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NWU begin Varsitybeker met ’n oorwinning
May 10, 2021 - Die Arende is op hulle pos! Die NWU se Varsitybeker-veldtog het op ’n hoë noot begin toe hulle die Madibaz van NMMU op Maandag 5 April in Pretoria met 47–28 geklop het. Soos die telling aandui, was dit ’n harde wedstryd, met talle drieë wat deur albei spanne gedruk is. Afrigter André Pretorius se span het sewe keer oorgeduik, hoewel die eerste…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-winning-start-varsity-cup
NWU off to winning start for Varsity Cup
Apr 08, 2021 - The Eagles have landed! The NWU got their Varsity Cup campaign off to a winning start by beating the Madibaz from NMMU by 47–28 in Pretoria on Monday, 5 April. As the score suggests, it was a hard-fought encounter with plenty of tries being poached on both sides. Coach André Pretorius’s side dotted down seven times, although first blood went to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-selected-ubuntu-dialogues-fellowship-exchange-programme
NWU academic selected for Ubuntu Dialogues Fellowship Exchange Programme
Apr 08, 2021 - Dr Allison Geduld, an academic at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Law, was recently selected to take part in the Ubuntu Dialogues Fellowship Exchange Programme. Ubuntu Dialogues is an exchange project between Stellenbosch University and Michigan State University in the USA. Funded by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation, this…https://news.nwu.ac.za/calling-all-prospective-engineers-take-part-nwus-engineering-saturdays
Calling all prospective engineers to take part in the NWU’s Engineering Saturdays
Apr 08, 2021 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering understands how the minds of young prospective engineering students work. To this end, the faculty has established Engineering Saturdays; a programme that allows Grade 10 to 12 learners to visit the faculty to get an idea of the different engineering disciplines that are available at…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-makes-difference-her-community
NWU student makes a difference in her community
Apr 09, 2021 - It might be cliché to say, “it takes a village to raise a child,” but in reality it is true. North-West University (NWU) honours student in marketing management, Tshepang Mosokwene, knows this very well. Tshepang grew up in dire poverty, living in a shack in Evaton, but even after contracting meningitis she did not let her circumstances…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-soccer-institute-recreates-fan-experience-through-live-streaming
NWU Soccer Institute recreates the fan experience through live streaming
Apr 09, 2021 - Covid-19 has revolutionised how businesses and other institutions are run. The sports industry is no exception and has been massively affected by the global pandemic. Even though the industry has been broadcasting sports events for more than two decades now, this has been limited to professional teams and clubs. The North-West University (NWU)…https://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-students-expelled
North-West University students expelled
Apr 09, 2021 - Three North-West University (NWU) students have been expelled from the university during the past two weeks because of their illegal actions in two separate incidents recently. In the first incident, a final-year BEd student has been expelled from the university following a disciplinary hearing. The Disciplinary Committee ruled that the student…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-scoops-another-diamond-arrow-award
NWU scoops another Diamond Arrow award
Apr 12, 2021 - Another year, another award for the North-West University! The university has scooped this specific Professional Management Review (PMR) Diamond Arrow award for the 10th consecutive year. The award recognises excellence in higher education within the Sedibeng district, which includes the municipalities of Emfuleni, Lesedi and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-mahikeng-campus-science-centre-receives-another-mobile-lab
NWU’s Mahikeng Campus Science Centre receives another mobile lab
Apr 14, 2021 - The Science Centre on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus recently received its second state-of-the-art mobile science laboratory, courtesy of the Sasol Foundation. The mobile lab, which is fitted with science equipment, will be shared by several disadvantaged schools around Mahikeng in a bid to strengthen the teaching of science…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academics-investigate-why-african-language-newspapers-are-unstable-and-unsustainable
NWU academics investigate why African language newspapers are unstable and unsustainable
Apr 14, 2021 - Dr Tshepang Molale, an academic in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Humanities, recently published a chapter in the book Development, Economics and Management, investigating the instability and unsustainability of African language newspapers. This chapter, co-authored with Dr Philip Mpofu, a postdoctoral research fellow in the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/dont-miss-these-two-new-exhibitions-nwu-gallery
Don’t miss these two new exhibitions at the NWU Gallery
Apr 14, 2021 - Two new exhibitions are now available at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Gallery. Both exhibitions will be showcased from 11 April to 11 May. Staff and students who have access to the Potchefstroom Campus are welcome to view the exhibitions. Unfortunately access to members of the public is currently prohibited due to lockdown…https://news.nwu.ac.za/link-between-industrial-engineering-and-agricultural-sector
The link between industrial engineering and the agricultural sector
Apr 16, 2021 - The agricultural industry is facing numerous and significant challenges. To remain competitive and sustainable, it needs to find ways to constantly improve. Industrial engineering can address a number of the challenges faced by the agricultural sector, but due to the lack of awareness and understanding of what the discipline is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/being-visually-impaired-does-not-hold-nwu-alumnus-and-phd-graduate-back
Being visually impaired does not hold this NWU alumnus and PhD graduate back
Apr 20, 2021 - Disability is not inability. Advocate Jan Tladi confirmed this statement when he defied the odds and became the first completely blind student to graduate with a PhD from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus. Jan enrolled at the NWU Business School in Mahikeng in 2017, and successfully completed his degree in 2020. The title of his…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-navorser-nou-lid-van-afrika-akademie-vir-wetenskap
NWU-navorser nou lid van Afrika-akademie vir wetenskap
Apr 20, 2021 - ’n Senior lektor in die navorsingsfokusarea Menslike Metabolomika aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is vir die volgende vyf jaar as ’n geaffilieerde lid van die Afrika-akademie vir wetenskap (AAW) gekies. Dr Rencia van der Sluis is gekies vanuit jong, belowende Afrika-wetenskaplikes wat bekwaamheid in die ontwikkeling en toepassing van…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researcher-now-member-african-academy-sciences
NWU researcher now member of African Academy of Sciences
Apr 20, 2021 - A senior lecturer in the research focus area Human Metabolomics at the North-West University (NWU) was selected as an affiliate member of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) for the next five years. Dr Rencia van der Sluis was selected from among young, promising African scientists who have demonstrated prowess in the development and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-school-nursing-hosts-boys-manhood-dialogues
NWU School of Nursing hosts Boys’ Manhood Dialogues
Apr 20, 2021 - The School of Nursing on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, in collaboration with the Department of Education and Sports Development, the South African Police Service (SAPS), and the Department of Social Development, recently conducted Boys’ Manhood Dialogues in the North West Province. The dialogues, hosted in the Ngaka…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researcher-excels-male-dominated-research-area
NWU researcher excels in a male-dominated research area
Apr 21, 2021 - Ntokozo Happy Msiza, a North-West University (NWU) researcher and PhD student in the subject group Animal Sciences, has broken new ground when she completed a MSc degree in pasture science, a scarce skill and male-dominated field of study. When she got accepted into the MSc programme, Ntokozo says she was adamant to specialise in pasture science…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/kaptein-chederick-wil-weer-sy-ou-vorm-terugkry
Kaptein Chederick wil weer sy ou vorm terugkry
May 07, 2021 - Chederick van Wyk is in die jaar van kampioene gebore, en dit is wat hy geword het. Die wêreld het vir die eerste keer op 8 Februarie 1995 met hierdie toekomstige naelloper kennis gemaak, ’n paar maande voor die Springbokke die Web Ellis-trofee op ’n geskiedkundige middag op Ellispark omhoog gehou het. Die voorsienigheid het ook ’n toekomsplan vir…https://news.nwu.ac.za/captain-chederick-wants-return-form
Captain Chederick wants to return to form
Apr 21, 2021 - Chederick van Wyk was born in the year of champions, and that is what he has become. The world first met this future sprinter on 18 February 1995, a few months before the Springboks lifted the Web Ellis Trophy on a historic afternoon at Ellis Park. Destiny also had a plan for the young boy from Prieska. Between 2018 and 2019 Chederick was at the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/solid-start-eagles