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RACONTEUR: Covid-19 the NWU Way
The North-West University (NWU) Gallery is currently hosting the “RACONTEUR: Covid-19 the NWU Way” art exhibition. This noteworthy exhibition will run until 11 October and includes the works of 11 NWU alumni and lecturers. According to gallery curator, Amohelang Mohajane, this exhibition allows art lovers to experience the kind of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/centre-excellence-carbon-based-fuels-hosts-symposium-renewable-and-sustainable-energy
Centre of Excellence in Carbon-based Fuels hosts symposium in renewable and sustainable energy
The Renewable Energy Postgraduate Symposium (REPS) is an annual event hosted by the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies at Stellenbosch University for postgraduate students working in any of the fields of renewable and sustainable energy. The symposium allows young researchers to present and share their research work in a less…http://news.nwu.ac.za/trade-takes-international-collaboration-next-level
TRADE takes international collaboration to the next level
The TRADE research focus area at the North-West University (NWU) hosted an online world tour to take international collaboration to the next level in the time of Covid-19. Prof Danie Meyer, a development economist and director of TRADE, says the event, which took place on 2 October, was organised with the aim to ensure that “we at the southern…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researcher-offers-new-considerations-pharmaceutical-quality-control-labs
NWU researcher offers new considerations for Pharmaceutical Quality Control Labs
The impact of the international Covid-19 pandemic is severe and it remains the responsibility of all to prevent the spread of this virus. This impact has clearly been detected in the workplace – with specific reference to the Pharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratory (PQCL) – where increased rates of worker absenteeism, downsizing in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-receive-sought-after-prize-atkv
Researchers receive sought-after prize from ATKV
Two researchers from the North-West University (one posthumously) were awarded a prestige ATKV-SA Academy prize for an article that appeared in the South African Journal for Natural Sciences and Technology (Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie) in 2018. Dr Christine Taljaard-Krugell and Prof Este Vorster from the Faculty…http://news.nwu.ac.za/tanya-was-born-create
Tanya was born to create
Tanya van Deventer, a 23-year-old Master of Arts student in Graphic Design from the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus, was over the moon when her design was chosen as one of three to grace the Nescafé Ricoffy tins. South Africans were given the opportunity to design a “Proudly me” Nescafé Ricoffy limited edition label. All the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-helps-library-services-blind-nw-province
NWU helps with library services for the blind in the NW province
The North-West University (NWU) has partnered with the North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation (ACSR), and the South African Library for the Blind (SALB) to improve reading access for the blind and the visually impaired in the province. The project, sponsored by Sasol Social and Community Trust, was launched at a media…http://news.nwu.ac.za/world-prematurity-day-2020-%25E2%2580%2593-turn-awareness-action
World Prematurity Day 2020 – turn awareness into action
For the past 10 years every 17 November is observed as World Prematurity Day. This day aims to highlight and raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide. In South Africa 15% of all births, which equates to one in seven babies, are born preterm. Premature birth is the leading cause of death…http://news.nwu.ac.za/us-president-elect-joe-biden-%25E2%2580%2593-possible-economic-implications-sa-and-world
US President-elect Joe Biden – possible economic implications for SA and the world
“The election of Joe Biden as United States (US) president-elect could eventually create an opportunity for South Africa to buttress its economic narrative with the US from both a trade and an investment point of view.” This is according to Prof Raymond Parsons, economist at the North-West University (NWU) Business School. He says that while…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/lang-en-moeilike-pad-om-die-suid-afrikaanse-lugdiens-reg-te-ruk
Lang en moeilike pad om die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens reg te ruk
Die Noordwes-Universiteit se Ofentse Mokwena, ʼn vervoerekonoom, gooi sy blik op die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) se finansiële- en bedryfstreuermare en gee ook sy voorstel vir oplossings. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) het verborge kwesbaarhede gehad toe dit tot in die middel-2000’s deel van Transnet Bpk. was. Voor daardie tyd is dit in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/long-and-lean-road-reviving-south-african-airways
Long and lean road to reviving South African Airways
lign="center">The North-West University’s Ofentse Mokwena, a transport economist, takes a look at South African Airways’ dire financial and management situation. He also elucidates on some possible solutions. South African Airways (SAA) had hidden vulnerabilities while it was in Transnet Ltd up to the mid-2000s. But leading up to that, it…http://news.nwu.ac.za/successful-year-nwu-career-centre
A successful year for the NWU Career Centre
This year the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Career Centre hosted two very successful virtual career fairs. During the virtual events hosted on 5 August and 21 October, more than 2 000 students engaged with various employers regarding their careers. PWC, Ernst and Young, Total Petroleum, Bowmans law firm, Vodacom, and 40 other companies…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-navorsingsgroep-lewer-%25E2%2580%2599n-bydrae-tot-internasionale-vo%25C3%25ABlstudie
NWU-navorsingsgroep lewer ’n bydrae tot internasionale voëlstudie
Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se navorsing oor die genetiese data van dwergpapegaaie, oftewel lovebirds (genus Agapornis), is by ’n omvattende internasionale voëlstudie ingesluit. Nege dwergpapegaaispesies kom inheems in Afrika en Madagaskar voor. Hierdie navorsing het ook gelei tot ’n patent en die moontlike kommersialisering van ’n…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-research-group-contributes-international-bird-study
NWU research group contributes to international bird study
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) research on the genetic data of the nine lovebird species (genus Agapronis) that are native to Africa and Madagascar has been included in a comprehensive international bird study. This research has also led to a patent and the possible commercialisation of a genomic test developed by the NWU that will be of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-1
A conversation with Prof Dan Kgwadi about gender-based violence
With the gender-based violence (GBV) rate in South Africa being five times higher than the global average according to Stats SA, the North-West University (NWU) is doing its part by creating awareness and offering support to those in need. On 12 November the NWU principal and vice-chancellor, Prof Dan Kgwadi, had a virtual conversation with the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/add-0
Geslagsgebaseerde geweld – hulp is nodig
Daar was oor die afgelope vyf maande talle verhale in die media oor slagoffers wat deur hulle lewensmaats getreiter, aangeval en selfs vermoor is. Volgens Statistieke SA is die voorkoms van geslagsgebaseerde geweld (GBV) in Suid-Afrika vyf keer hoër as die wêreldwye gemiddelde. Prof Hayley Walker-Williams, die adjunkdirekteur van die Skool vir…http://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-2
Help is needed for victims
Over the past five months there have been numerous stories in the media about victims being harassed, attacked and even murdered by their intimate partners. According to Statistics SA, the incidence of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa is five times higher than the global average. Prof Hayley Walker-Williams, the deputy director of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/add-1
NWU-navorser help om nuwe data oor die Aarde en die Melkweg bloot te lê
’n Nuwe studie het die sluier oor ’n paar van die geheimenisse van die Melkweg gelig. Daar is bevind dat die Aarde vinniger as vroeër beweeg, en dat dit amper 2 000 ligjaar nader aan die gravitasiekolk in die middel van die Melkwegsterrestelsel is. Dit is volgens nuwe data wat oor ’n tydperk van 15 jaar deur die Japannese radio-astronomieprojek…http://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-3
NWU researcher helps uncover new data about Earth and the Milky Way
A new study has lifted the veil on some of the mysteries of the Milky Way. It has found that the Earth is moving faster than it used to and is nearly 2 000 light-years closer to the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy. This is according to new data, documented over a period of 15 years, by the Japanese radio astronomy project, VLBI…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/drie-dosente-obu-genote-tau-fellows-gekies