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HART walks for World Obesity Day
On Friday, 4 March 2022 the Faculty of Health Sciences at the North-West University (NWU) commemorated World Obesity Day. The Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) decided to partner with NWU Wellness and arranged a casual walk through the campus to drive awareness of obesity. The walk-through started at the amphitheatre on the Potchefstroom…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-eagles-weer-terug-op-koers
NWU Eagles weer terug op koers
Hierdie oorwinning het vir hulle alles beteken. Die NWU Eagles het nie net die vorige kampioene en gereelde finaliste UP-Tuks tydens hulle Varsitybeker-ontmoeting in Potchefstroom op Maandag 7 Maart met 17–8 gewen nie, hulle 2022-veldtog is ook weer terug op koers. ’n Rooikaart het Tuks glad nie goed gedoen nie, maar die Eagles het…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-eagles-back-varsity-cup-track
NWU Eagles back on Varsity Cup track
This win meant the world. Not only did the NWU Eagles beat former champions and perennial finalists UP-Tuks 17–8 during their Varsity Cup clash in Potchefstroom on Monday, 7 March, they also got their 2022 campaign back on track. A red card did Tuks no favours, but the Eagles did well to capitalise on this and refused to let the visitors…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/ekonomiese-groei-n-welkome-herstel
Ekonomiese groei is ’n welkome herstel
Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese groei van 1,2% in die vierde kwartaal van 2021 het ’n oorkoepelende positiewe groei van die bruto binnelandse produk (BBP-groei) van 4,9% in 2021 opgelewer, wat ná die rampspoedige -6,4%-groei in 2020’n welkome herstel van die ekonomie is. Volgens prof Raymond Parsons, ekonoom van die Besigheidskool van die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/economic-growth-welcome-rebound
Economic growth is a welcome rebound
South Africa’s economic growth of 1,2% in the fourth quarter of 2021 has yielded an overall positive gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 4,9% in 2021, which is a welcome rebound in the economy after the devastating -6,4% growth in 2020. According to Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the Business School of the North-West University (NWU),…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/siviwe-tyobeka-wereldburger-wat-kan
Siviwe Tyobeka: Wêreldburger wat kan
Dit is aanvanklik nie opmerklik nie. Eers wanneer Siviwe Tyobeka die verhaal van haar kinderjare vertel, begin jy dit hoor. Dofweg en buitengewoon. ’n Wonderlike intonasie. Die klank van die wêreld. Siviwe is in Johannesburg gebore, maar hulle het na die Verenigde State van Amerika verhuis toe sy net agt maande oud was, aangesien haar pa, dr…http://news.nwu.ac.za/siviwe-tyobeka-go-getting-global-citizen
Siviwe Tyobeka: Go-getting global citizen
It is indiscernible at first. Only when Siviwe Tyobeka narrates the journey of her childhood do you start to hear it. Faint and peculiar. A pleasant intonation. The sound of the world. Siviwe was born in Johannesburg, but moved to the United States of America when she was only eight months old as her father, Dr Bismarck Tyobeka (chairperson of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-intervention-north-west-province-still-needs-work
NWU academic: intervention in the North West province still needs work
On 18 February 2022 during the State of the Province address the North West Province Premier Bushy Maape announced that the five departments placed under sections 100(1)(b) and 100(1)(a) of the Constitution are stabilising. However, North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Barry R Hanyane says little has been achieved in the province…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-leads-agriculture-enterprise-and-women-empowerment
NWU alumnus leads with agriculture enterprise and women empowerment
According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), approximate 70% of the South African population rely directly on agriculture as a means of living. North-West University (NWU) alumnus and livestock farmer Ipeleng Kwadi hails from Brits in North West, and is shattering age and gender stereotypes with her family owned enterprise, Motsemotala…http://news.nwu.ac.za/rugby-vaal-ready-fly
Rugby on Vaal is ready to fly
It was a Wednesday night and after the rain had yet again pelted down, the playing field at the North-West University’s campus in Vanderbijlpark was soaking wet. And draped in darkness. If it wasn’t bad enough that the elements conspired against the first rugby team of the campus training in acceptable conditions, Eskom had decided to throw its…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-reaches-out-schools-donating-sports-equipment
NWU reaches out to schools by donating sports equipment
As part of their community outreach programme, the All Sports Chapter (ASC) and Sports department on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus are reaching out to local schools lacking sports equipment. The aim of this programme is to give back to the community and to add value to sports development in the Ngaka Modiri…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-universitat-duisburg-essen-develop-early-warning-tool-metal-pollution-fresh-water
NWU and Universität Duisburg-Essen develop early warning tool for metal pollution in fresh water
Researchers from North-West University (NWU) and Universität Duisburg-Essen in Germany have developed an early warning tool for metal pollution in freshwater systems worldwide. This research achievement is a collaboration between the Water Research Group, the NWU led by Prof Nico Smit and Prof Victor Wepener and the Universität Duisburg-Essen’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-partners-launch-api-plus-lab-grow-sas-bio-economy
NWU and partners launch API Plus lab to grow SA's bio-economy
The North-West University (NWU), in partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), recently launched the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Plus laboratory. The project, a joint initiative between government, academia and industry, aims to promote the manufacturing of APIs in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/eagles-trap-shimlas
Eagles trap Shimlas
Die doeltreffendheid van die styl van rugby wat die Shimlas tot dusver gespeel het, is uit alle oorde geloof. Gesaghebbendes het hulle ondernemende speelstyl geprys, asook hulle bereidwilligheid om met die bal te hardloop. Hulle verlies teen Wits het ’n paar krake in hulle indrukwekkende wenmondering uitgewys, en toe, op Maandag 14 Maart in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/eagles-slay-shimlas
Eagles slay Shimlas
The virtues of the style of rugby that the Shimlas have been playing has been extolled from all corners. Pundits praised their enterprising playing style and willingness to run with the ball. A loss against Wits exposed some cracks preventing an impressive win, and then, on Monday, 14 March in Bloemfontein, the NWU Eagles caused a quake with a 32–…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/susan-cilliers-dokumenteer-die-bose
Susan Cilliers: Dokumenteer die bose
Dit was die dubbele moord wat ’n gemeenskap geruk en ’n nasie geskok het. Op Saterdag 26 Mei 2018 het die 19-jarige Xander Bylsma vir Sharnelle Hough (17) en Marna Engelbrecht (16) in hulle koshuis in die klein dorpie Stella vermoor. Hierdie hegte landbougemeenskap in Noordwes was platgeslaan, nie net deur die verlies van twee geliefde meisies…http://news.nwu.ac.za/susan-cilliers-documenting-demons
Susan Cilliers: Documenting the demons
They were the twin murders that enraged a community and shocked a nation. On Saturday, 26 May 2018, 19-year-old Xander Bylsma murdered Sharnelle Hough (17) and Marna Engelbrecht (16) in their hostel in the small town of Stella. The tight-knit farming community in North West was left aghast, not only at the loss of the two beloved girls, but…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-gaan-uiteindelik-april-hokkie-wereldbeker-aanbied
NWU gaan uiteindelik in April Hokkie Wêreldbeker aanbied
Bertie Jacobs Dis nie ’n grap nie. Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) gaan vanaf 1 April die gasheer vir die 2022 FIH Junior Vrouehokkie Wêreldbeker op die Astroturf-velde in Potchefstroom wees. Dit is die negende keer dat die gebeurtenis aangebied word, en dit sou in Desember plaasgevind het, maar die Omicron-variant van die Covid-19-virus het…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-host-hockey-world-cup-april-last
NWU to host Hockey World Cup in April at last
Bertie Jacobs It is no joke. From 1 April, the North-West University (NWU) will host the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup at the Astroturf fields in Potchefstroom. This is the ninth time the event has been presented, and it would have taken place in December, but the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus put paid to those plans.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-stel-nuwe-hoof-en-visekanselier-aan