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HART at NWU promotes healthy blood pressure
Blood is the life-giving substance that flows through our veins, but if the pressure in our veins becomes too high it can be detrimental to our health. This is why the Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the North-West University (NWU) is actively promoting blood pressure awareness and measurement…http://news.nwu.ac.za/young-entrepreneur-takes-haircare-products-world
Young entrepreneur takes haircare products to the world
For this young woman entrepreneurship is a way of life. North-West University (NWU) master’s student in chemistry, Paula Maseko, recently started her own business by producing and selling haircare products. Paula, who hails from Lonelypark in Mahikeng, started her business in 2020 in her mother’s garage. With a few pots, bowls, a hand blender…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/franco-pak-die-studentelewe-met-vaste-tred-aan
Franco pak die studentelewe met vaste tred aan
Dit was liefde met die eerste oogopslag. Seun ontmoet kampus. In 2019 besoek Franco van Dijk die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Potchefstroom as deel van ’n toer van sy skoolkoor. “Ons het baie van die kampus te sien gekry – dit het amper soos ’n opedag gevoel. Ek het regtig baie gehou van wat ek sien en besluit dit was waarheen ek…http://news.nwu.ac.za/franco-taking-student-life-his-stride
Franco taking student life in his stride
It was love at first sight. Boy meets campus. In 2019, Franco van Dijk visited the North-West University (NWU) campus in Potchefstroom as part of a tour by his school choir. “We saw a lot of the campus – it almost felt like an open day. I really liked what I saw and decided that this was where I wanted to go,” says Franco, who matriculated from…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-eagles-se-young-guns-val-vas-teen-tuks-die-finaal
NWU Eagles se Young Guns val vas teen Tuks in die finaal
Hulle senior eweknieë het dalk die Varsitybekerkompetisie ’n bietjie vroeg verlaat, maar die NWU Eagles Young Guns was gereed om tot die einde toe te bly staan toe hulle Tuks op Maandag 25 April in Stellenbosch gepak het. Dit was hulle egter nie beskore nie. Die span van Pretoria – wat net gedoen het wat die Pretorianers die afgelope jaar in elke…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-eagles-young-guns-succumb-tuks-final
NWU Eagles Young Guns succumb to Tuks in final
Their senior counterparts may have left the Varsity Cup competition a bit prematurely, but the NWU Eagles Young Guns aimed to go all the way when they squared off against Tuks in Stellenbosch on Monday, 25 April. It was not to be. The team from Pretoria, doing what Pretoria-based teams seem to be doing in every conceivable rugby competition in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-se-waarnemende-visekanselier-ontvang-internasionale-toekennings-vir-uitmuntende-navorsing
NWU se waarnemende visekanselier ontvang internasionale toekennings vir uitmuntende navorsing
Die waarnemende visekanselier van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), prof Linda du Plessis, stel sonder twyfel ’n voorbeeld nadat sy haar tweede doktorsgraad in 2020 ontvang het. Sy is ook deur twee internasionale akademiese instellings en verenigings vir die gehalte van haar studie geloof. Nadat sy haar Doktoraat in Besigheidsadministrasie (DBA…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-acting-vice-chancellor-receives-international-awards-outstanding-research
NWU acting vice-chancellor receives international awards for outstanding research
The acting vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), Prof Linda du Plessis, clearly sets the example after she was awarded her second doctorate in 2020, and has also been praised for the quality of her study by two international academic institutions and associations. After she completed her Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-shares-her-expertise-food-security-and-safety
NWU academic shares her expertise on food security and safety
Ontiretse Motingwa North-West University (NWU) Prof Olubukola Oluranti Babalola recently shared her expertise by editing the book, Food Security and Safety: African Perspectives, published by Springer, Cham. The book offers insight into the lack of enough, safe, and nutritious food in Sub-Saharan Africa, and highlights the constructive…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-gives-insight-intimate-partner-violence-law-developments
NWU academic gives insight into Intimate Partner Violence law developments
President Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed into effect three anti gender-based violence bills that will afford victims more protection. These amendments will, among other things, allow victims to apply for protection orders online without having to appear in court, and will require all sexual offenders to be placed on a national registry. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-versamel-medaljes-die-nasionale-kampioenskap
NWU versamel medaljes by die nasionale kampioenskap
Atlete van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) – voormalige sowel as huidige atlete – was op hulle allerbeste by Atletiek Suid-Afrika se senior baan- en veldkampioenskap wat onlangs in Groenpunt, Kaapstad gehou is. Hulle het ’n totaal van sestien medaljes in ’n verskeidenheid kodes gewen. Spiesgooiers Johann Grobler en Jo-Ané van Dyk het albei…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-rakes-medals-national-championships
NWU rakes in medals at national championships
Athletes from the North-West University (NWU) – both former and current – were in exceptional form during the recently held Athletics South Africa Senior Track and Field Championships in Green Point, Cape Town. In all, sixteen medals were won in a variety of codes. Javelin throwers Johann Grobler and Jo-Ané van Dyk claimed gold, as did 20 km…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-host-community-engagement-workshop
NWU to host community engagement workshop
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Management Sciences will be hosting a community engagement workshop on 22 and 23 June 2022 at its Mahikeng Campus. The aim of this workshop is to encourage and empower staff members to participate more effectively in community engagements projects. Various issues will be discussed during the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sasol-foundation-visits-nwu
Sasol Foundation visits NWU
On 4 May 2022 a delegation from the Sasol Foundation visited the subject group Chemistry on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus. The aim of the visit was for the new head of the foundation, Noxolo Kahlana, to meet and engage with staff and students. She was accompanied by Dr Bulelwa Keke, programme manager and Lydia Podile,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researchers-help-map-way-forward-hydrogen-south-africa
NWU researchers help map the way forward for hydrogen in South Africa
The Earth is in trouble. It is suffocating under clouds of carbon dioxide emissions from the use of coal and other environmentally damaging resources to generate energy. These emissions are the primary cause of global warming, and if humanity wants to avoid the worst consequences of global warming*, we have to find alternatives for our energy…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bewaring-van-afrika-se-biodiversiteit-deur-genomika-hou-verband-met-voedselsekerheid
Bewaring van Afrika se biodiversiteit deur genomika hou verband met voedselsekerheid
Deur genomika te gebruik om die Afrika-vasteland se biodiversiteit te verstaan en bewaar, kan die aanpasbaarheid van plante, diere en ander lewensvorms bevorder word sodat hulle by klimaatsverandering kan aanpas om voedselsekerheid te behou, sê ’n navorser van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), dr Roksana Majewska. Sy en haar medenavorsers by die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/conserving-african-biodiversity-through-genomics-has-food-security-link
Conserving African biodiversity through genomics has a food security link
Using genomics to understand and protect the African continent’s biodiversity could improve the resilience of plants, animals and other life forms to climate change, with a knock-on effect on food security, says North-West University (NWU) researcher Dr Roksana Majewska. She and fellow researchers at the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP)…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/kuberaanvalle-gaan-waarskynlik-meer-word-namate-konnektiwiteit-toeneem
Kuberaanvalle gaan waarskynlik meer word namate konnektiwiteit toeneem
Kuberaanvalle is besig om toe te neem namate die wêreld meer gekonnekteer raak en die belonings groter is. Volgens ’n akademikus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) gaan die moontlike belonings vir kuberaanvallers toenemend groter word namate meer aspekte van ons daaglikse lewens met mekaar verweef en van aanlyn interaksie afhanklik raak. Prof…http://news.nwu.ac.za/cyberattacks-likely-increase-connectivity-grows
Cyberattacks likely to increase as connectivity grows
Cyberattacks are occurring thick and fast as the world becomes more connected and the rewards greater. According to a North-West University (NWU) academic, the possible rewards for cyberattackers will continue to increase, as more aspects of our everyday lives become interwoven and reliant on online interaction. Prof Wian Erlank from the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-receives-prestigious-grant-malaria-research