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Experiencing the distance.
Who could have guessed that distance education would be the compass of 2020! This is not only the alley for students and lecturers alike, but it opened up new horizons with unending possibilities and ongoing potential in the world of technological communication. Covid-19 is the new buzz word, and within days the big C became the topic of many…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-pandemic-places-goalpost-dreams-ice-now
Covid-19 pandemic places goalpost dreams on ice for now
Like for so many sports people the Covid-19 pandemic has called a halt to the rugby dreams of the 20-year-old Hugo Scott of the North-West University (NWU). This crack scrum half of the first rugby team on the Vanderbijlpark Campus was, among other things, looking forward to representing the campus in the company of his older brother, Hardus (23…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-se-avuyile-span-sy-spiere-soos-die-held-van-sy-kindertyd-%25E2%2580%2593-arnie
NWU se Avuyile span sy spiere soos die held van sy kindertyd – Arnie
Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Avuyile Ndzimela leef sy droom uit om ’n topliggaamsbouer te wees, en daarmee bring hy op meer as een manier hulde aan die held van sy kindertyd, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Soos sy held blink die 21-jarige BA-student in Publieke Administrasie en Regeerkunde op die Vanderbijlparkkampus nie net in mededingende…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-avuyile-flexing-his-muscles-childhood-hero-arnie
NWU’s Avuyile is flexing his muscles like childhood-hero Arnie
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Avuyile Ndzimela is living his dream of being a top bodybuilder, and in the process he is paying homage to his childhood hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in more ways than one. Like his idol, the 21-year-old BA student in Public Administration and Governance at the Vanderbijlpark Campus not only shines in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/lockdown-offers-challenges-autists
Lockdown offers challenges to autists
“The current coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have disrupted routines unexpectedly and overwhelmingly. This has caused concern across the world about the impact on the mental health of not only adults, but also of children.” Hanlie Degenaar, a senior speech-language therapist at the Institute of Psychology and Wellbeing at…http://news.nwu.ac.za/well-being-performance-and-challenges-modern-life
Well-being, performance and the challenges of modern life
Is there really a problem? The benefits of exercise, a healthy diet and a balanced lifestyle are undisputed in modern life, and the positive impact these have on well-being and performance is no secret. Yet obesity and weight problems have reached epidemic proportions globally. According to the World Health Organisation, at least 2,8…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-one-winners-africa-france-1-000-entrepreneurs-challenge
NWU alumnus is one of winners the Africa-France 1 000 Entrepreneurs Challenge
North-West University (NWU) alumnus Sydwell Sihlangu and founder of Eco-Agro Enterprise Pty Ltd has been selected as one of the winners of Africa-France Summit and Digital Africa’s 1 000 Entrepreneurs Challenge competition. Through the 1 000 Entrepreneurs Challenge, up to 1 000 African entrepreneurs are identified and invited to present their…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-it-department-creates-covid-19-pre-screening-and-clinic-apps
NWU’s IT department creates Covid-19 Pre-Screening and Clinic apps
As the world continues to face the unprecedented challenges meted out by the global Covid-19 pandemic, many countries and institutions around the world are developing new and technological means of maintaining health standards and creating safe environments for people to interact in and go about their usual day-to-day business. Among these…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineers-walk-away-international-award-tackling-covid-19
NWU engineers walk away with international award for tackling Covid-19
An initiative from the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) was recently honoured with an international award from the Covid-19 Innovation Challenge of the United Nations (UN) Africa Innovation and Investment Forum 2020. According to Jean-Paul Adam of the United Nations Africa Innovation and Investment Forum, the novel…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-virus-uncertainty-dominoes-are-falling-one-one-economy
Covid-19, the virus of uncertainty: the dominoes are falling one by one in the economy
The Covid-19 virus is causing unprecedented uncertainty on a global scale. An economist from the North-West University (NWU) says the impact of the pandemic is expected to be greater than that of the Spanish flu of a century ago. According to Prof Danie Meyer, a development economist and director of the TRADE research focus area at the NWU,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/remembering-prof-claassen
Remembering Prof Claassen
He strode the red, rich earth of the old Western Transvaal like a colossus, this enigma of a man. Hard and uncompromising, dedicated to the extreme. For decades his name was known in rugby circles the world over as a Goliath of the game. And I got to wear his blazer once. In the amateur days of the sport – when “bricklayer” was your…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/dit-hoekom-jy-sukkel-om-te-slaap
Dit is hoekom jy sukkel om te slaap
As jy in die vroeë ure van die oggend op enige sosialemediaplatform inskakel, sal jy heel waarskynlik ’n klomp mense aanlyn aantref. Sedert die land ’n paar weke gelede as gevolg van Covid-19 die staat van inperking betree het, sukkel Suid-Afrikaners om aan die slaap te raak. Prof Pieter Kruger, ’n konsultant- kliniese sielkundige en direkteur…http://news.nwu.ac.za/why-you-have-been-struggling-sleep
This is why you have been struggling to sleep
If you log on to any social media platform in the early hours of the morning you are likely to find a lot of people online. Since the country went into lockdown due to Covid-19 a few weeks ago, South Africans have been struggling to fall asleep. Prof Pieter Kruger, a consultant clinical psychologist and director of the NWU’s Centre for Health…http://news.nwu.ac.za/finding-meaning-life-after-several-losses-experienced-result-covid-19
Finding meaning in life after several losses experienced as a result of Covid-19
All over the world the coronavirus pandemic has created a new, unknown and challenging reality that is accompanied by various significant losses. Such losses are far more than just the financial impact on individuals – they also include other losses that have an impact on our mental health. Weddings are cancelled or postponed, we are unable to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineers-create-solution-school-based-covid-19-screening-congestion
NWU engineers create solution for school-based Covid-19 screening congestion
In the times in which we currently find ourselves, adequate healthcare and the accompanying screening are of the utmost importance to limit the spreading of the coronavirus. As the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, recently announced that Grade 7 and Grade 12 learners will be able to return to schools come 1 June, the same risk-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-virtual-fun-run-runaway-success
NWU virtual fun run a runaway success
The first virtual 5-km fun run the North-West University (NWU) hosted on 16 May was a runaway success. More than 600 runners from as far as New Zealand, Germany and China took part in the online event. All the runners needed to participate was a smartphone and a fitness device to enter their times on Wufoo at the end of their run. All the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumus%25E2%2580%2599-business-idea-mushrooms-top-business-innovation-competition
NWU alumus’ business idea mushrooms to the top in business innovation competition
On 6 May 2020 North-West University (NWU) alumnus Sydwell Sihlangu walked away as one of the winners of the Regional Connect Health Open Innovation Challenge with his business idea about establishing a mushroom hub. “Informed by the current Covid-19 pandemic, the focus of this competition was to address challenges affecting the health and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/further-cut-interest-rates-another-valuable-mitigating-step
Further cut in interest rates is another valuable mitigating step
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut the repo rate by another 50 basis points on 21 May. Prof Raymond Parsons, well-known economist and academic from the NWU Business School, says this underscores the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) resolve to provide the necessary monetary support in light of the economic impact of the prolonged Covid-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/amanda-die-nwu-vanderbijlpark-se-elite-netbalafrigter
Amanda is die NWU in Vanderbijlpark se elite netbalafrigter
Amanda Dreyer is ʼn netbalafrigter sonder weerga, en is tans een van slegs twee elite netbalafrigters in die Sedibeng-streek. Sy is ook die afrigter van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se netbalspan in Vanderbijlpark. In die tyd waarin die Covid-19-pandemie die sportwêreld vir eers tot stilstand gedwing het, is Amanda baie opgewonde oor haar…http://news.nwu.ac.za/amanda-nwu-vanderbijlpark%25E2%2580%2599s-elite-netball-coach