Die agt ekonomiese aanwysers om in 2017 dop te hou
Sal 2017 ’n beter jaar vir Suid-Afrika se ekonomie wees? Dit is die vraag op alle Suid-Afrikaners se lippe, en in ’n poging om ’n antwoord hierop te verskaf, het prof Danie Meyer en dr André Mellet, albei akademiese personeellede binne die Fakulteit Ekonomiese Wetenskappe en Inligtingstegnologie aan die Noordwes-Universiteit se…
The eight economic indicators to watch in 2017
Will 2017 be a better year for South Africa’s economy? This is the question on all South Africans’ lips and in an effort to provide answers, Prof Danie Meyer and Dr Andre Mellet – both academic staff members within the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Information Technology at the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus, offer the…
Ekonoom plaas brandstofprysverhoging in perspektief
Vanaf 1 Februarie 2017 kos 93- en 95-oktaanpetrol 29c/ℓ meer. Dié prysstyging is deur die Departement van Energie aangekondig wat die olieprys en rand/dollar-wisselkoers as redes vir die styging gee. Tydens ’n RSG-onderhoud het die welbekende ekonoom, dr Andre Mellet van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), ’n vergelyking tussen 2016 en 2017 se…
NWU economist puts fuel price hike in perspective
Motorists are now paying 29c/l extra for 93 and 95 octane petrol. This retail price hike was announced by the Department of Energy, citing oil prices and the Rand/Dollar exchange rate as reasons for the increase. During an interview with RSG, well-known economist – Dr Andre Mellet from the North-West University's Vanderbijlpark Campus – compared…
Sportdepartement wil personeel aktief kry
Met die gesegde: “’n Fikse en gesonde liggaam is die beste modestelling wat jy kan maak”, wil die sportdepartement op die Vanderbijlparkkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit die tradisionele manier verander waarop mense oor fiksheid en gesondheid dink. Die departement het onlangs die bekendstelling aangekondig van die NWU Vaal se…
Sport Department to get staff active
With the saying: “A fit and healthy body is the best fashion statement”, the Sport Department on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University is seeking to change the traditional way people think about fitness and health. The department recently announced the introduction of the NWU Vaal Staff Conditioning Programme which is set to…
Gemeenskapsuitreiking 2017 – eerstejaarstudente gee hulle tyd en harte
Vir sommige mense is vrywilligerwerk en gemeenskapsdiens ’n opsionele ekstra – iets wat jy doen wanneer jy tyd en bykomende hulpbronne tot jou beskikking het. Dit is nie die geval op die Vanderbijlparkkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit nie. Verbeel jou: 800 eerstejaarstudente uit alle vlakke van die samelewing wat sing en glimlag terwyl…
Community Outreach 2017 – first-year students give their time and hearts
For some people, volunteering and community service are an optional extra; something you do when you have time and additional resources at your disposal. This is not the case on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University. Picture this: approximately 800 first-year students – from all walks of life, singing and smiling whilst sweeping…
First publishers acknowledged
A total of 40 staff members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus received recognition for their first publication of a research article. This event is held annually to welcome staff members into the ranks of research publishers. Prof Susan Visser, Vice-Rector: Research and Planning, said that everyone is now at the…
A helping hand – student leaders become First Aid smart
v> Whether it's a minor situation or something more serious, first aid knowledge might just be the difference between life and death. In light of this, members of the student leadership fraternity on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University recently underwent first aid training as offered by St Johns. Heading-up this…
Alumnus ranked tops in national SAIPA board exam
Like his well-known namesake, North-West University (NWU) alumnus Muhammed Alli, believes in hard work, dedication and perseverance – and as was the case with the sporting legend, this mind-set yields great professional success. In sticking to the boxing analogy – Muhammed recently dealt the national SAIPA (South African Institute of…
BABEL-projek wen ’n wêreldwye uitdaging
Die Noordwes-Universiteit se navorsers was deel van ’n internasionale konsortium wat ’n hoëprofiel-spraaktranskripsie-uitdaging gewen het – ’n eerste vir Suid-Afrikaanse navorsers op hierdie gebied. Die huidige spraaktranskripsiestelsels is gebou op tegnologie wat oorspronklik vir Engels en ’n klein groepie wêreldtale ontwikkel is, met…
BABEL Project: Winning a global speech technology challenge
North-West University (NWU) researchers within the field of speech technology were part of an international consortium that recently won a high-profile speech technology challenge - a first for South African researchers, in this field. Today’s speech transcription systems are built on technology that was originally developed for English and a…
Amakhosi at home at NWU Vaal
The football club of the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus has signalled their intentions for the remainder of the season by announcing the signing of four new players from the ranks of the Kaizer Chiefs Football Academy. Four players from the academy enrolled at the Vanderbijlpark Campus to further their studies and to don the…
NWU advancing interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies within social sciences
The North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus is joining hands with the Social Sciences Research Society in Turkey to host the 8th International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS) later this year. The conference will take place in Durban from 23 – 25 August 2017 and will see delegates from around the world in attendance. ICSS represents…
No compromise on quality and safety - Prof Dan Kgwadi
The Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal) recently welcomed in excess of 1 500 new first year students into the fold during the 2017 Welcome Day. The Welcome Day saw students being accompanied by their parents, guardians and loved ones to meet the Vice-Chancellor – Prof Dan Kgwadi, and the different management and…
NWU Student selected as Science Today candidate
A PhD student from the Department of Biological Science at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), Theodora Ekwomadu, was selected as one of the Science Today 2016 candidates. Science Today, formerly Science Voices, is a science-writing project run by award-winning science journalist, Sarah Wild. Postgraduate science students…
NWU professor speaks at the 4th Biannual International Group Theory Conference
Mathematician and research professor of the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), Prof Jamshid Moori, was recently invited to speak at the fourth conference of the Biannual International Group Theory Conference (BIGTC) in Kuala Lumpur. Jamshid, of the School of Mathematical Sciences in the Faculty of Agriculture, Science and…
“Everything is in place to move forward as a unitary university” – Prof Dan Kgwadi
“As a University we are now awaiting the approval of the Minister of Higher Education and Training which will confirm our new statute and allow us to fully implement the structure. We have put everything in place to move forward as a unitary university.” This is the message from Prof Dan Kgwadi, Vice-Chancellor of the North-West University,…