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NWU Vanderbijlpark Campus celebrates Water Week
To mark National Water Week, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Geography subject group hosted a water awareness event at the Vanderbijlpark Campus. Water Week is a national awareness week celebrated in March every year, coinciding with World Water Day on 22 March. This year’s celebration also coincided with the United Nations’ 2023 Water…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-aims-bring-mrs-south-africa-title-home
NWU alumnus aims to bring Mrs South Africa title home
North-West University (NWU) alumnus Berlina Lekgethwane could very well be the next Mrs South Africa. She has recently entered the 2023 competition and has advanced to the semi-finals. Berlina, who was born and bred in Ramokokastad in the Phadi village, graduated from the NWU's Mahikeng Campus with a BA in communications and an honours…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/eagles-vlieg-steeds-hoog-die-varsitybeker
Eagles vlieg steeds hoog in die Varsitybeker
Hulle het maar net daardie iets, nie waar nie? Die agterlyn glip seepglad deur hulle teenstanders terwyl die voorspelers soos ’n trop woedende buffels almal uit hulle pad loop. Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Eagles het op Maandag 20 Januarie vyf drieë opgestapel toe hulle die Central University of Technology (CUT) se Ixias met 45-28 op die Fanie…http://news.nwu.ac.za/eagles-continue-fly-high-varsity-cup
Eagles continue to fly high in Varsity Cup
They just have a touch of class, don’t they? Slick as marlins in the water at the back, as ferocious as stampeding rhinos in the front. On Monday, 20 January, the North-West University (NWU) Eagles ran in five tries as they beat the Central University of Technology (CUT) Ixias 45-28 at the Fanie du Toit sports grounds in Potchefstroom. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/southern-african-premiere-your-hundred-year-life-film-about-rethinking-ageing-21st-century
Southern African premiere of Your Hundred Year Life: A Film about Rethinking Ageing in the 21st Century
The North-West University's (NWU's) Optentia research unit and Corporate Relations and Marketing present the Southern African premiere of “Your Hundred Year Life: A Film about Rethinking Ageing in the 21st Century” at Killarney Cinema on 4 April 2023. This groundbreaking documentary, created by Dutch financial entrepreneur, filmmaker and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-water-expert-presents-water-policy-brief-un-conference
NWU water expert presents water policy brief at UN Conference
Prof Frank Winde, a professor in environmental science at the North-West University (NWU), recently presented a Water Policy Brief at the United Nations (UN) Water Conference that took place at the UN Headquarters in New York. This was the first global water conference in nearly 50 years and stakeholders across the globe were welcome to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/six-km-sanitary-pads-may-score-nwu-record
Six km of sanitary pads may score NWU a record
By Phenyo Mokgothu and Mafumane Tlhapi The North-West University (NWU) GoAllOut and Golden Key student chapters on its Mahikeng Campus attempted the Guinness World Record for the longest line of sanitary pads on 25 March 2023. Spanning a distance of 6 km, a total of 60 000 pads were laid in line to advocate against period poverty. This…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/oorbrug-die-digitale-gaping-een-skool-op-n-keer
Oorbrug die digitale gaping – een skool op ’n keer
Die voordele van wydverspreide en billike toegang tot inligtings- en kommunikasietegnologieë (IKT’s) in Suid-Afrika word beskou as dat dit die potensiaal het om die koers en die trajek van hierdie land ten goede te verander. Navorsers by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) deel hierdie siening en is daarvan oortuig dat skole as ’n basis kan dien…http://news.nwu.ac.za/bridging-digital-divide-one-school-time
Bridging the digital divide one school at a time
The benefits from widespread and equitable access to information and communications technologies (ICTs) in South Africa are touted as having the potential to change the course and trajectory of this country for the better. Researchers at the North-West University (NWU) share this view and are adamant that schools can serve as a base from which…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/dit-hoe-die-chm-lewens-red
Dit is hoe die CHM lewens red
Die vroeë diagnose van oorgeërfde metaboliese siektes help nie net om te verhoed dat pasiënte ’n leeftyd van lyding het nie, maar dit red ook lewens. Metaboliese siektes het ’n verskeidenheid lewensbedreigende gevolge, soos hartsiektes en tipe 2-diabetes. Die simptome van sommige van hierdie siektes is baie bekend en het nie gespesialiseerde…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-chm-saving-lives
This is how the CHM is saving lives
The early diagnosis of inherited metabolic diseases not only helps to prevent patients from having a lifetime of suffering, it also saves lives. Metabolic diseases have a variety of life-threatening consequences, such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The symptoms of some of these diseases are well-known and do not need intense specialised…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/aanspreeklikheid-en-opleiding-die-sleutels-tot-beter-finansiele-bestuur-munisipaliteite
Aanspreeklikheid en opleiding is die sleutels tot beter finansiële bestuur in munisipaliteite
Plaaslike munisipaliteite in Noordwes het nie skoon oudits ontvang nie omdat hulle die finansiële hulpbronne wanbestuur het. Dit is volgens ’n navorsingstudie wat deur dr Auchalie Mothupi in sy PhD-studies aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) uitgevoer is. Die titel van dr Mothupi se tesis was “Developing an accountability framework to enhance…http://news.nwu.ac.za/accountability-and-training-are-keys-better-financial-management-municipalities
Accountability and training are the keys to better financial management in municipalities
Local municipalities in North West have not achieved clean audit reports due to the mismanagement of financial resources. This is according to a research study conducted by Dr Auchalie Mothupi in his PhD studies at the North-West University (NWU). The title of Dr Mothupi’s thesis was “Developing an accountability framework to enhance management…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/studie-ondersoek-die-samesmeltings-van-hoeronderwysinstellings
Studie ondersoek die samesmeltings van hoëronderwysinstellings
’n Onlangse studie wat deur ’n PhD-gegradueerde en personeellid van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Besigheidskool, dr Lungile Ntsizwane, uitgevoer is, het gekyk hoe om administratiewe stelsels en prosesse tydens samesmeltings binne Suid-Afrikaanse hoëronderwysinstellings makliker te integreer. Sy sê hoëronderwysinstellings gaan…http://news.nwu.ac.za/study-investigates-higher-education-mergers
Study investigates higher education mergers
A recent study conducted by a PhD graduate and staff member of the North-West University (NWU) Business School, Dr Lungile Ntsizwane, looked at integrating administrative systems and processes in mergers within South African higher education institutions. She says higher education institutions go through a complex change management process when…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/blaarskroei-mielies-het-komplekse-oorsake-maar-kan-bestry-word
Blaarskroei by mielies het komplekse oorsake, maar kan bestry word
Blaarskroei by mielies is ’n bedreiging vir voedselsekerheid, en hoewel dit komplekse oorsake het, kan dit doeltreffend bestuur word. Dit is een van die bevindings van ’n groep navorsers van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) wat hierdie plantsiekte by die universiteit se Molelwane-plaas in Mahikeng ondersoek. Hulle navorsing toon dat die siekte…http://news.nwu.ac.za/leaf-blight-maize-has-complex-causes-can-be-combated
Leaf blight in maize has complex causes but can be combated
Leaf blight in maize poses a threat to food security but, although it has complex causes, it can be effectively managed. This is one of the findings of a group of North-West University (NWU) researchers who have been investigating this plant disease at the university’s Molelwane farm in Mahikeng. Their research shows that the disease defies…http://news.nwu.ac.za/compres-addresses-development-and-training-needs-researchers
COMPRES addresses development and training needs of researchers
Prof Elmien Truter, associate professor of social work and research coordinator at Community Psychosocial Research (COMPRES), recently arranged a one-day workshop for researchers at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus. COMPRES is a research focus area that provides research support and services to researchers and students…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-hersien-die-farmasie-internskapprogram
NWU hersien die farmasie-internskapprogram
Vir die meeste gegradueerde farmasiestudente is die verpligte eenjaar-internskap in farmasie die eerste stap na hulle diens aan die gemeenskap en die begin van hulle professionele loopbane as aptekers in Suid-Afrika. Die doel van die internskapjaar is om gegradueerdes te help om die kennis en vaardighede toe te pas wat hulle tydens hulle…http://news.nwu.ac.za/repositories-pivotal-language-preservation