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Ratings downgrades highlight need to change economic narrative
Nov 23, 2020 - The latest decisions by both Fitch and Moody’s to cut South Africa’s investment grade rating further into junk status are not good news for the South Africa economy. Prof Raymond Parsons, economist at the North-West University (NWU) Business School, says it again highlights the urgent need for South Africa to change its economic narrative. “…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/node/27000
Suid-Afrika 2024 – ’n scenario-perspektief
Nov 23, 2020 - Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Besigheidskool het onlangs ’n “Think Tank” aangebied oor die onderwerp Suid-Afrika 2024 – ’n scenario-perspektief (South Africa 2024 – a scenario perspective). Dr Frans Cronje, HUB van die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge, en dr Oscar van Heerden, Direkteur Bedrywighede by die Mapungubwe-instituut vir Strategiese…http://news.nwu.ac.za/node/27000
South Africa 2024 – a scenario perspective
Nov 23, 2020 - The North-West University (NWU) Business School recently presented a Think Tank on the topic South Africa 2024 – a scenario perspective. Dr Frans Cronje, CEO of the Institute of Race Relations, and Dr Oscar van Heerden, Director Operations at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflections, made presentations. This particular Think Tank…http://news.nwu.ac.za/node/27001
NWU’s eye on the cosmos just became bigger
Nov 27, 2020 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Astronomy Observatory now boasts a new, bigger and better telescope – the New Mahikeng Astronomy Telescope. The new telescope, manufactured by Planewave Instruments in the USA, has a 50 cm diameter which is significantly bigger than the older 41 cm Meade LX200 GPS telescope that was unveiled in 2018…http://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news
NWU partners with department to promote Indigenous Knowledge Act
Nov 24, 2020 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Centre has partnered with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on a public awareness campaign on the Indigenous Knowledge Act and the Bio-cultural Protocol*. This Indigenous Knowledge Act focuses on the protection, promotion, management and development of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/add
NWU se Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe gee erkenning vir uitnemendheid in navorsing en innovasie
Nov 24, 2020 - Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe het op 18 November 2020 vir die eerste keer ʼn Navorsing en Innovasie Toekenningseremonie aangebied om erkenning te gee aan die harde werk en prestasies van die fakulteitslede. Die fakulteit het die prestasie van navorsers volgens gestelde kriteria bereken – nie net is die getal…http://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-0
NWU Faculty of Health Sciences recognises excellence in research and innovation
Nov 24, 2020 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Health Sciences hosted its first-ever Research and Innovation Awards ceremony on 18 November 2020 to recognise the efforts and achievements of its faculty members. The faculty calculated the performance of researchers according to set criteria - not only calculating the number of outputs, but also…http://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-1
A conversation with Prof Dan Kgwadi about gender-based violence
Nov 26, 2020 - With the gender-based violence (GBV) rate in South Africa being five times higher than the global average according to Stats SA, the North-West University (NWU) is doing its part by creating awareness and offering support to those in need. On 12 November the NWU principal and vice-chancellor, Prof Dan Kgwadi, had a virtual conversation with the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/add-0
Geslagsgebaseerde geweld – hulp is nodig
Nov 27, 2020 - Daar was oor die afgelope vyf maande talle verhale in die media oor slagoffers wat deur hulle lewensmaats getreiter, aangeval en selfs vermoor is. Volgens Statistieke SA is die voorkoms van geslagsgebaseerde geweld (GBV) in Suid-Afrika vyf keer hoër as die wêreldwye gemiddelde. Prof Hayley Walker-Williams, die adjunkdirekteur van die Skool vir…http://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-2
Help is needed for victims
Nov 27, 2020 - Over the past five months there have been numerous stories in the media about victims being harassed, attacked and even murdered by their intimate partners. According to Statistics SA, the incidence of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa is five times higher than the global average. Prof Hayley Walker-Williams, the deputy director of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/add-1
NWU-navorser help om nuwe data oor die Aarde en die Melkweg bloot te lê
Nov 27, 2020 - ’n Nuwe studie het die sluier oor ’n paar van die geheimenisse van die Melkweg gelig. Daar is bevind dat die Aarde vinniger as vroeër beweeg, en dat dit amper 2 000 ligjaar nader aan die gravitasiekolk in die middel van die Melkwegsterrestelsel is. Dit is volgens nuwe data wat oor ’n tydperk van 15 jaar deur die Japannese radio-astronomieprojek…http://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-3
NWU researcher helps uncover new data about Earth and the Milky Way
Nov 30, 2020 - A new study has lifted the veil on some of the mysteries of the Milky Way. It has found that the Earth is moving faster than it used to and is nearly 2 000 light-years closer to the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy. This is according to new data, documented over a period of 15 years, by the Japanese radio astronomy project, VLBI…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-receive-sought-after-prize-atkv
Researchers receive sought-after prize from ATKV
Nov 02, 2020 - Two researchers from the North-West University (one posthumously) were awarded a prestige ATKV-SA Academy prize for an article that appeared in the South African Journal for Natural Sciences and Technology (Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie) in 2018. Dr Christine Taljaard-Krugell and Prof Este Vorster from the Faculty…http://news.nwu.ac.za/tanya-was-born-create
Tanya was born to create
Nov 02, 2020 - Tanya van Deventer, a 23-year-old Master of Arts student in Graphic Design from the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus, was over the moon when her design was chosen as one of three to grace the Nescafé Ricoffy tins. South Africans were given the opportunity to design a “Proudly me” Nescafé Ricoffy limited edition label. All the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/registration-and-orientation-programme-north-west-university
Registration and Orientation programme at the North-West University
Jan 17, 2019 - Like in the past, the North-West University (NWU) will again in 2019 be bursting at the seam with first-year students. Just over 52 000 applications were received for the 2019 academic year, of which just more than 16 600 prospective students were provisionally accepted. The university can accommodate only 9 391 first-year students in our…http://news.nwu.ac.za/smooth-running-registration-process-north-west-university
Smooth running of the registration process at the North-West University
Jan 23, 2019 - The management of the North-West University (NWU) is satisfied with the process of registering first-year students across its three campuses in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark. The first-year target for the 2019 academic year is 9 400, and up until today, more than 7 000 students have already registered. The university had received…http://news.nwu.ac.za/luigi-flies-nwu-flag-high-during-national-pageant
Luigi flies NWU flag high during national pageant
Jan 24, 2019 - Luigi Mensah (21) has a good reason for starting the new year with a smile on his face and a bounce in his step. Not only will 2019 see him graduating with a degree in Financial Accounting, but also sporting the title of second runner-up in the prestigious Mr SA Campus Pageant 2018/19. According to Luigi, who is currently pursuing a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-linda-du-plessis-appointed-nwu-vice-principal
Prof Linda du Plessis appointed as NWU vice-principal
Jan 29, 2019 - In the second quarter of 2018, women accounted for 43,8% of the total workforce, but only 32% of all managers. Setting the example and standing shoulder to shoulder with her male counterparts in the higher education sector, is Prof Linda du Plessis, who was recently appointed vice-principal of the North-West University (NWU). The vice-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researcher-awarded-her-fight-towards-better-health-people-africa
NWU researcher awarded for her fight towards better health for people in Africa
Jan 29, 2019 - Prof Alta Schutte, a biomedical scientist and research professor at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), has become a familiar name in the international sphere of biomedical research of high blood pressure or hypertension. She boasts various accolades and achievements, and recently added another…http://news.nwu.ac.za/cid-npc-ensure-cleaner-and-safer-potchefstroom