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NWU Mafikeng Campus student publishes novel
Mar 22, 2017 - Gugulethu Sibiya, a second-year law student at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), recently published a novel titled “The Turning Point”. The book focuses on a young person’s choices due to the influence of love and adults who take advantage of young people. The book takes us through themes of how love comes in the least…https://news.nwu.ac.za/american-art-song-canon-local-stage
American art song canon on local stage
Mar 22, 2017 - On Tuesday, 28 March, Christian Bester together with pianist Laetitia Orlandi and French horn player Shannon Armer, will present a recital of American art songs. The recital will feature a variety of composition styles and regional flavours of American art songs composers, composed at the turn of the nineteenth-century till present day. The…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/van-oorlewing-tot-groei-skep-%25E2%2580%2599n-beter-toekoms-vir-slagoffers-van-seksuele-misbruik
Van oorlewing tot groei: skep ’n beter toekoms vir slagoffers van seksuele misbruik
Mar 29, 2017 - Die hartverskeurende realiteit van die seksuele misbruik van kinders is ’n wêreldwye euwel wat twee navorsers van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) aanpak deur oorlewendes te help om hulle trauma te hanteer en te groei. Die wêreldwye voorkoms soos dit in 22 lande gemeet is, dui daarop dat 18% tot 20% van meisies en 8% tot 9% van seuns hierdie…https://news.nwu.ac.za/survivor-thriver-creating-brighter-future-victims-sexual-abuse
Survivor to thriver: creating a brighter future for victims of sexual abuse
Mar 29, 2017 - The heart-wrenching reality of childhood sexual abuse is a global scourge which two researchers from North-West University (NWU) are tackling by assisting survivors to deal with their trauma and thrive. The worldwide prevalence as measured in 22 countries indicates that 18% to 20% of girls and 8% to 9% of boys have to cope with this trauma at…https://news.nwu.ac.za/metals-bird-eggs-source-concern-orange-river-catchment-area
Metals in bird eggs a source of concern in Orange River catchment area
Mar 29, 2017 - The heron that laid the golden egg? Scientists from the North-West University (NWU) have found several metals and metalloids in bird eggs in the catchment area of the Orange River which could pose a potential health risk to humans. Prof Henk Bouwman from the Faculty of Natural Sciences says this study was part of a larger project to determine…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/web-gebaseerde-platform-vir-spraaktranskripsie-om-sa-parlement-te-help
Web-gebaseerde platform vir spraaktranskripsie om SA Parlement te help
Mar 29, 2017 - Met 11 amptelike tale in Suid-Afrika gaan dit nooit ’n maklike taak wees om ’n doeltreffende dog bekostigbare manier te kry om spraak na teks te transkribeer nie. Dit gaan egter verander met behulp van die innoverende denke van navorsers wat ’n oopbron-, web-gebaseerde platform vir spraaktranskripsie skep. Navorsers van die Noordwes-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/south-african-web-based-platform-speech-transcription
A South African web-based platform for speech transcription
Mar 29, 2017 - With 11 official languages in South Africa, finding an effective yet affordable way to transcribe speech to text was never going to be easy, but that is set to change with some innovative thinking from researchers who are creating an open source web-based platform for speech transcription. Researchers from North-West University’s Multilingual…https://news.nwu.ac.za/it%25E2%2580%2599s-time-recognise-waste-pickers
It’s time to recognise waste pickers
Mar 29, 2017 - They are a sight common in South Africa as they scavenge landfills and go through bins in suburbs, business and industrial districts. Yet little is known about the role waste pickers play in the economy. Sights set on shedding light on the factors that enable waste pickers to make a living, Professor Derick Blaauw of the Faculty of Economic and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/maintaining-balance-between-protection-and-use-sa%25E2%2580%2599s-most-diverse-floodplain-ecosystem
Maintaining the balance between protection and use of SA’s most diverse floodplain ecosystem
Mar 29, 2017 - Thousands of people rely on the floodplain of the Lower Phongolo River in KwaZulu-Natal, as do millions of fish, frogs, birds, insects and other aquatic animals. But how can they all co-exist sustainably and what is needed to maintain the delicate balance of South Africa's biggest, richest and most diverse floodplain ecosystem? Finding the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students-give-r35-million-needy
NWU students give R3,5 million to the needy
Mar 23, 2017 - R3 523 735.10. It is an amount that changes lives, it is an amount that makes a bleak day a better one. It is a record amount that was distributed to various individuals, schools, projects and welfare institutions during the North-West University’s (NWU’s) annual Student Rag Community Service (SRCS) pay-out function. Founded in 1977, SRCS is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/minister-appoints-two-nwu-experts
Minister appoints two NWU experts
Mar 23, 2017 - A national honour recently bestowed two experts of the North-West University (NWU). Prof Jeanetta du Plessis and Prof Richard Gordon, both from the Centre of Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacen), were appointed as members of the National Health Research Committee. The committee falls under the National Department of Health.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lecturer-participate-uclasouth-african-trauma-training-research-programme
NWU lecturer to participate in UCLA/South African Trauma Training Research programme
Mar 23, 2017 - Dr Lufuno Makhado, a senior lecturer in the Department of Nursing Science on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), , will be taking part in the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA)/South African Trauma Training Research (Phodiso) Programme. He left for UCLA on 20 March 2017 and will be based there until the end of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/campus-legal-hopefuls-take-center-stage-symposium
Campus legal hopefuls take center stage at symposium
Mar 23, 2017 - The Law Faculty on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted a symposium at the campus multi-purpose student centre. The well-attended event saw second-year LLB students go against the final fourth-year students on the topic “The legacy of legal positivism and constitutional supremacy in South Africa”. The…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-law-student-publishes-debut-novel
NWU law student publishes debut novel
Mar 24, 2017 - Another student from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus has self-published a book. Gaopalelwe Lesley Mathiba, a third-year law student, published his debut novel titled “The Essence Behind Motherhood: 'Behold your mother' ~John 19:27”. In this book Gaopalelwe attempts to give a thorough justification of the biblical and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/abe-bailey-travel-bursary-%25E2%2580%2593-chance-lifetime-students-visit-uk
Abe Bailey Travel Bursary – chance of a lifetime for students to visit the UK
Mar 24, 2017 - Saint Augustine once said that the world is a book, and those who do not travel limit themselves to reading only a single page. With this in mind, students of the North-West University (NWU) are invited to apply for the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary. The closing date for applications from the NWU is 15 June 2017 (as to provide sufficient time to the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/has-sa-reached-ceiling-tax-collection
Has SA reached the ceiling for tax collection?
Mar 24, 2017 - The court of public opinion has it that the 2017 Budget Speech represented a contractionary budget with increased taxes and with lower levels of incentives for economic activity. In light of this, Prof Danie Meyer and Dr Andre Mellet from the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus (NWU) and experts in local economic development (LED)…https://news.nwu.ac.za/are-tax-payers-getting-value-their-money
Are tax payers getting value for their money?
Mar 27, 2017 - Prof Danie Meyer and Dr Andre Mellet from the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus (NWU) and experts in Local Economic Development (LED) and Monetary Economics respectively, is of the opinion that South African tax payers are not reaping any rewards from increased taxation. New and additional Tax During the National Budget Speech…https://news.nwu.ac.za/stefan%25E2%2580%2599s-journey-pageant-success
Stefan’s journey to pageant success
Mar 27, 2017 - When you first meet Stefan Coetzer - the reigning Mr Vaal, and final year sport science and psychology student, it is hard to imagine him as a frightened young boy suffering at the hand of the schoolyard bully. Stefan (21) has indeed come a long way since then. After the untimely death of his mother in 2002, when he was just six years old,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumna-crowned-miss-sa-2017
NWU alumna crowned as Miss SA 2017
Mar 27, 2017 - When the 21-year old Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was announced as Miss South Africa 2017 on 26 March, the whole of the North-West University (NWU) and all its stakeholders, cheered as one. For the first time in history, an alumna of the NWU walked away with this crown. Demi-Leigh, who completed her BCom Business Management and Entrepreneurship degree…https://news.nwu.ac.za/arcelormittal-south-africa-and-nwu-team-empower-small-business-owners