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Studie bevind dat varswaterspesies in gevaar is omdat dit deur menslike aktiwiteite bedreig word
Aug 31, 2022 - Van klimaatsverandering en verwante uiterste weerstoestande tot besoedelstowwe, oorbenutting en indringerspesies – menslike aktiwiteit is die hoofoorsaak dat varswaterspesies in Suid-Afrika se grootste vloedvlakte-ekostelsel bedreig word. So sê die Waternavorsingsgroep (WRG) van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), wat al die afgelope 10 jaar…http://news.nwu.ac.za/study-finds-freshwater-species-risk-threats-linked-human-activities
Study finds freshwater species at risk from threats linked to human activities
Sep 06, 2022 - From climate change and associated extreme weather events to pollutants, over-utilisation and invasive species, human activities are the main threats to freshwater species in South Africa’s largest floodplain ecosystem. This is according to the Water Research Group (WRG) of the North-West University (NWU), which for the past 10 years has been…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/plaaslike-energie-oplossings-die-beste-vir-afrika
Plaaslike energie-oplossings is die beste vir Afrika
Aug 31, 2022 - Plaaslike oplossings vir die energiekrisis in die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskapslande (SAOG-lande) is nodig, sê dr Pamelah Cheuka, ’n spesialis in ekonomie wie se PhD-tesis op die energie-uitdagings van die streek gefokus het. Dr Cheuka se onlangse studie oor die impak van energiedoeltreffendheid en die opwekking van hernubare…http://news.nwu.ac.za/local-energy-solutions-are-best-africa
Local energy solutions are best for Africa
Aug 31, 2022 - Local solutions to the energy crisis are needed in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, says Dr Pamelah Cheuka, an economics specialist whose PhD thesis has shed light on the energy challenges of the region. Dr Cheuka’s recent study on the impact of energy efficiency and renewable energy generation on productivity in the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/organisasieleiers-kan-hulle-risikobestuursbeleggings-optimaliseer-deur-nuwe-metodes-te-ondersoek
Organisasieleiers kan hulle risikobestuursbeleggings optimaliseer deur nuwe metodes te ondersoek
Aug 31, 2022 - Alle staats- en privaat organisasies moet die sistemiese risiko’s van ons komplekse wêreld hanteer. Sulke inherent komplekse kwessies is egter moeilik om te bestuur, selfs wanneer beduidende hulpbronne in die implementering van formele risikobestuursraamwerke en verwante prosesse benut word. Dit is daarom belangrik vir organisasieleiers om nuwe…http://news.nwu.ac.za/organisational-leaders-can-optimise-their-risk-management-investments-exploring-new-methods
Organisational leaders can optimise their risk management investments by exploring new methods
Aug 31, 2022 - All public and private organisations must deal with the systemic risks of our complex world. However, such inherent complex risks are difficult to manage even where significant resources have been utilised in implementing formal risk management frameworks and related processes. It is therefore important for organisational leaders to actively…http://news.nwu.ac.za/checkmate-what-anais-saayman-thrives
Checkmate is what Anais Saayman thrives on
Aug 25, 2022 - “The ‘s’ is silent,” explains Anais, who has just turned 20. “You pronounce it like ‘A-nay’.” Correcting people with the pronunciation of her name is second nature. “I am used to it,” she laughs. However, this former pupil of Potchefstroom Gymnasium and now BCom Tourism Management student at the North-West University (NWU) does most of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-huisves-grootste-spar-netbalkampioenskap-ooit
NWU huisves grootste Spar Netbalkampioenskap ooit
Aug 25, 2022 - Eenduisendagthonderd deelnemers en beamptes. Ses-en-negentig spanne. Een Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) wat die grootste Spar Netbalkampioenskap ooit aanbied. Die Fanie du Toit Sportterrein het van 8 tot 13 Augustus behoorlik uit sy nate gebars met netbaltalent, en die NWU het weereens bewys dat daar nie ’n toernooi bo sy vuurmaakplek is nie.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-biggest-spar-netball-championships-ever
NWU hosts biggest Spar Netball Championships ever
Aug 31, 2022 - One thousand eight hundred participants and officials. Ninety-six teams. One North-West University (NWU), hosting the biggest Spar Netball Championships ever. The Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds almost could not contain all the netball talent from 8 to 13 August, and the NWU once again proved that no tournament was too much for it. The top…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/deidre-mik-om-vir-olimpiese-spele-te-kwalifiseer
Deidre mik om vir Olimpiese Spele te kwalifiseer
Aug 25, 2022 - Hierdie tyd van die jaar klou die humiditeit in Nigerië se hoofstad, Lagos, soos kleefgom aan jou lyf vas. Dit is drukkend, aanhoudend. Dan is daar Benin, Nigerië se susterland aan die westekant, net ʼn duisend kilometer bo die ewenaar. Die hawestad Cotonou is vasgevang tussen die Atlantiese Oseaan en Nokoué-meer, waar dit bekend is dat seerowers…http://news.nwu.ac.za/deidre-aiming-qualify-olympic-games
Deidre is aiming to qualify for the Olympic Games
Aug 27, 2022 - This time of the year the humidity in Nigeria’s capital, Lagos, sticks to you like Prestik. It is oppressive, constant. Then there is Benin, Nigeria’s neighbour in the west, just a thousand kilometres above the equator. The port city of Cotonou is captive between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Noukoué, where pirates are known to roam. These…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-residence-starts-mental-health-intervention-programme
NWU residence starts mental health intervention programme
Aug 25, 2022 - Ontiretse Motingwa Cluster 11, the new residence on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, has come up with a unique mental health intervention programme called “Becoming”. The programme consists of sessions that take place every Wednesday at the residence’s recreational hall, covering a different psychological subject each…http://news.nwu.ac.za/machine-and-deep-learning-are-must-north-west-university
Machine and deep learning are a MUST at the North-West University
Aug 31, 2022 - Our world is speeding up, and never in human existence have we been able to search as fast, travel as far or delve as deep. The last century alone has seen a meteoric increase in the accumulation of data and we are able to store unfathomable quantities of information to help us solve problems known and unknown. At some point the ability to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/masjien-en-diepleer-deel-van-must-die-noordwes-universiteit
Masjien- en diepleer is deel van MUST by die Noordwes-Universiteit
Aug 25, 2022 - Ons wêreld beweeg al hoe vinniger, en deur al die eeue van ons bestaan, kon ons nog nooit so vinnig soek, so ver reis of so diep delf nie. Ons het in die laaste eeu alleen ’n verbasingwekkende toename in die insameling van data gesien, en ons kan ongelooflike hoeveelhede inligting stoor om ons te help om bekende en onbekende probleme op te los.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-becomes-tennis-paradise
NWU becomes tennis paradise
Aug 31, 2022 - Game, set and match. The Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU) is set to become the country’s premier tennis destination with the completion of five new clay courts. These courts, together with ten hard courts and two grass courts, make the NWU unrivalled when compared to the court and facility offerings of other institutions…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-word-die-tennisparadys
NWU word die tennisparadys
Aug 25, 2022 - Pot, stel en wedstryd. Die Potchefstroomkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is gaan die land se voorste tennisbestemming word wanneer vyf nuwe kleibane voltooi is. Hierdie bane, saam met tien hardebane en twee grasbane, maak dat die NWU ongeëwenaar is vergeleke met die aanbiedings van ander instellings wat bane en geriewe betref. Die NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/opwindende-nuwe-era-begin-vir-die-nwu
Opwindende nuwe era begin vir die NWU
Aug 31, 2022 - Die inhuldiging van dr Bismark Tyobeka as die derde visekanselier van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is die begin van 'n opwindende nuwe reis vir die universiteit. Dr Tyobeka, wat sy vyfjaartermyn as hoof en visekanselier op 1 Junie 2022 begin het, is amptelik op 26 Augustus tydens 'n prestigegeleentheid by die Feather Hill Hotel en Venue in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/exciting-new-era-begins-nwu
Exciting new era begins for the NWU
Sep 01, 2022 - The inauguration of Dr Bismark Tyobeka as the third vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU) is the start of an exciting new journey for the university. Dr Tyobeka, who started his five-year term as principal and vice-chancellor on 1 June 2022, was officially inaugurated on 26 August during a prestige event at the Feather Hill Hotel…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/dis-moontlik-om-saans-te-kook-omdat-termiese-energie-gestoor-kan-word
Dis moontlik om saans te kook omdat termiese energie gestoor kan word
Aug 31, 2022 - ’n Mens kan nou saans sonkragstowe gebruik om warm etes voor te berei, aangesien termiese energie in stelsels gestoor kan word. Sommige stelsels werk egter beter as ander, en daar is ruimte vir verbetering. So sê prof Ashmore Mawire van die navorsingsgroep vir sontermiese energie by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU). Hy het onlangs ’n…http://news.nwu.ac.za/night-time-cooking-solar-possible-thermal-energy-storage