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Siviwe Tyobeka: Wêreldburger wat kan
Mar 11, 2022 - Dit is aanvanklik nie opmerklik nie. Eers wanneer Siviwe Tyobeka die verhaal van haar kinderjare vertel, begin jy dit hoor. Dofweg en buitengewoon. ’n Wonderlike intonasie. Die klank van die wêreld. Siviwe is in Johannesburg gebore, maar hulle het na die Verenigde State van Amerika verhuis toe sy net agt maande oud was, aangesien haar pa, dr…http://news.nwu.ac.za/siviwe-tyobeka-go-getting-global-citizen
Siviwe Tyobeka: Go-getting global citizen
Mar 22, 2022 - It is indiscernible at first. Only when Siviwe Tyobeka narrates the journey of her childhood do you start to hear it. Faint and peculiar. A pleasant intonation. The sound of the world. Siviwe was born in Johannesburg, but moved to the United States of America when she was only eight months old as her father, Dr Bismarck Tyobeka (chairperson of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-intervention-north-west-province-still-needs-work
NWU academic: intervention in the North West province still needs work
Mar 10, 2022 - On 18 February 2022 during the State of the Province address the North West Province Premier Bushy Maape announced that the five departments placed under sections 100(1)(b) and 100(1)(a) of the Constitution are stabilising. However, North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Barry R Hanyane says little has been achieved in the province…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-leads-agriculture-enterprise-and-women-empowerment
NWU alumnus leads with agriculture enterprise and women empowerment
Mar 11, 2022 - According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), approximate 70% of the South African population rely directly on agriculture as a means of living. North-West University (NWU) alumnus and livestock farmer Ipeleng Kwadi hails from Brits in North West, and is shattering age and gender stereotypes with her family owned enterprise, Motsemotala…http://news.nwu.ac.za/rugby-vaal-ready-fly
Rugby on Vaal is ready to fly
Mar 15, 2022 - It was a Wednesday night and after the rain had yet again pelted down, the playing field at the North-West University’s campus in Vanderbijlpark was soaking wet. And draped in darkness. If it wasn’t bad enough that the elements conspired against the first rugby team of the campus training in acceptable conditions, Eskom had decided to throw its…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-reaches-out-schools-donating-sports-equipment
NWU reaches out to schools by donating sports equipment
Mar 11, 2022 - As part of their community outreach programme, the All Sports Chapter (ASC) and Sports department on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus are reaching out to local schools lacking sports equipment. The aim of this programme is to give back to the community and to add value to sports development in the Ngaka Modiri…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-universitat-duisburg-essen-develop-early-warning-tool-metal-pollution-fresh-water
NWU and Universität Duisburg-Essen develop early warning tool for metal pollution in fresh water
Mar 15, 2022 - Researchers from North-West University (NWU) and Universität Duisburg-Essen in Germany have developed an early warning tool for metal pollution in freshwater systems worldwide. This research achievement is a collaboration between the Water Research Group, the NWU led by Prof Nico Smit and Prof Victor Wepener and the Universität Duisburg-Essen’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-partners-launch-api-plus-lab-grow-sas-bio-economy
NWU and partners launch API Plus lab to grow SA's bio-economy
Mar 22, 2022 - The North-West University (NWU), in partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), recently launched the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Plus laboratory. The project, a joint initiative between government, academia and industry, aims to promote the manufacturing of APIs in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/eagles-trap-shimlas
Eagles trap Shimlas
Mar 16, 2022 - Die doeltreffendheid van die styl van rugby wat die Shimlas tot dusver gespeel het, is uit alle oorde geloof. Gesaghebbendes het hulle ondernemende speelstyl geprys, asook hulle bereidwilligheid om met die bal te hardloop. Hulle verlies teen Wits het ’n paar krake in hulle indrukwekkende wenmondering uitgewys, en toe, op Maandag 14 Maart in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/eagles-slay-shimlas
Eagles slay Shimlas
Mar 16, 2022 - The virtues of the style of rugby that the Shimlas have been playing has been extolled from all corners. Pundits praised their enterprising playing style and willingness to run with the ball. A loss against Wits exposed some cracks preventing an impressive win, and then, on Monday, 14 March in Bloemfontein, the NWU Eagles caused a quake with a 32–…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/susan-cilliers-dokumenteer-die-bose
Susan Cilliers: Dokumenteer die bose
Mar 16, 2022 - Dit was die dubbele moord wat ’n gemeenskap geruk en ’n nasie geskok het. Op Saterdag 26 Mei 2018 het die 19-jarige Xander Bylsma vir Sharnelle Hough (17) en Marna Engelbrecht (16) in hulle koshuis in die klein dorpie Stella vermoor. Hierdie hegte landbougemeenskap in Noordwes was platgeslaan, nie net deur die verlies van twee geliefde meisies…http://news.nwu.ac.za/susan-cilliers-documenting-demons
Susan Cilliers: Documenting the demons
Mar 16, 2022 - They were the twin murders that enraged a community and shocked a nation. On Saturday, 26 May 2018, 19-year-old Xander Bylsma murdered Sharnelle Hough (17) and Marna Engelbrecht (16) in their hostel in the small town of Stella. The tight-knit farming community in North West was left aghast, not only at the loss of the two beloved girls, but…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-gaan-uiteindelik-april-hokkie-wereldbeker-aanbied
NWU gaan uiteindelik in April Hokkie Wêreldbeker aanbied
Mar 17, 2022 - Bertie Jacobs Dis nie ’n grap nie. Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) gaan vanaf 1 April die gasheer vir die 2022 FIH Junior Vrouehokkie Wêreldbeker op die Astroturf-velde in Potchefstroom wees. Dit is die negende keer dat die gebeurtenis aangebied word, en dit sou in Desember plaasgevind het, maar die Omicron-variant van die Covid-19-virus het…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-host-hockey-world-cup-april-last
NWU to host Hockey World Cup in April at last
Mar 17, 2022 - Bertie Jacobs It is no joke. From 1 April, the North-West University (NWU) will host the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup at the Astroturf fields in Potchefstroom. This is the ninth time the event has been presented, and it would have taken place in December, but the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus put paid to those plans.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-stel-nuwe-hoof-en-visekanselier-aan
NWU stel nuwe hoof en visekanselier aan
Mar 18, 2022 - Die Raad van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is trots om die aanstelling van alumnus dr Bismark Tyobeka as sy nuwe hoof en visekanselier aan te kondig. Dr Tyobeka, wat as een van die voorste kernkragkundiges in die wêreld erken word, sal vanaf 1 Junie 2022 vir die volgende vyf jaar aan die stuur van die NWU wees. Hy volg in die voetspore van…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-appoints-new-principal-and-vice-chancellor
NWU appoints new principal and vice-chancellor
Sep 01, 2022 - The North-West University (NWU) Council is proud to announce the appointment of alumnus Dr Bismark Tyobeka as its new principal and vice-chancellor. Dr Tyobeka who is recognised as one of the leading nuclear power experts in the world, will steer the NWU for the next five years, commencing on 1 June 2022. He follows in the footsteps of Prof Dan…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/geskiedkundige-versameling-werp-lig-op-die-lewe-n-duitse-interneringskamp
Geskiedkundige versameling werp lig op die lewe in ’n Duitse interneringskamp
Mar 18, 2022 - Hulle is gevange geneem, van hulle geliefdes afgesny en saam met duisende ander in luisbesmette kampe opgesluit. Dit was die werklikheid vir talle Duitse mans wat tydens die Tweede Wêreldoorlog in Suid-Afrika en Suidwes-Afrika gewoon het toe die regering van die voormalige eerste minister Jan Smuts, hulle in interneringskampe aangehou het. ’…http://news.nwu.ac.za/historical-collection-sheds-light-life-german-internment-camp
Historical collection sheds light on life in German internment camp
Sep 05, 2024 - Willie du Plessis Taken prisoner, isolated from loved ones and incarcerated with thousands of others in lice-infested camps. This was the reality for many German men living in South Africa and South West Africa during the Second World War, when the government of former Prime Minister Jan Smuts held them in internment camps. A new donation…http://news.nwu.ac.za/veteran-broadcaster-advocates-all-inclusive-campaign-indigenous-languages-africa
Veteran broadcaster advocates all-inclusive campaign for indigenous languages in Africa
Mar 22, 2022 - Phenyo Mokgothu It was a convergence of media practitioners, communication scholars, staff and students on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) as the legengary broadcaster and famous isiXhosa language news anchor, Dr Noxolo Grootboom, delivered a public lecture on indigenous language broadcasting. This public lecture was…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-elected-president-african-astronomical-society