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NWU hosts SASCOC indaba
Feb 25, 2022 - The North-West University (NWU) hosted the SASCOC High Performance Indaba at the Sports Village between 9 and 11 February 2022. SASCOC used this strategic planning session to review the performance of the Olympic and other elite teams over the past five years, and finalise a strategic plan for the next few Olympic cycles. The NWU was represented…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-nursing-students-take-part-national-worldskills-competition
NWU nursing students to take part in national WorldSkills competition
Feb 28, 2022 - Two nursing students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, Sakhile Ngcobo and Tshiamo Mokgoetsi, have been selected to take part in the Health and Social Care skill category of the WorldSkills South Africa national competition on 28 March 2022. They will be competing for the chance to represent South Africa at the 46th…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hartseer-en-oorwinning-vir-nwu-eagles
Hartseer en oorwinning vir NWU Eagles
Feb 28, 2022 - Hartseer. ’n Allesoorheersende hartseer. ’n Hartseer wat voel soos wanneer jou enigste ware liefde jou die oggend voor die matriekafskeid afsê. Jammer vir hierdie oordrywing, maar dit is hoe die meeste van die NWU Eagles se ondersteuners sou gevoel het nadat die Eagles in die openingswedstryd van die Varsitybekerwedstryd in Potchefstroom met…http://news.nwu.ac.za/heartbreak-and-triumph-nwu-eagles
Heartbreak and triumph for NWU Eagles
Feb 28, 2022 - Heartbreak. Heartbreak of the highest order. Heartbreak akin to being dumped by your true love the morning before your matric farewell. Pardon the exaggeration, but this is how most NWU Eagles supporters would have felt after the Eagles lost 26–35 to Ikeys from UCT in their opening Varsity Cup clash in Potchefstroom. Ikeys scored the match-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-acsr-celebrate-mother-language-day
NWU and ACSR celebrate Mother Language Day
Feb 28, 2022 - On 24 February 2022 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Languages, in collaboration with the North West Provincial Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation (ACSR), hosted an event on its Mahikeng Campus to celebrate of International Mother Language Day. Keynote speaker at the event, ACSR MEC Galebekwe Tlhapi, said mother…http://news.nwu.ac.za/top-ikateleng-learners-receive-laptops
Top Ikateleng learners receive laptops
Mar 01, 2022 - With the world still facing the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the NWU and its loyal donors came together to make life a little easier for a group of talented, hard-working students. To assist our students with their studies, PPS handed over laptops to the value of R200 000 to last year’s top Ikateleng-learners who are now…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-introduces-new-sport-visually-impaired-students
NWU introduces new sport for visually impaired students
Mar 01, 2022 - The North-West University (NWU) has included goalball – a sport specifically played by visually impaired people – in its 2022 sporting codes. On 25 February the South African National goalball champions team played a demonstration game on the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus to introduce the sport to students. According to Jim Molautsi, director of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/janco-voet-gebreek-maar-slaggereed
Janco: Voet gebreek, maar slaggereed
Mar 01, 2022 - Van uitdagings hoef jy hom niks te vertel nie. Hy is immers ’n swemmer wat al sy provinsie, Noordwes, op nasionale vlak verteenwoordig het. Ure se sweet in die gimnasium? Geen probleem nie. Dit juis al die sweet in die water en met gewigte wat dáái paar skouers gebou het waarop sy volgende uitdaging, en sy volgende verantwoordelikheid, rus.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/janco-broken-foot-ready-action
Janco: Broken foot, but ready for action
Mar 04, 2022 - You can tell him nothing about challenges. After all, he is swimmer who has represented his province, North West, at national level. Hours of sweating in the gym? No problem. In fact, it is all that sweating in the water and with weights that built those shoulders on which his next challenge, and his next responsibility, rests. The 18-year-old…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/professor-phil-van-schalkwyk-lewer-intreelesing
Professor Phil van Schalkwyk lewer intreelesing
Dec 09, 2021 - Professor Phil van Schalkwyk het sy intreelesing, getiteld: Die lewende verlede van die letterkunde, gelewer. Sy lesing het gefokus op ’n ondersoek van die mens se verhouding met die verlede, en spesifiek in ’n literêr-artistieke konteks. Teen die agtergrond hiervan lê daar ’n antipatriargale diskoers waaraan hy in sy eie navorsing deelgeneem…http://news.nwu.ac.za/professor-phil-van-schalkwyk-delivers-inaugural-lecture
Professor Phil van Schalkwyk delivers inaugural lecture
Dec 09, 2021 - Professor Phil van Schalkwyk delivered his inaugural lecture, titled: Die lewende verlede van die letterkunde (Literature’s living past). His lecture focused on carrying out an exploration of the human relationship with the past, specifically in a literary-artistic context. In the background of this lies an anti-patriarchal discourse in which…http://news.nwu.ac.za/renovation-education-library
Renovation of Education Library
Sep 05, 2024 - The extension and renovation of the Education Library (C6c) on the Potchefstroom campus will start in January 2022. Site handover will take place on 11 January and the estimated time of completion is July 2022. The spaces of the current Education library will be renovated and a double storey extension will be added to the front of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-school-music-launches-book-musicing-and-spirituality
NWU School of Music launches book on musicing and spirituality
Dec 09, 2021 - On 3 December 2021, authors and members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Musical Arts in South Africa: Resources and Applications (MASARA) research niche area hosted a hybrid launch of the book titled Ritualised belonging: Musicing and spirituality in the South African context. Extraordinary professor June Boyce-Tillman, Prof Liesl van…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-talks-alumni-elected-mayors-and-speakers
NWU talks to alumni elected as mayors and speakers
Dec 10, 2021 - North-West University (NWU) vice-chancellor Prof Dan Kgwadi and the Alumni and Convocation office hosted a leadership talk with alumni who have recently been elected as mayors and speakers at municipalities on 8 December. There are currently 11 mayors and three speakers who are NWU alumni elected to lead municipalities across South Africa after…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hang-hug-mandela
Hang a Hug for Mandela
Jul 19, 2023 - The North-West University's (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus has successfully concluded its "Hang a Hug" initiative in honour of Mandela Day. During the campaign, students and staff donated jackets and hung them on designated trees around the campus for those in need during the cold winter months. The initiative managed to collect more than 150…http://news.nwu.ac.za/renowned-scholar-share-his-vast-knowledge-public-lecture-and-seminar-series
Renowned scholar to share his vast knowledge in public lecture and seminar series
Jul 19, 2023 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) research entity will be hosting Prof Toyin Omoyeni Falola, the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas in the United States. This renowned scholar will present a series of seminars and a public lecture on the NWU’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-die-volhoubare-appel-val-nie-ver-van-trees-se-boom-af-nie
NWU: Die volhoubare appel val nie ver van TREES se boom af nie
Jul 19, 2023 - Glansryke advertensies vertoon sondeurdrenkte strande, of jy sien sneeubedekte bergtoppe met uitsigte wat so ver strek as wat die horison dit toelaat. ’n Glimlaggende lugwaardin skink ’n koppie koffie; ’n kosstalletjie langs ’n besige straat verkoop eksotiese eetgoed. Toerisme as ’n ervaring is ’n produk – ’n produk wat verkoop, maar een wat…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-sustainable-apple-does-not-fall-far-trees
NWU: The sustainable apple does not fall far from the TREES
Jul 19, 2023 - Glitzy adds showing sun-drenched beaches, or snow-capped mountain peaks with views that stretch as far as the horizon allows. A smiling stewardess pouring a cup of coffee; a food stall next to a bustling street serving exotic cuisine. Tourism as an experience is a commodity – a commodity that sells, but one that is often misunderstood. Not only is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/suid-afrikaanse-toerisme-dit-hoe-ons-weer-op-ons-voete-kan-kom
Suid-Afrikaanse toerisme: Dit is hoe ons weer op ons voete kan kom
Jul 19, 2023 - Die Covid-19-pandemie het ’n onuitwisbare letsel op die Suid-Afrikaanse toerismesektor gelaat, en hoewel kosmetiese opknapping ’n bietjie van die vorige prag herstel het, is omvattende ingryping steeds nodig om dit tot sy vorige glorie te herstel. Volgens prof Elmarie Slabbert, direkteur van die navorsingseenheid Toerismenavorsing in Ekonomie,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-african-tourism-how-we-get-back-our-feet