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Staff rally to help a flood-hit colleague
Feb 21, 2023 - North-West University (NWU) staff members have demonstrated a tremendous ethic of care, kindness and support for a colleague who suffered losses due to the recent floods that wreaked havoc in many parts of the Vaal area. The flooding followed the opening of 12 of the Vaal Dam's sluice gates to relieve water pressure after the dam exceeded its…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-sign-mou-boost-technological-development-vaal-economic-zone
NWU sign MoU to boost technological development in Vaal economic zone
Feb 22, 2023 - On Friday, 20 February 2023, the North-West University (NWU) and the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate with the Vaal Special Economic Zone (SEZ). This is to ensure that Gauteng investors and industry players in high technology sectors are supported in the development of new…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/begrotingstoespraak-n-geloofwaardige-reaksie-op-ekonomiese-uitdagings
Begrotingstoespraak is ’n geloofwaardige reaksie op ekonomiese uitdagings
Feb 23, 2023 - Die toespraak oor die 2023 Begroting was ’n verrassingvrye, pragmatiese en geloofwaardige reaksie op ’n stel uitdagende internasionale en plaaslike ekonomiese omstandighede. Prof Raymond Parsons, ekonoom van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Besigheidskool, het kommentaar gelewer op die 2023 Begroting wat deur die Minister van Finansies, Enoch…http://news.nwu.ac.za/budget-speech-credible-response-economic-challenges
Budget speech is credible response to economic challenges
Feb 23, 2023 - The 2023 Budget speech was a surprise-free, pragmatic and credible response to a challenging set of global and domestic economic circumstances. Prof Raymond Parsons, an economist from the North-West University (NWU) Business School, commented on the 2023 Budget introduced to parliament by the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana. “Although…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vanderbiljlpark-campus-community-welcomes-dr-mccallaghans-appointment
Vanderbiljlpark Campus community welcomes Dr McCallaghan’s appointment
Feb 23, 2023 - Dr Sean McCallaghan, recently appointed director for student life on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus, says his vision for Student Life is to continue creating a differentiating and inclusive environment for students. Dr McCallaghan, who holds a PhD in business administration and management from the NWU, will assume his…http://news.nwu.ac.za/crossing-rivers-crossing-continents
From crossing rivers to crossing continents
Feb 23, 2023 - North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Sithandiwe Mazibuko-Mbeje was able to indulge in a number of her passions last year when she was awarded a University Capacity Development Grant to visit Università Politecnica delle Marche in Italy. Since October 2022, Prof Mazibuko-Mbeje has been working under Prof Luca Tiano, who specialises in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-shaping-tomorrows-business-pioneers
NWU is shaping tomorrow’s business pioneers
Feb 24, 2023 - The North-West University (NWU) kicked off the student entrepreneurship season with bootcamps on the Vanderbijlpark and Potchefstroom campuses on 15 and 16 February. Volunteers from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, NWU Business School, Technology Transfer and Innovation Support Office (TTIS), and bhive Enterprise Development…http://news.nwu.ac.za/optentia-hosts-prestige-lecture-how-research-impacts-daily-lives
Optentia hosts prestige lecture on how research impacts daily lives
Feb 10, 2023 - Research should not only be an academic activity but should also have a positive impact on society. This view was shared by Prof Darelle van Greunen, an extraordinary professor at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research unit during a recent prestige lecture at the Vanderbijlpark Campus. During the lecture titled “How does…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/sona-2023-woorde-moet-met-geloofwaardige-optrede-ondersteun-word
SONA 2023: Woorde moet met geloofwaardige optrede ondersteun word
Feb 10, 2023 - Die 2023-staatsrede (SONA), wat op 9 Februarie deur president Cyril Ramaphosa in die parlement gelewer is, het ’n omvattende, openhartige en realistiese evaluering van Suid-Afrika se huidige moeilike en uitdagende ekonomiese landskap gegee. Prof Raymond Parsons, ekonoom van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Besigheidskool, sê die staatsrede…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sona-2023-words-must-be-backed-credible-action
SONA 2023: Words must be backed by credible action
Feb 10, 2023 - The 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa to Parliament on 9 February gave a wide-ranging, candid and realistic appraisal of South Africa’s present tough and challenging economic landscape. Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the North-West University (NWU) Business School, says the SONA in general…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-reaches-out-smallholder-farmers
NWU reaches out to smallholder farmers
Feb 13, 2023 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Geo and Spatial Sciences, in collaboration with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (KZNDARD) and Wesgrow Potatoes, hosted three farmers’ days for smallholder farmers in Swayimane and Applesbosch in January 2023. This was to show support to these farmers and to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/msc-ingenieurswese-student-aanmerking-vir-top-wereldwye-toekenning
MSc Ingenieurswese-student in aanmerking vir top- wêreldwye toekenning
Feb 13, 2023 - Leané Naudé, ’n MSc-student in Ingenieurswese aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), pak in Mei haar tasse vir Amsterdam om Suid-Afrika by die finale rondte van die wêreldwye Blue Sky- wetenskapkompetisie te verteenwoordig. Sy het hierdie eer verdien deur tweede te kom in verlede jaar se nasionale kompetisie vir die Blue Sky-toekennings, ’n…http://news.nwu.ac.za/msc-engineering-student-line-top-global-award
MSc Engineering student in line for top global award
Feb 13, 2023 - Leané Naudé, an MSc Engineering student at the North-West University (NWU), will be packing her bags for Amsterdam in May to represent South Africa in the global finals of the Blue Sky science competition. She earned this honour after coming second in last year’s national Blue Sky awards, a biennial competition acknowledging the work of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/allegations-exclusion-official-welcoming-event-north-west-university
Allegations of exclusion from the official welcoming event at the North-West University
Feb 15, 2023 - On Saturday, 11 February 2023, allegations surfaced that first-year students from the town residences were excluded from the official welcoming event in the Amphitheatre on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU). According to the allegations, the decision was due to the lack of diversity within these residences. The NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/setswana-academic-has-passion-poetry
Setswana academic has a passion for poetry
Feb 14, 2023 - North-West University (NWU) Setswana lecturer and poet Ogodiseng Mokakale recently published an anthology of 60 Setswana poems, Tswina ya Poko. Ogodiseng says teaching poetry at schools has lost its way, and that it is difficult to bring university students up to speed when they do not have a proper poetry background. Fortunately, his…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nicos-sailing-team-cruises-its-way-national-championships
Nico’s sailing team cruises its way to national championships
Feb 14, 2023 - North-West University (NWU) senior IT technician Nico Kroucamp is brimming with pride as his sailing team, Albatross, won three regattas in the last three months. The three regattas the four-member team won, were the SA Sailing 75th Anniversary Regatta, the King of the Vaal Regatta and the L26 Class 2023 Free State provincials. The team is now…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-en-dard-onderteken-n-memorandum-van-verstandhouding
NWU en DARD onderteken ’n memorandum van verstandhouding
Feb 15, 2023 - Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) en die Departement van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling (DARD), wat die Landboukollege Potchefstroom en die Taung Landboukollege verteenwoordig, het op 27 Januarie 2023 ’n memorandum van verstandhouding (MvV) op die NWU se Potchefstroomkampus onderteken. Die doel van die MvV was om ’n raamwerk te bied vir…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-dard-sign-mou
NWU and DARD sign MoU
Feb 14, 2023 - On 27 January 2023 the North-West University (NWU) and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), representing the Potchefstroom College of Agriculture and the Taung Agricultural College, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the NWU's Potchefstroom Campus. The objective of the MoU was to offer a framework for…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bestuursrekenmeesterskap-studente-blink-wereldwye-assessering-uit
Bestuursrekenmeesterskap-studente blink in wêreldwye assessering uit
Feb 01, 2023 - Studente van die Skool vir Rekeningkundige Wetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het weer eens getoon waarom die skool sowel as sy studente so hoog aangeskryf word toe hulle ’n verstommende 85%-slaagsyfer in die bestuursgevallestudie-eksamen van die Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) behaal het. Dit is ’n wêreldwye…http://news.nwu.ac.za/management-accountancy-students-excel-global-assessment