persoonlikheid-kan-die-sleutelaanwyser-vir-prestasie-die-werkplek-wees