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On the quest to save our freshwater sources
Oct 28, 2022 - South Africa’s freshwater sources are under pressure from various kinds of contaminants, and North-West University (NWU) researchers are searching for ways to keep track of some of the more elusive pollutants. Prof Rialet Pieters, a researcher in the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, is an ecotoxicologist whose interests lie in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-gebruik-van-nanotegnologie-vir-voedselsekerheid-en-die-beskerming-van-die-omgewing
Die gebruik van nanotegnologie vir voedselsekerheid en die beskerming van die omgewing
Oct 28, 2022 - Een van die uitdagendste bekommernisse van die 21ste eeu is die beskerming van voedselsekerheid vir die wêreld se bevolking wat eksponensieel toeneem, soos dit in doelwit 2 van die Verenigde Nasies se volhoubare ontwikkelingsdoelwitte (VOD’s) gestipuleer word. Volgens projeksies gaan die wêreldwye vraag na voedsel teen 2050 met tussen 60% en 98%…https://news.nwu.ac.za/using-nanotechnology-food-security-and-environmental-protection
Using nanotechnology for food security and environmental protection
Oct 28, 2022 - One of the most challenging anxieties of the 21st century is safeguarding food security for the world’s exponential growing population, as stipulated by goal 2 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to projections, the global food demand is expected to rise between 60 to 98% by 2050, with a population of more than 9…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/munisipaliteite-moet-die-belangrikheid-van-vullissmouse-erken
Munisipaliteite moet die belangrikheid van vullissmouse erken
Oct 28, 2022 - Meer as 100 000 mense in Suid-Afrika begin om die vullissmoussektor as bron van werk te gebruik. Dit is volgens Nonhlanhla Ngcobo, ’n PhD-student en navorser by die Suid-Afrikaanse navorsingsleerstoel in stede, die reg en omgewingsvolhoubaarheid (Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability) by die Fakulteit Regte op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU…https://news.nwu.ac.za/municipalities-must-acknowledge-importance-waste-pickers
Municipalities must acknowledge the importance of waste pickers
Oct 28, 2022 - More than 100 000 people in South Africa have turned to the waste-picking sector as a source of employment. This is according to Nonhlanhla Ngcobo, a PhD student and a researcher at the South African Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability in the Faculty of Law at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus. “The slow…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hospitaal-klop-aan-die-nwu-se-deur-vir-beter-sorg-vir-borskankerpasiente
Hospitaal klop aan die NWU se deur vir beter sorg vir borskankerpasiënte
Oct 28, 2022 - Navorsers by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) werk gereeld in gemeenskappe om lewens te verbeter en oplossings vir dringende kwessies te vind. In die stryd teen borskanker het ’n hospitaal in Potchefstroom die kundigheid van die navorsingseenheid Medisyneverbruik in Suid-Afrika (MUSA) in die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe ingeroep. Prof Johanita…https://news.nwu.ac.za/hospital-knocks-nwus-door-better-care-breast-cancer-patients
Hospital knocks on NWU’s door for better care for breast cancer patients
Oct 28, 2022 - Researchers of the North-West University (NWU) regularly work in communities to improve lives and find solutions to pressing issues. In the fight against breast cancer, a hospital in Potchefstroom has called on the expertise of the Medicine Usage in South Africa (MUSA) research entity in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Prof Johanita Burger and Dr…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/sosiale-media-die-klaskamer-meer-voordele-nadele
Sosiale media in die klaskamer: meer voordele as nadele
Oct 28, 2022 - Die koms van sosiale media het ’n baie groot uitwerking op onderrig en leer gehad, maar baie min is bekend oor die voor- en nadele van die gebruik van sosiale media in die klaskamer. So sê dr Thamie Ndlovu, ʼn opvoedkundige tegnoloog by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), wie se PhD-studie die gebruik van sosiale media as instrument vir onderrig en…https://news.nwu.ac.za/social-media-classroom-benefits-outweigh-any-drawbacks
Social media in the classroom: benefits outweigh any drawbacks
Oct 28, 2022 - The advent of social media has had a huge effect on teaching and learning, but relatively little is known about the pros and cons of using social media in the classroom. This is according to Dr Thamie Ndlovu, an educational technologist at the North-West University (NWU), whose PhD study investigated the use of social media as a tool for teaching…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/teologie-professor-maak-vordering-met-broodnodige-diskoers-oor-kontekstualisering
Teologie-professor maak vordering met broodnodige diskoers oor kontekstualisering
Oct 28, 2022 - Prof Alfred Brunsdon van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Fakulteit Teologie het onlangs ’n C2-gradering van die Nasionale Navorsingstigting ontvang. Wat hierdie erkenning noemenswaardig maak, is die nisarea van sy navorsing, wat die teenstrydighede tussen akademiese inhoud en die kulturele kontekste van teologiestudente uit Afrika uitlig. Hy…https://news.nwu.ac.za/theology-professor-makes-inroads-much-needed-contextualisation-discourse
Theology professor makes inroads with much needed contextualisation discourse
Oct 28, 2022 - Prof Alfred Brunsdon from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Theology recently received a C2-rating from the National Research Foundation. What makes this recognition noteworthy is the niche area of his research which is discrepancies between academic content and cultural contexts of African theology students. He has been…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-se-intelligente-stelsels-navorsingsgroep-besig-om-intelligensie-te-ontwikkel-om-vervoerprobleme
NWU se Intelligente Stelsels-navorsingsgroep is besig om intelligensie te ontwikkel om vervoerprobleme op te los
Oct 28, 2022 - Rekenaars word al hoe noodsaakliker in die moderne samelewing, met ’n geweldige invloed oor hoe mense probleme skep en oplos. Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Intelligente Stelsels-navorsingsgroep se missie is om volgendegeslagoplossings te ontwikkel wat sal help om vervoerprobleme met behulp van tegnologie op te los. Geleë in die Skool vir…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-intelligent-systems-research-group-developing-intelligence-solve-transportation-problems
NWU's Intelligent Systems Research Group is developing intelligence to solve transportation problems
Oct 28, 2022 - Computers are becoming essential in modern society with a tremendous influence on how humans create and solve problems. The North-West University's (NWU’s) Intelligent Systems research group is on a mission to develop next-generation solutions that will help solve transportation problems using technology. Within the School of Electrical,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students-and-staff-take-part-universities-against-gender-based-violence-campaign
NWU students and staff take part in Universities Against Gender-Based Violence campaign
Oct 28, 2022 - Students and staff from the North-West University (NWU) recently attended a national gender-based awareness campaign, dubbed #UniversitiesAgainstGender-BasedViolence, hosted by Wits University. Under the banner of Practitioners against Gender-based Violence (GBV) in South African Universities, Community of Practice (CoP) representatives –…https://news.nwu.ac.za/indigenous-games-music-and-dance-promote-health-and-wellbeing
Indigenous games, music and dance promote health and wellbeing
Oct 28, 2022 - By Ontiretse Motingwa Melita Setswano Mogamisi, a North-West University (NWU) master’s graduate from Khunwana village, found that indigenous games, dance and music can promote the health and wellbeing of the elderly. “I am a researcher who enjoys applying my knowledge to the fascinating indigenous knowledge systems that are in danger of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/tlhokomelo-shares-her-sunshine
Tlhokomelo shares her sunshine
Oct 28, 2022 - By Ontiretse Motingwa Tlhokomelo Khusu from Matatiele in the Eastern Cape is a second-year student doing a BSoc with psychology degree at the North-West University (NWU), and she finds joy in putting words together. This year, Tlhokomelo published an English poetry book titled Sunshine. “I started writing letters to my mother when I was eight…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/jo-ane-en-alan-nwu-se-atletiektrots
Jo-Ané en Alan is NWU se atletiektrots
Oct 28, 2022 - Sy is die heersende, verdedigende en onbetwiste spiesgooikampioen van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), en Jo-Ané van Dyk is onlangs weer as die Potchefstroomkampus se Sportvrou van die Jaar aangewys. Dié uitnemende spiesgooier het weereens in 2022 haar staal op die internasionale verhoog gewys, waar sy Suid-Afrika by die Afrikaspele, die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/jo-ane-and-alan-are-athletics-pride-nwu
Jo-Ané and Alan are the athletics pride of the NWU
Oct 28, 2022 - She is the current, defending and undisputed javelin champion of the North-West University (NWU), and Jo-Ané van Dyk was recently crowned the Potchefstroom Campus Sportswoman of the Year again. This excellent javelin thrower showed her steel on the international stage once more in 2022 when she represented South Africa at the African Games, the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-die-eerste-plek-suid-afrika-met-ingenieurswese
NWU is in die eerste plek in Suid-Afrika met ingenieurswese
Oct 30, 2022 - Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is die beste keuse onder plaaslike universiteite vir studie op die gebied van ingenieurswese. Die jongste ranglys vir vakke deur Times Higher Education (THE) plaas die NWU aan die bopunt van die leer op hierdie gebied en beklemtoon die NWU se ander vakaanbiedings van gehalte. Volgens THE se World University…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-engineering-number-one-south-africa