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Boek ondersoek anti-apartheid-intellektueel se werk en voortgesette relevansie
Post-apartheid Suid-Afrika het steeds talle onopgeloste probleme en onvervulde beloftes, ten spyte van noemenswaardige vordering op sekere gebiede. ’n Boek oor die werk van die ontslape anti-apartheidsaktivis en intellektueel, Mzala Nxumalo, wat onlangs gepubliseer is, poog om ’n belangrike bydrae te lewer oor die intellektuele werk wat vir Suid-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/book-explores-anti-apartheid-intellectuals-work-and-continued-relevance
Book explores anti-apartheid intellectual’s work and continued relevance
Post-apartheid South Africa continues to have many unresolved problems and unfulfilled promises, despite significant progress in certain areas. A recently published book on the work of the late anti-apartheid activist and intellectual, Mzala Nxumalo, aims to make important contributions to the intellectual work that lies ahead for South Africa in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/harvard-verslag-oor-groei-deur-insluiting-suid-afrika-tydig-en-relevant
Harvard-verslag oor groei deur insluiting in Suid-Afrika is tydig en relevant
Die alles-omvattende breë ontleding van 178 bladsye van die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie, wat vervat is in die verslag “Growth Through Inclusion in South Africa”, wat deur Ricardo Hausmann en sy span van die Growth Laboratory by Harvard Universiteit opgestel is, is tydig en relevant. Prof Raymond Parsons, ekonoom van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU)…https://news.nwu.ac.za/harvard-report-growth-through-inclusion-south-africa-timely-and-relevant
Harvard report on growth through inclusion in South Africa is timely and relevant
The all-encompassing and wide-ranging 178-page diagnostics of the South African economy embedded in the report “Growth Through Inclusion in South Africa”, prepared by Ricardo Hausmann and his team from the Growth Laboratory at Harvard University, is a timely and relevant document. Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the North-West University (…https://news.nwu.ac.za/voices-river-choir-showcases-their-excellence
Voices of the River Choir showcases their excellence.
The Voices of the River choir from the North-West University (NWU) recently participated in The Lengau Choral Music Association (LECMA) competition. They came second in the wafa wafa large category. They performed an extract from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, Macbeth, even though it is regarded as one of the most dramatic and vocally intensive operas…https://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-change-uniting-against-gender-based-violence
Empowering change: uniting against gender-based violence
Through a collaborative effort between the North-West University (NWU) and the universities of Pretoria, Venda, and Limpopo, the Ubuntu Community Model in Nursing hosted a poignant gender-based violence (GBV) awareness event at the Mahikeng Provincial Hospital on 21 November. The event, strategically aligned with the annual 16 Days of Activism…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/af/social-sciences/baccalaureus-artium-programme
Baccalaureus Artium-Programme
’n Baccalaureus Artium (BA) is ’n breë interdissiplinêre voorgraadse graadprogram wat algemene opleiding, keusevakke en ’n hoof-studiegebied omvat. BA-programme gee studente oor die algemeen meer buigsaamheid in die keuse van modules (vakke) en is minder gespesialiseerd as Baccalaureus Scientiae-programme (BSc-…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/af/social-sciences/voorgraadse-studie-opsies
Voorgraadse studie opsies
BA-program in Sosiale Wetenskappe (BSocSc) Potchefstroom Individu en Samelewing (909 100 L301P) Sosiale Dinamiek (909 100 L302P) Politiek en Samelewing (909 100 L303P) Kultuur en Samelewing (909 100 L304P) Omgewing en Samelewing (909 100L305P) Ekonomie en Samelewing (909 100 L306P) Mahikeng Politieke…https://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-and-student-triumph-north-west-sports-awards
Alumnus and student triumph at North West Sports Awards
The North West Sports Awards took place on 18 November, and the North-West University (NWU) scored two top spots. Onalenna Tsae, alumnus and former coach of the NWU boxing team, clinched the title of Sports Administrator of the Year. NWU student and a netballer of note, Elmeré van der Berg, walked away with the Sportswoman of the Year award.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/kohinoor-business-school-and-nwu-forge-educational-tie
Kohinoor Business School and NWU forge educational tie
A delegation from Kohinoor Business School in Mumbai, India, recently embarked on a week-long visit to the North-West University (NWU). Ten delegates, including eight master's students and two professors, visited the three NWU campuses, marking a pivotal step in fostering educational and cultural exchanges. The roots of this collaboration trace…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/dit-steeds-eties-om-steenkoolnavorsing-suid-afrika-te-doen
Is dit steeds eties om steenkoolnavorsing in Suid-Afrika te doen?
Terwyl die debat oor die effek van fossielbrandstowwe op klimaatsverandering voortwoed, word indringende vrae oor die gebruik van fossielbrandstof as ’n groot deel van die land se energieproduksiepakket gevra. Nou vra prof Marco le Roux van die Fakulteit Ingenieurswese by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) die volgende: Is dit steeds eties om…https://news.nwu.ac.za/it-still-ethical-conduct-coal-research-south-africa
Is it still ethical to conduct coal research in South Africa?
As the debate on the effect of fossil fuels on climate change rages on, questions regarding the use of fossils fuels as a major part of the country’s energy-producing package are hotly disputed. Now, Prof Marco le Roux of the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) asks: Is it still ethical to conduct coal research in South…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/noordwes-universiteit-gee-erkenning-aan-sy-baanbreker-alumni
Noordwes-Universiteit gee erkenning aan sy baanbreker-alumni
Die alumni van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) skitter deurlopend op hulle onderskeie kundigheidsgebiede, nasionaal sowel as internasionaal. Die NWU het tien van hierdie merkwaardige beroepslui tydens die universiteit se glansryke geleentheid vir die alumnitoekennings vir uitnemendheid (Alumni Awards of Excellence) op 9 November in Pretoria vereer…https://news.nwu.ac.za/our-straining-economy-deteriorating-our-health
Our straining economy is deteriorating our health
• The share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet has fallen across all income groups • Loadshedding has increased costs and pushed up prices throughout the food production value chain • Food prices are not only determined by supply and demand, but also by policies and politics Wars and weather, internal political struggles and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/linking-culture-and-biodiversity-key-conservation
Linking culture and biodiversity is key to conservation
He found them in the mountains and streams of Limpopo. Frogs and lizards, big and small, all of them equally exciting to his inquisitive mind. To the despair of grandmother he would run around with them in his pockets – yes, even snakes – as his rural childhood village became a playground of untold riches. When the time came, as it always did, to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/poverty-thrives-where-corruption-high
Poverty thrives where corruption is high
“When good governance is sacrificed on the altar of corruption, service delivery falters. Where corruption thrives, as we have seen in many of our municipalities, an increase in poverty becomes inevitable.” This is according to Prof Kedibone Phago, director of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School for Government Studies, who explains that…https://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-recognises-its-trailblazer-alumni
North-West University recognises its trailblazer alumni
The alumni of the North-West University (NWU) continuously shine in their respective fields of expertise, both nationally and internationally. The NWU recognised ten of these remarkable career professionals during the university’s prestigious Alumni Awards of Excellence event in Pretoria on 9 November. These awards acknowledge exceptional alumni…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-iaea-join-forces-advance-nuclear-forensic-science-training
NWU and IAEA join forces to advance nuclear forensic science training
-NWU and IAEA collaborate to train students in nuclear forensic science -The partnership will develop a Nuclear Crime Scene Management Laboratory -The IAEA has recommended that each of its member states establish a national nuclear forensic library In a significant step toward enhancing nuclear forensic science capabilities, the North-West…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/ruimtebiologie-gaan-n-eerste-vir-afrika-wees