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Anja sets her sights on early detection of kidney disease in young South Africans
Mar 29, 2022 - The earlier kidney disease is detected, the more effectively it can be treated. Anja Degenaar, a master’s student in physiology at the North-West University (NWU), has set out to identify the biomarkers which will indicate deteriorating kidney function in young South Africans, ensuring early detection and treatment. “The global prevalence of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/eagles-kelder-madibaz
Eagles kelder Madibaz
Mar 29, 2022 - Bertie Jacobs ’n Arend het nie slagtande nie – kloue wel. Maar, sou die NWU Eagles eersgenoemde gehad het, sou hulle dié weliswaar ook in die NMMU Madibaz ingeslaan het. Die Eagles het Maandagaand op die Fanie du Toit-sportterrein hulle besoekers van Gqeberha met 61–26 afgeransel. Agterlangs was die Eagles so giftig soos gaboenadders en…https://news.nwu.ac.za/eagles-sink-madibaz
Eagles sink Madibaz
Mar 29, 2022 - Bertie Jacobs An Eagle does not have fangs, but they do have claws. However, should the NWU Eagles have had the former, they probably would have used them on the NMMU Madibaz too. On Monday evening on the Fanie du Toit sports grounds the Eagles thrashed their visitors from Gqeberha with 61–26. At the back the Eagles were as poisonous as vipers…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-receives-prestigious-grant-malaria-research
NWU academic receives prestigious grant for malaria research
Mar 29, 2022 - Phenyo Mokgothu Dr Fortunate Mokoena, North-West University (NWU) academic in the subject group Biochemistry, has been awarded the Grand Challenges Africa drug discovery grant. Dr Mokoena was awarded this grant for her study “Identification of Novel Inhibitors against Malarial Hsp90”. In this study she coupled molecular docking approaches with…https://www.nwu.ac.za/af/die-nwu/toets
Toets
Apr 01, 2022 - Welkom Die NWU is daartoe verbind om te funksioneer as ʼn unitêre, geïntegreerde, multikampusuniversiteit wat billikheid, herstel en globaal mededingende onderrig en navorsing oor al drie kampusse heen moontlik maak. Ons kernaktiwiteite, onderrig-leer en navorsing is vervleg met gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid en innovasie in ons agt fakulteite waarvan…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-walks-away-saiee-presidents-award
NWU academic walks away with SAIEE President’s Award
Apr 01, 2022 - Mafumane Thlapi Prof Leenta Grobler, an academic in the North-West University (NWU) Business School, was announced the recipient of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers’ (SAIEE’s) President’s Award during the institute’s annual award function on 11 March 2022. This prestigious award recognises significant contributions in any…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/covid-19-pandemie-het-suid-afrika-se-brose-vrede-verder-laat-verswak
Covid-19-pandemie het Suid-Afrika se brose vrede verder laat verswak
Apr 06, 2022 - In die nadraai van die Covid-19-pandemie het die uitsluiting van selfs nog meer Suid-Afrikaanse burgers van ekonomiese aktiwiteit die land se reeds brose vrede verder laat verswak. Dit is een van die gevolgtrekkings waartoe Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) akademikus dr Gideon van Riet, wat onlangs ’n artikel gepubliseer het wat op drie jaar se…https://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-pandemic-has-further-weakened-south-africas-fragile-peace
Covid-19 pandemic has further weakened South Africa’s fragile peace
Apr 06, 2022 - In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the exclusion of even more South African residents from economic activity has further weakened the country’s already fragile peace. This is one of the conclusions drawn by North-West University (NWU) academic Dr Gideon van Riet, who recently published an article based on three years of research in the JB…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-unpacks-inclusion-gender-and-violence-memory-sam-mbatha
NWU unpacks inclusion, gender and violence in memory of Sam Mbatha
Mar 24, 2022 - Phenyo Mokgothu The North-West University (NWU) hosted an online seminar on human rights, mental health, hate speech, and gender-based violence on 22 March 2022 in honour and in memory of the late Sam Mbatha. Sam, an NWU digital marketer and member of the LGBTQI+ community, was brutally murdered on 17 June 2021. The seminar, titled “Inclusion…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/kuberaanvalle-gaan-waarskynlik-meer-word-namate-konnektiwiteit-toeneem
Kuberaanvalle gaan waarskynlik meer word namate konnektiwiteit toeneem
Apr 06, 2022 - Kuberaanvalle is besig om toe te neem namate die wêreld meer gekonnekteer raak en die belonings groter is. Volgens ’n akademikus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) gaan die moontlike belonings vir kuberaanvallers toenemend groter word namate meer aspekte van ons daaglikse lewens met mekaar verweef en van aanlyn interaksie afhanklik raak. Prof…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cyberattacks-likely-increase-connectivity-grows
Cyberattacks likely to increase as connectivity grows
Apr 06, 2022 - Cyberattacks are occurring thick and fast as the world becomes more connected and the rewards greater. According to a North-West University (NWU) academic, the possible rewards for cyberattackers will continue to increase, as more aspects of our everyday lives become interwoven and reliant on online interaction. Prof Wian Erlank from the Faculty…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bewaring-van-afrika-se-biodiversiteit-deur-genomika-hou-verband-met-voedselsekerheid
Bewaring van Afrika se biodiversiteit deur genomika hou verband met voedselsekerheid
Apr 06, 2022 - Deur genomika te gebruik om die Afrika-vasteland se biodiversiteit te verstaan en bewaar, kan die aanpasbaarheid van plante, diere en ander lewensvorms bevorder word sodat hulle by klimaatsverandering kan aanpas om voedselsekerheid te behou, sê ’n navorser van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), dr Roksana Majewska. Sy en haar medenavorsers by die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/conserving-african-biodiversity-through-genomics-has-food-security-link
Conserving African biodiversity through genomics has a food security link
Apr 06, 2022 - Using genomics to understand and protect the African continent’s biodiversity could improve the resilience of plants, animals and other life forms to climate change, with a knock-on effect on food security, says North-West University (NWU) researcher Dr Roksana Majewska. She and fellow researchers at the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) have…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-navorsers-help-om-die-pad-vorentoe-vir-waterstof-suid-afrika-uit-te-stippel
NWU-navorsers help om die pad vorentoe vir waterstof in Suid-Afrika uit te stippel
Apr 06, 2022 - Die Aarde is in die moeilikheid. Ons is besig om onder wolke van koolstofdioksiedvrystellings te verstik as gevolg van die gebruik van steenkool en ander hulpbronne om energie op te wek, en dit doen die omgewing skade aan. Hierdie vrystellings is die primêre oorsaak van aardverwarming, en as die mens die ergste gevolge van aardverwarming* wil…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researchers-help-map-way-forward-hydrogen-south-africa
NWU researchers help map the way forward for hydrogen in South Africa
Apr 06, 2022 - The Earth is in trouble. It is suffocating under clouds of carbon dioxide emissions from the use of coal and other environmentally damaging resources to generate energy. These emissions are the primary cause of global warming, and if humanity wants to avoid the worst consequences of global warming*, we have to find alternatives for our energy…https://news.nwu.ac.za/no-limitations-quadriplegic-brandon
No limitations for quadriplegic Brandon
Apr 06, 2022 - Bertie Jacobs There are 23 metres between the bridge and the water of the Vaal River just outside Bothaville. The fall lasted just more than two seconds. Those two seconds on 8 August 2020 changed Brandon Moolman’s life irrevocably. Before he – and his friends next to him – decided spontaneously to jump from the bridge that afternoon, he lived…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/geen-beperkings-vir-kwadrupleeg-brandon-nie
Geen beperkings vir kwadrupleeg Brandon nie
Apr 05, 2022 - Bertie Jacobs Daar is 23 meter tussen die brug en die water van die Vaalrivier net buite Bothaville. Die val het net meer as twee sekondes geduur. Dit is twee sekondes wat op 8 Augustus 2020 Brandon Moolman se lewe onherroeplik verander het. Voor hy spontaan besluit het om – met sy vriende langs hom – daardie agtermiddag van die brug af te spring…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-excellent-saica-results
NWU celebrates excellent SAICA results
Apr 06, 2022 - Willie Du Plessis With excellent results in the latest South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) exams, the North-West University (NWU) has again shown that it is among the best of the best for quality education in accounting. The results were released on 25 March 2022. NWU students achieved a 99% (76 out of 77 candidates) first-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-vier-uitstekende-saigr-uitslae
NWU vier uitstekende SAIGR-uitslae
Mar 31, 2022 - Willie Du Plessis Met die uitstekende uitslae in die jongste eksamen van die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut vir Geoktrooieerde Rekenmeesters (SAIGR) het die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) weer eens getoon dat hy onder die beste van die bestes vir gehalte-onderrig in rekeningkunde tel. Die uitslae is op 25 Maart 2022 vrygestel. NWU-studente het in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/war-ukraine-costly-inflection-point