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NWU professor to collaborate with prestigious research foundation
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation recently invited to North-West University (NWU) research professor Erhabor Idemudia for a research stay in recognition of his academic achievements and cooperation with German specialists. The foundation typically extends these invitations to establish new contacts and to intensify cooperation between the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/herman-van-dyk
Herman van Dyk
Herman van Dyk is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa), Associate Chartered Accountant (England and Wales) and a Master Tax Practitioner (SA). He holds a Master of Commerce cum laude in South African and International Taxation (North-West University) and his dissertation entitled “Grounds for allowing a tax deduction for employee share incentives…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/inge-van-der-walt
Inge van der Walt
I have the following range of experience; Senior Lecturer Lecturing and assessing Financial Management and Management accounting for Charted Accountancy students. Pursuit, proposal and process management Strategic sales role to help leadership convert opportunities at multinational clients into business. Research and best…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/jaco-fouch%25C3%25A9
Jaco Fouché
I am an expert in Personal finance, Financial Management and Financial Literacyhttps://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/carli-bezuidenhout
Carli Bezuidenhout
Carli Bezuidenhout is a senior lecturer in the School of Economics at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus). She lectures undergraduate courses in the degrees BCom Economics as well as BCom International Trade. She has also gained some years of practical experience in economic consulting before joining the University. Her focus…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/marius-w-stander
Marius W Stander
Marius Stander is a lecturer, researcher, and management consultant specialising in assessing and optimising talented people and teams. He is an NRF-rated researcher (C2). He has been lecturing Industrial Psychology on a postgraduate level at the Potchefstroom University for CHE, North-West University (Potchefstroom & Vaal Triangle campus) as…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/ann%25C3%25A9-hendrik-verhoef
Anné Hendrik Verhoef
Anné Hendrik Verhoef is an associate professor in philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus. He studied at the University of Stellenbosch and at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. In 2008 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the relation between time and the Trinity. His…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/abiodun-salawu
Abiodun Salawu
Abiodun Salawu is Professor of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies and Director of the research entity, Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) at the North-West University, South Africa. He has taught and researched journalism for over two decades in Nigeria and South Africa. Prior to his academic career, he practised journalism in a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/adri-breed
Adri Breed
Adri Breed is a NRF-rated associate professor in Afrikaans descriptive linguistics at the North-West University's Potchefstroom Campus. She specializes in syntax and semantics, with a particular focus on the grammaticalisation of tense and aspect constructions in Afrikaans and Dutch. She completed five degrees at the NWU, namely a degree in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/veronica-knows-how-capture-king
Veronica knows how to capture a king
You need solid strategies and tactics to capture a king. Just ask Veronica Gouws, a master’s student in applied radiation science and technology at the North-West University (NWU). She would know – besides her studies, the game of chess is her true love and passion. “I have played chess since my high school days,” she says. Veronica…https://news.nwu.ac.za/aspiring-legal-eagles-moot-children%25E2%2580%2599s-rights
Aspiring legal eagles moot on children’s rights
Children are some of the most vulnerable members of society, and are routinely submitted to the worst forms of violence. The South African legal justice system was designed to be the final protectors of societies and individuals, yet it is not uncommon for those in power to violate the rights of the country’s own citizens. OL Seleke and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/unemployment-project-delivers-second-phd-graduate
Unemployment project delivers second PhD-graduate
If the streets of Orange Farm could talk, it would tell of all the tears that had fallen on its red dirt: tears of hopelessness and poverty. Four years ago, Melinda du Toit embarked on a PhD study. She did not know how much she would come to care for the people that roam these streets. This week, Melinda became the second PhD-graduate from…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/marita-heyns
Marita Heyns
Marita Heyns is a researcher in the Optentia Research Entity of the NWU. She has a PhD in Psychology and a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA) as academic background. Her interests generally reflect Positive Psychology and Positive Organizational Scholarship related topics. She has a particular interest in the development of models for…https://news.nwu.ac.za/youngest-phd-graduate-africa-now-also-youth-leader-year
Youngest PhD graduate in Africa now also Youth Leader of the Year
The youngest PhD graduate in Africa, 24-year-old Dr Musa Suarombe, has been named the Institute of People Management’s (IPM’s) Youth Leader of the Year for 2018/2019. Dr Suarombe, a postdoctoral fellow at the North-West University’s (NWU) campus in Mahikeng, was recognised by the IPM for her innovative leadership skills and her growing…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/alumnus-onder-die-top-200-jong-afrika-leiers
Alumnus onder die top-200 jong Afrika-leiers
Eric Ntumba is ’n man met ’n missie: om verandering na die Afrika-vasteland te bring. En hy doen dit deur deurlopend sy leierskapsvaardighede te verfyn en deur ’n sterk standpunt in te neem oor kwessies wat die vasteland raak. Hierdie trotse alumnus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het onlangs nog ’n toekenning by sy reeds indrukwekkende…https://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-ranked-amongst-top-200-african-young-leaders
Alumnus ranked amongst top 200 African young leaders
Eric Ntumba is a man on a mission: to bring change to the African continent. And he is doing so by continually refining his leadership skills and by taking a firm stand on issues that affect the continent. This proud alumnus of the North-West University (NWU) recently added yet another accolade to his already impressive curriculum vitae.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/goed-beter-beste-skool-vir-taalonderwys-vereer-presteerders
Goed! Beter! Beste! Skool vir Taalonderwys vereer presteerders
Die Skool vir Taalonderwys in die Fakulteit Opvoedkunde het onlangs sy heel eerste toppresteerdergeleentheid op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark gehou. By hierdie gebeurtenis, wat die vorm van ’n middagete aangeneem het, het meer as 20 studente vir hulle akademiese prestasies regdeur die jaar erkenning gekry.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/good-better-best-school-language-education-applauds-achievers
Good! Better! Best! School of Language Education applauds achievers
The School of Language Education recently hosted its first-ever top achievers’ event on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. The event, which took on the form of a luncheon, saw more than 20 students receive recognition for their academic achievements throughout the year. According to Dr Rhelda Krügel, senior…https://news.nwu.ac.za/researcher-first-africa-lead-global-hypertension-society
Researcher is first in Africa to lead global hypertension society
Normal heart rates range from 60 to 100 beats per minute. Anything above that means blood is racing at an alarming speed through your veins. One person whose blood is pumping with passion in the fight against a deadly health condition, hypertension, is Prof Alta Schutte. Part of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Hypertension in Africa…https://news.nwu.ac.za/3-d-printing-improve-life