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Janco: Broken foot, but ready for action
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/nwu-kompetisie-inspireer-die-jeug-om-nuwe-innoverende-oplossings-te-vind
NWU-kompetisie inspireer die jeug om nuwe innoverende oplossings te vind
Die Noordwes-Universiteit se jaarlikse Modiragatsi-innoveringskompetisie wat aan hoërskoolleerders tussen die ouderdom van 15 en 18 jaar die geleentheid gee om die volgende geslag probleemoplossers te word, is terug, en dit is hierdie jaar nog groter en beter. Die kompetisie se vernaamste fokus is steeds om hoërskoolmeisies te bemagtig, maar…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-competition-inspires-youth-find-innovative-solutions
NWU competition inspires youth to find innovative solutions
The North-West University’s annual Modiragatsi innovation competition that gives high-school learners between the ages of 15 and 18 the opportunity to become the next generation of problem solvers is back and it is even bigger and better this year. The competition’s main focus is still on empowering high-school girls, but from this year it also…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-reaches-out-less-privileged-learners
NWU reaches out to less privileged learners
Academics in the subject group Business Statistics and Operations Research of the North-West University (NWU) recently donated school shoes to less privileged learners at PHERA Primary School in Tsetse, a village on the outskirts of Mahikeng. Prof Elias Munapo, Prof Johannes Tsoku, Dr Kolentino Mpeta, Dr Martin Chanza, Ishmael Rapoo and Sharon…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/groot-brakrivier-se-groot-trots
Groot Brakrivier se groot trots
“Ek kan nie anders nie, ek is so grootgemaak Oom,” antwoord sy dié skrywer se pleidooi om hom op sy noemnaam aan te spreek. Dit is ʼn besliste weier van die sagaardige 17-jarige wat oorkant my sit op die Noordwes-Universiteit se kampus in Potchefstroom, wêrelde verwyderd van die gemeenskap van Groot Brakrivier in die Wes-Kaap, sowat 10 km noordoos…http://news.nwu.ac.za/great-pride-great-brak-rivier
The great pride of Great Brak Rivier
“I cannot do it, that’s how I was raised, Oom,” she replied to this author’s plea to address him by his first name. It’s a definite refusal from the legendary 17-year-old sitting across from me on the North-West University’s campus in Potchefstroom, worlds away from the community of Great Brak River in the Western Cape, about 10 km northeast of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/noordwes-se-drie-topmatrikulante-sluit-die-nwu-aan
Noordwes se drie topmatrikulante sluit by die NWU aan
Die top drie akademiese presteerders wat in 2021 in Noordwes gematrikuleer het, gaan in 2022 aan die Noordwes-Universiteit studeer. Francois Pieterse van die Hoërskool Ferdinand Postma in Potchefstroom, Michelle le Roux van Potchefstroom Gimnasium en Marlé Siebert van die Hoër Meisieskool in Potchefstroom gaan almal vir die duur van hulle…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-wests-three-top-matriculants-join-nwu
North West’s three top matriculants join the NWU
The top three academic performers who matriculated in 2021 in North West will be studying at the North-West University in 2022. Francois Pieterse from Ferdinand Postma High School in Potchefstroom, Michelle le Roux from Potchefstroom Gymnasium and Marlé Siebert from Potchefstroom High School for Girls will all be calling the NWU’s campus in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-mahikeng-students-shine-bright-during-annual-talent-extravaganza
NWU Mahikeng students shine bright during annual Talent Extravaganza
On Friday, 25 February 2022, the Student Campus Council (SCC) on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), hosted the annual student Talent Extravaganza with great success. The event – organised by the SCC’s Arts and Culture office – aims to promote a vibrant student life and to provide a platform for Mahikeng Campus students…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/kundigheid-kom-na-ons-mense-toe
Kundigheid kom na ons mense toe
Die Noordwes-Universiteit se Besigheidskool het hulle eerste Think Tank voor ’n lewendige gehoor in Somerset-Wes gehou waar die Minister van Finansies se nasionale begrotingstoespraak deur ’n paneel kundiges ontleed en bespreek is. Hierdie inisiatief vorm deel van ’n reeks skakeltoere wat die skool vir 2022 beplan het. Meer as 150 mense het die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/taking-expertise-our-people
Taking expertise to our people
The North-West University Business School held their first face-to-face Think Tank in front of a live audience in Somerset West where the Minister of Finance’s national budget speech was analysed and unpacked by a panel of experts. This initiative forms part of a series of roadshows that the school has in the pipeline for 2022. More 150 people…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-masters-students-passion-leads-book-about-wetlands
NWU master’s student’s passion leads to book about wetlands
Kirsty Kyle, a master’s student at the North-West University (NWU), has recently published an educational children’s book and, after receiving sponsorship for the printing, donated the books to under-privileged schools. The book, Discovering Wetlands with Piffy, Zenzi and Lucky, is published in isiZulu and English, and is aimed at primary…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/maatskaplike-innoveerders-kan-nou-digitale-storievertelling-gebruik-om-hulle-oplossings-te-deel
Maatskaplike innoveerders kan nou digitale storievertelling gebruik om hulle oplossings te deel
Danksy die bekendstelling van die Digitale Storievertellingspilpunt van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), het maatskaplike innoveerders nou ’n spliternuwe platform waar hulle oplossings vir hulle gemeenskappe se uitdagings kan deel. Befondsing wat van die Europese Unie se program Erasmus+ (https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities-under-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-innovators-can-now-use-digital-storytelling-share-their-solutions
Social innovators can now use digital storytelling to share their solutions
Thanks to the launch of the Digital Storytelling Hub of the North-West University (NWU), social innovators now have a brand-new platform where they can share solutions to their communities’ challenges. Funding received from the European Union programme Erasmus+ (https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities-under-erasmus) made the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-besigheidskool-gasheer-vir-internasionale-paneel-oor-krisis-oekraine
NWU Besigheidskool is gasheer vir internasionale paneel oor krisis in Oekraïne
Dit is een van die beduidendste optredes van aggressie in die 21ste eeu wat een land teenoor ’n ander gepleeg het. Die Russiese inval van Oekraïne kan gevolge inhou wat amper ondenkbaar is en wat deur die annale van die geskiedenis gaan weerklink. Op Woensdag 2 Maart 2022 het die Besigheidskool van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) nog ’n Pitso-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-business-school-hosts-international-panel-crisis-ukraine
NWU Business School hosts international panel on crisis in Ukraine
It is one of the most significant acts of aggression that one country has perpetrated against another in the 21st century. The Russian invasion of Ukraine may have consequences that are almost unfathomable and that will echo through the annals of history. On Wednesday, 2 March 2022, the Business School of the North-West University (NWU) hosted…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hart-stap-vir-wereldvetsugdag
HART stap vir Wêreldvetsugdag
Die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het op Vrydag 4 Maart Wêreldvetsugdag herdenk. Die Hipertensie in Afrika-navorsingspan (HART) het besluit om by NWU Welstand aan te sluit en het ’n gemaklike stappie deur die kampus gereël om mense van vetsug bewus te maak. Die stap het by die amfiteater op die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hart-walks-world-obesity-day
HART walks for World Obesity Day
On Friday, 4 March 2022 the Faculty of Health Sciences at the North-West University (NWU) commemorated World Obesity Day. The Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) decided to partner with NWU Wellness and arranged a casual walk through the campus to drive awareness of obesity. The walk-through started at the amphitheatre on the Potchefstroom…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ruan-takes-reins
Ruan takes the reins
It was a unanimous decision – neither the players nor the team management hesitated. There is only one man who can be tasked with leading the North-West University (NWU) Eagles attack in their 2022 Varsity Cup campaign, and that man is Ruan “Sampie” Swiegers. As tight head he is after all used to leading his team from the front in their search…http://news.nwu.ac.za/three-nwu-alumni-appointed-serve-women-nuclear-south-africa-board