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NWU student selected for national Korfball team
Feb 15, 2018 - Rudolf François Van Niekerk, an MSc student in agriculture at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, was recently selected to be part of the South African Senior Korfball National team. In preparation for the Korfball World Cup that will be hosted by South Africa in Durban in 2019, the national team will attend a training…http://news.nwu.ac.za/jeanett-and-zibusiso%25E2%2580%2599s-debating-skills-put-nwu-map
Jeanett and Zibusiso’s debating skills put NWU on the map
Feb 16, 2018 - The North-West University (NWU) can finally boast about producing two of the best South African university debaters. Jeanett Mosala (25) and Zibusiso Ndlovu (20) who are both members of the NWU Debate Society, recently won the South African National Universities Debate Champions (SANUDC) in the category English as a Second Language. Being the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-vanderbijlpark-campus-community-mourning
NWU Vanderbijlpark: a campus community in mourning
Feb 16, 2018 - For the second time in just over a week the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark is mourning the tragic passing of another member of the campus community. Lerato Motsie, a second-year BCom Commercial Law student, passed away on Wednesday, 14 February. Lerato hailed from Parys in the Free State and was a member of the Oryx…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-business-wins-major-prize
NWU student business wins major prize
Feb 19, 2018 - Two students from the North-West University (NWU) recently achieved second place with their own business in the category for green technology in the national Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) competition. Kgaugelo Maripane and Mzwakhe Sifuba, co-founders of the student business, Business In A Bag™ (BIAB), are both BCom Accounting students…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/dwayne-pocock-%25E2%2580%2593-nwu-vanderbijlpark-se-groot-kolwer
Dwayne Pocock – NWU Vanderbijlpark se groot kolwer
Mar 12, 2018 - “In krieket, soos ook in die lewe, moet jy weet wanneer om aan en af te skakel, en die res sal self regkom.” Hierdie woorde deur Sachin Tendulkar – wat as een van die grootste kolwers ooit beskou word – geld veral vir Dwayne Pocock. Dwayne (23) is beslis “aangeskakel”, en is onlangs deur die gewilde aanlyn forum Club Cricket SA as die Suid-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/dwayne-pocock-%25E2%2580%2593-nwu-vanderbijlpark%25E2%2580%2599s-big-hitter
Dwayne Pocock – NWU Vanderbijlpark’s big hitter
Feb 19, 2018 - “In cricket, as in life, you need to know when to switch on and when to switch off – the rest will look after itself.” These words by Sachin Tendulkar, regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, rings particularly true for the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Dwayne Pocock. Dwayne (23) is most definitely “switched on” and was recently…http://news.nwu.ac.za/technology-cure-all-solution-sa%25E2%2580%2599s-education-woes
Technology: the cure-all solution to SA’s education woes?
Feb 19, 2018 - The advances of modern-day technology have introduced new and innovative ways of learning, andnumerous studies have revealed the positive learning effects of virtual reality, online systems, and interactive applications. Prof Sufen Chen from the Taiwan University of Science and Technology will explore this subject on 12 March 2018 during a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/taking-ministry-beyond-sa%25E2%2580%2599s-borders
Taking the ministry beyond SA’s borders
Feb 19, 2018 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Theology recently held its annual dedication service in Mahikeng. It was led by Prof Daryl Balia, the new executive dean, who also recognised the faculty’s top performers for 2017 during the event. Prof Balia welcomed and handed Bibles – donated by Mr Chris Johnson, the CEO of CUM Books – to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/andile-mofokeng-passionate-about-youth-development
Andile Mofokeng: passionate about youth development
Feb 19, 2018 - As a future educator, Andile Mofokeng doesn’t just dream about making an impact on the youth of tomorrow. No. He is set on making a difference here and now. For Andile, a third-year Bachelors of Education Sciences student, his nomination as a Gauteng finalist in the prestigious Mr Prime South Africa pageant is paving the way for him to realise…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/uarm-neem-steeds-die-voortou-die-risikobestuursektor
UARM neem steeds die voortou in die risikobestuursektor
Mar 12, 2018 - Ses jaar ná die totstandkoming van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Sentrum vir Toegepaste Risikobestuur (UARM) laat die sentrum steeds ’n spoor van uitnemendheid binne die risikobestuursektor agter. In 2018 het die sentrum 22 meestersgraadstudente, van wie 15 eerstejaar-kursuswerk doen en sewe met hulle skripsies besig is. Die UARM se…http://news.nwu.ac.za/uarm-continues-lead-risk-management-sector
UARM continues to lead in risk management sector
Feb 20, 2018 - Six years after the inception of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM), the centre continues to blaze a trail of excellence within the risk management sector. In 2018 the centre boasts 22 master’s students: 15 doing first-year course work and seven their mini-dissertations. The UARM part-time master’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-appoints-new-executive-dean-faculty-engineering
NWU appoints new executive dean for Faculty of Engineering
Feb 21, 2018 - The North-West University (NWU) appointed Prof Liezl van Dyk as executive dean for the Faculty of Engineering for a term of five years. Prof Van Dyk completed her BEng and MEng degrees in Industrial Engineering, as well as a Diploma in Higher Education and Training Practice at the University of Pretoria, after which she was awarded a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-research-niche-area-joins-engineering-faculty
NWU research niche area joins engineering faculty
Feb 21, 2018 - The new year brings with it fresh challenges and opportunities, and in the case of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Multilingual Speech Technology research group, also an exciting announcement. As from January 2018 the research group – better known as MuST – has officially joined the ranks of the Faculty of Engineering. As a research group…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-ikateleng-project-celebrates-30-years-impact
NWU’s Ikateleng Project celebrates 30 years of impact
Mar 29, 2018 - Thirty years after the inception of the Ikateleng Project, the North-West University (NWU) continues to impact the lives of thousands of learners across central South Africa by means of supplementary teaching. The long-running Ikateleng Project – which was initiated in 1988 in the Vanderbijlpark area – aims to provide supplementary tuition to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-dvc-research-and-innovation-chair-sa-aids-conference
NWU’s DVC for research and innovation to chair SA AIDS Conference
Apr 03, 2018 - Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) deputy vice-chancellor for research and innovation, will serve as chair of one of the largest conferences in sub-Saharan Africa, the 2019 SA AIDS Conference. Dira Sengwe, the non-governmental organisation who will be hosting the conference, nominated Prof Phaswana-Mafuya, based…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-works-towards-rooting-out-racism
NWU works towards rooting out racism
Apr 05, 2018 - The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, which is part of the Anti-Racism Network South Africa, hosted a #RootOutRacism dialogue at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom on 17 March 2018. The dialogue was part of their Anti-Racism Week* campaign, during which they travelled throughout the country, to create public awareness about…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-rekeningkunde-projek-werp-vrugte-af
NWU Rekeningkunde-projek werp vrugte af
Apr 05, 2018 - Wat as ’n tussenkomsprogram begin het om akademiese hulp te verleen aan graad 12-leerders wat met rekeningkunde sukkel, het een van die vlagskipprojekte vir gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) geword. Die NWU en Fezile Dabi-onderwysdistrik se Rekeningkunde-projek is in 2014 bekend gestel, en vier jaar later behaal die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-intervention-programme-pays-dividends
NWU intervention programme pays dividends
Apr 05, 2018 - What started out as an intervention programme to provide academic aid to Grade 12 learners struggling with accounting has grown into one of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) flagship community engagement projects. The NWU and the Fezile Dabi Education District’s Accounting Project was introduced in 2014 and four years later the project…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/entrepreneursukses-vir-nwu-alumnus-thabiso
Entrepreneursukses vir NWU-alumnus Thabiso
Apr 18, 2018 - Thabiso Kgabung (27) het drie jaar lank vanuit die gerief van ’n lesingsaal vir die werksomgewing voorberei met die hoop dat wanneer hy sy graad verwerf het, hy ’n werksaanbod in sy voorkeur-studiegebied sou kry. Die werklikheid het hom egter geleer dat werk in Suid-Afrika – vir ervare professionele persone sowel as vir gegradueerdes – nie so…http://news.nwu.ac.za/entrepreneurial-success-nwu-alumnus-thabiso