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Vyf vroue, vier geslagte, een groot nalatenskap
Vrouemaand is die ideale geleentheid om te kyk na die geweldige vooruitgang wat vroue in die onderwys teweeg gebring het en ’n nalatenskap van akademiese prestasies oor geslagte heen te vier. Watter eer is dit nie om die inspirerende reise van vier geslagte van vroulike gegradueerdes, van wie drie meestersgrade het, te vier nie. Hierdie stories is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-verwelkom-gebaretaal-suid-afrika-se-familie-van-amptelike-tale
NWU verwelkom gebaretaal in Suid-Afrika se familie van amptelike tale
Dit moes al lankal gebeur het, maar op Woensdag 19 Julie het Cyril Ramaphosa, die Suid-Afrikaanse president, Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal as Suid-Afrika se 12de amptelike taal erken. Dit maak Suid-Afrika slegs die vierde land in Afrika om gebaretaal as ’n amptelike taal te erken, en volgens dr Keaobaka Seshoka, direkteur van die Taaldirektoraat by…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-welcomes-sign-language-south-africas-official-language-family
NWU welcomes sign language to South Africa’s official language family
It was a long time coming, but on Wednesday, 19 July, Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African president, officially recognised South African Sign Language as South Africa’s 12th official language. This makes South Africa only the fourth country in Africa to recognise sign language as an official language and, according to Dr Keaobaka Seshoka, director…https://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-high-court-judges-lead-nwu-juta-mock-trials
North West High Court judges lead NWU-Juta Mock Trials
A full bench of North West High Court judges presided over the annual North-West University (NWU)-Juta Mock Trial finals held at the High Court in Mahikeng on 7 August 2023. Leading the panel was Deputy Judge President Tebogo Djaje, accompanied by esteemed justices Francies Reid, André Petersen and Myron Dewrance. North West Judge President…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-potchefstroom-campus-student-rag-community-service-donations-2023
NWU Potchefstroom Campus Student RAG Community Service donations 2023
The Student RAG Community Service (SRCS) is a community engagement initiative of the North-West University (NWU) based on the Potchefstroom Campus and is the largest student-driven community engagement initiative in the southern hemisphere. It is a unique NWU tradition that you will find in few other places. This tradition encapsulates the spirit…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-potchefstroomkampus-se-donasies-van-die-studente-joolgemeenskapsdiens-2023
NWU Potchefstroomkampus se donasies van die Studente Joolgemeenskapsdiens 2023
Die Studente Joolgemeenskapsdiens (SJGD) is ’n gemeenskapsbetrokkenheidsinisiatief van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) wat op die Potchefstroomkampus gebaseer is en is die grootste studentegedrewe gemeenskapsbetrokkenheidsinisiatief in die suidelike halfrond. Dit is ’n unieke tradisie van die NWU wat jy op min ander plekke sal aantref. Die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/academic-lauds-transport-departments-nanotechnology-road-rescue
Academic lauds Transport Department's nanotechnology road rescue
North-West University (NWU) academic and professor in chemistry, Prof Lebo Seru, has praised the Department of Transport’s announcement that they will be embarking on a pioneering plan to reinforce collapsing roads in the North West province through the innovative application of nanotechnology. The department has committed to launching a pilot…I hold a PhD in Human Movement Sciences and I am accredited by the International Society of Performance Analysis in Sport as a level 3 applied performance analyst. I’ve been involved as an analyst with male and female football as well as the South African Women's Hockey team. As a performance analyst I accompanied them to the World League…
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Martinique Sparks
I hold a PhD in Human Movement Sciences and I am accredited by the International Society of Performance Analysis in Sport as a level 3 applied performance analyst. I’ve been involved as an analyst with male and female football as well as the South African Women's Hockey team. As a performance analyst I accompanied them to the World League…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-dr-sweetness-had-face-lot-sour
NWU’s Dr Sweetness had to face a lot of sour
It took only a few seconds for her to lose weeks of her life. After her Toyota Yaris had crashed head-on into a bakkie, she was trapped in a cocoon of unconsciousness and when she awoke her world had irrevocably changed. Torturous years of rehabilitation were to follow. Initially she was forgetful, frightened, frantically searching and frequently…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-laying-down-environmental-law
NWU is laying down the environmental law
When Prof Louis Kotzé, research professor at the Faculty of Law of the North-West University (NWU) utters the words “planetary crisis”, it takes a moment to comprehend the magnitude of what he is talking about. In an unimaginable vastness – the extent of which is inconceivable to the layman’s mind – there floats a little blue dot. This dot…https://news.nwu.ac.za/school-accounting-sciences-explores-distributive-tax-justice
School of Accounting Sciences explores distributive tax justice
A delegation from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Accounting Sciences recently attended the International Tax Conference on Distributive Tax Justice in the Global Economy. The conference, hosted by the University of Pretoria’s Department of Taxation, brought together leading experts from around the world to discuss the challenges…https://news.nwu.ac.za/innovative-and-creative-teaching-and-learning-strategies-are-key-success
Innovative and creative teaching and learning strategies are the key to success
The Faculty of Humanities at the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted an insightful Teaching and Learning colloquium at Khaya Ibhubesi Conference Centre in Parys. The theme of the event was "Transforming teaching and learning in the Humanities: Critical reflection on shifting pedagogies in the post-Covid era”. The colloquium saw more than…https://news.nwu.ac.za/rap-rumble-showcases-hip-hop-talent
Rap Rumble showcases hip-hop talent.
By Zandile Nkosi River FM, the radio station on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus, recently teamed up with energy drink company Red Bull to host a hip-hop talent show - Rap Rumble - at the campus student centre. The talent show embodied the NWU’s diversity, and contestants showcased their various linguistics skills by…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sports-media-team-set-cover-world-university-games