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Mother Language Day celebration – this is how the NWU builds for the future
Mar 03, 2017 - By Prof Dan Kgwadi, vice-chancellor of the NWU. We've recently celebrated International Mother Language Day (IMLD). The theme for this year’s IMLD is Towards sustainable futures through multilingual education, which places the role of educational institutions in promoting mother-tongue education firmly in the spotlight. The Pan-South African…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-alumna-benoem-vir-2017-vrou-van-die-jaar-toekennings
NWU-alumna benoem vir 2017 Vrou van die Jaar-toekennings
Mar 09, 2017 - ʼn Vrou word soms met ʼn volle sirkel vergelyk: binne-in haar is die potensiaal om te skep, te koester en te transformeer. As ʼn mens kyk na die kaliber van die finaliste vir die 2017-weergawe van die Vrou van Statuur: Vrou van die Jaar-toekennings, is hierdie woorde inderdaad waar. Onder hierdie finaliste is Shannon Roscher, ʼn alumna van die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumna-nominated-2017-woman-year-awards
NWU alumna nominated for 2017 Woman of the Year Awards
Mar 03, 2017 - A woman is often referred to as a full circle: within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. When you look at the calibre of finalists for the 2017 rendition of the Woman Of Stature (WOS): Woman of the Year Awards, these words indeed ring true. Amongst these finalists are Shannon Roscher, an alumna of the North-West University’s (NWU…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nasionale-begroting-laat-geen-ruimte-vir-foute-%25E2%2580%2593-ettienne-le-roux
Nasionale begroting laat geen ruimte vir foute – Ettienne le Roux
Nov 16, 2020 - “Die nasionale begroting wat op 22 Februarie aangekondig is, is beslis ‘n ‘tawwe’ een wat in moeilike omstandighede opgestel moes word.” Dít is die mening van mnr Ettienne le Roux, hoofekonoom van Rand Aksepbank wat verlede week minister van finansies, Pravin Gordhan, se pasgelewerde begrotingstoespraak geïnterpreteer het by die Noordwes-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-collaborate-university-dar-es-salaam
NWU to collaborate with the University of Dar es Salaam
Mar 06, 2017 - Following a recent visit by two officials from the University of Dar es Salaam, the North-West University (NWU) is set to collaborate with this university based in Tanzania. Dr Lulu Kaaya, director for internationalisation, and Prof John Machiwa, principal of the College of Agricultural Science and Fisheries Technology at the University of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/%25E2%2580%259Cnational-budget-leaves-no-room-mistakes%25E2%2580%259D-%25E2%2580%2593-ettienne-le-roux
“National budget leaves no room for mistakes” – Ettienne le Roux
Mar 07, 2017 - “The national budget which was announced on 22 February is definitely a though one setup during even thougher circumstances.” This in a nutshell is the opinion of Mr Ettienne le Roux, Chief Economist of Rand Merchant Bank who interpreted the recent budget speech - as delivered by finance minister Pravin Gordhan, at the annual North-West…https://news.nwu.ac.za/jomo-cosmos-signs-nwu-soccer-institute-striker
Jomo Cosmos signs NWU Soccer Institute striker
Mar 07, 2017 - National First Division (NFD), Jomo Cosmos FC now boasts a new addition to their squad – Thapelo Tlabakwe, an alumnus of the Soccer Institute on the North-West University`s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus. The 23-year old striker hails from Rustenburg, Phokeng Village, Dithabaneng section. The two-time Varsity Football player during the 2014 and 2016…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/robofest-2017-nwu-kampus-haal-robotika-uit-die-wetenskapklas-uit
Robofest 2017: NWU-kampus haal robotika uit die wetenskapklas uit
Mar 14, 2017 - Die opwinding wat met die Suid-Afrikaanse weergawe van Robofest 2017 gepaard gegaan het, voorspel 'n skouspelagtige internasionale kampioenskap in Junie. Op Saterdag, 4 Maart 2017, het die Vanderbijlparkkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) in samewerking met Trophy Robotics die 2017 Kampioenskappe van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Robofest…https://news.nwu.ac.za/robofest-2017-nwu-vaal-takes-robotics-beyond-science-class
Robofest 2017: NWU Vaal takes robotics beyond science class
Mar 07, 2017 - If the excitement of the South African rendition of Robofest 2017 was anything to go by, then the stage is set for a stellar international championship in June. On Saturday, 4 March 2017, the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal) hosted the South African National Robofest 2017 Championship in collaboration with Trophy…https://news.nwu.ac.za/optentia-workshop-investigate-work-music-social-and-restorative-intervention
Optentia workshop to investigate the work of music as social and restorative intervention
Mar 07, 2017 - The Optentia Research Focus Area on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal) will welcome Dr Carina Venter from Oxford University in England on 22 March this year. Dr Venter will be hosting a workshop entitled: Ambiguous Intervention – The work of music in unequal times. The workshop will take the form of a series…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-navorsers-kry-befondsing-vir-bekamping-van-groot-bedreiging
NWU-navorsers kry befondsing vir bekamping van groot bedreiging
Mar 08, 2017 - ʼn Portefeulje van kliniese navorsingsprogramme word in die vooruitsig gestel met die potensiaal om wetenskaplike begrip te verbeter van wat na verwagting die algemeenste oorsaak van dood in SA gaan word – nieoordraagbare siektes (NOS'e). Navorsers van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) wat kardiovaskulêre siektes en hul risikofaktore bestudeer, het…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researchers-receive-significant-funding-tackle-huge-threat-africa
NWU researchers receive significant funding to tackle huge threat in Africa
Mar 08, 2017 - A portfolio of clinical research programmes are set to launch on South African soil with the potential to enhance the scientific understanding of what is expected to become the most common cause of death in South Africa - non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Researchers studying cardiovascular diseases and it’s risk factors at the North-West…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/universiteite-moet-meer-doen-om-risiko%25E2%2580%2599s-te-ondervang
Universiteite moet meer doen om risiko’s te ondervang
Mar 16, 2017 - 'n Onlangse meningsartikel deur prof Hermien Zaaiman van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Vanderbijlparkkampus bewys dat voorkoming beter as genesing is. Die artikel word as vereiste leesstof vir alle visekanseliers en risikobestuurders by Suid-Afrikaanse universiteite beskryf, veral in die lig van toenemende intimidasie en gewelddadige…https://news.nwu.ac.za/universities-must-do-more-accommodate-risks
Universities must do more to accommodate risks
Mar 08, 2017 - In what is being described as required reading for all South African university vice-chancellors and risk managers – especially in light of increasing intimidation and violent disruptions of lectures, seminars, talks by scholars, Senate and Council meetings, a recent opinion article by Prof Hermien Zaaiman of the North-West University’s (NWU)…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-speak-inaugural-brics-mathematics-conference
NWU academic to speak at inaugural BRICS Mathematics Conference
Mar 08, 2017 - Prof Jamshid Moori, NRF B-rated researcher and research professor at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), has been invited by the Chinese Mathematical Society to be a plenary speaker at the very first BRICS Mathematics Conference. BRICS is an acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/teacher-education-inclusion-all-stakeholders-join-hands
Teacher Education for Inclusion: All stakeholders join hands
Mar 08, 2017 - The Optentia research focus area on the Vanderbijlpark Campus and the Faculty of Education Sciences on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU) is hosting the 2nd Bi-Annual Symposium on Teacher Education for Inclusion in collaboration with De Vlaamse Vereniging voor Ontwikkelingsamenwerking en Technische Bijstand. The…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/samewerking-baan-die-weg-vir-sharpeville-2020-ontwikkelingsplan
Samewerking baan die weg vir Sharpeville 2020-ontwikkelingsplan
Mar 16, 2017 - Die skep van ʼn beter wêreld verg spanwerk, vennootskappe en samewerking. Hierdie stelling deur prof Danie Meyer, senior lektor in ekonomie op die Vanderbijlparkkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), is ʼn perfekte opsomming van die samewerkingsbekwaamheid van die NWU, VAAL LED Warriors en die plaaslike gemeenskap van Sharpeville. Die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/collaboration-paves-way-sharpeville-2020-development-plan
Collaboration paves way to Sharpeville 2020 Development Plan
Mar 08, 2017 - Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships and collaboration, as we need an army of companies to work together to build a better world. This statement by Prof Danie Meyer, senior lecturer in the subject group for Economics on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU), sums up the collaborative prowess of the NWU,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/studente-word-uitgenooi-om-vir-nagraadse-mandela-rhodes-beurs-aansoek-te-doen
Studente word uitgenooi om vir nagraadse Mandela Rhodes-beurs aansoek te doen
Mar 28, 2017 - Strewe jy daarna om 'n leier te word wat 'n positiewe bydrae tot die ontwikkeling van die Afrika-kontinent sal maak? Wil jy in 2018 met nagraadse studie voortgaan en is jy op soek na 'n beurs wat volledig befonds is? {C} Wil jy graag deel van 'n lewensveranderende leierskapontwikkelingsprogram wees saam met 'n diverse groep begaafde leiers van…https://news.nwu.ac.za/students-invited-apply-postgraduate-mandela-rhodes-scholarship