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Protea-krieketspan noem weer NWU hulle “tuisveld”
Die nasionale krieketspan, die Proteas, het van 22 tot 24 Augustus die Noordwes-Universiteit weereens hulle “tuisveld” genoem toe hulle die universiteit se Sport Village in Potchefstroom as voorbereidingsbasis gebruik het. Die Proteas speel vanaf 2 September in drie eendagwedstryde teen Sri Lanka op laasgenoemde se eilandtuiste, waarna drie…http://news.nwu.ac.za/protea-cricket-team-calls-nwu-their-home-again
Protea cricket team calls NWU their home again
The national cricket team, the Proteas, called the North-West University “home” again when they used the university’s Sport Village in Potchefstroom as a base for their preparations. The Proteas are playing against Sri Lanka in three one-day matches on the latter’s island home ground, after which three T20 matches will follow. Captain Temba…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-vanderbijlpark-campus-officially-opens-its-new-administration-building
NWU's Vanderbijlpark Campus officially opens its new Administration Building
Despite pandemic-induced delays, the new Administration Building on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus was finally opened on 27 August 2021. The ceremony took place on the front steps of the new building, situated across Hendrick Van Eck Boulevard. NWU management and staff, student leaders and alumni attended…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-faculty-law-host-virtual-workshop-role-women-traditional-governance
NWU Faculty of Law to host virtual workshop on Role of Women in Traditional Governance
There are numerous examples where women’s rights are still being disregarded in a traditional setting and an important aspect that has been neglected thus far is the role of women in Traditional Governance. According to Prof Christa Rautenbach, a Professor of Law at the North-West University’s Faculty of Law, an important feature of the South…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-nwu-se-wiele-rol-reeds-vir-die-institusionele-oudit
Die NWU se wiele rol reeds vir die institusionele oudit
Voorbereidings is goed op dreef vir een van die belangrikste naderende gebeurtenisse in die akademiese lewe van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU): die eksterne institusionele oudit wat in Augustus 2022 uitgevoer sal word. Die NWU se institusionele oudit is deel van ’n reeks oudits van hoër onderwysinstellings wat uitgevoer word onder die vaandel…http://news.nwu.ac.za/its-all-systems-go-nwu-prepares-institutional-audit
It’s all systems go as NWU prepares for institutional audit
Preparations are well under way for one of the most important upcoming events in the academic life of the North-West University (NWU): the external institutional audit that will be conducted in August 2022. The NWU’s institutional audit is part of a series of audits planned for higher education institutions under the ambit of the Council on…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/sesde-nasionale-outismesimposium
Sesde Nasionale Outismesimposium
In net meer as twee weke gaan die Sentrum vir Gesondheid en Menslike Prestasie (CHHP) by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), saam met Outisme Suid-Afrika (A; SA) hulle sesde Nasionale Outismesimposium aanbied. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Kinder- en Adolessente Psigiatrie en Verwante Beroepe gaan weer eens hierdie jaar as ondersteunende vennoot…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-kompetisie-inspireer-die-jeug-om-nuwe-innoverende-oplossings-te-vind
NWU-kompetisie inspireer die jeug om nuwe innoverende oplossings te vind
Die Noordwes-Universiteit se jaarlikse Modiragatsi-innoveringskompetisie wat aan hoërskoolleerders tussen die ouderdom van 15 en 18 jaar die geleentheid gee om die volgende geslag probleemoplossers te word, is terug, en dit is hierdie jaar nog groter en beter. Die kompetisie se vernaamste fokus is steeds om hoërskoolmeisies te bemagtig, maar…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-competition-inspires-youth-find-innovative-solutions
NWU competition inspires youth to find innovative solutions
The North-West University’s annual Modiragatsi innovation competition that gives high-school learners between the ages of 15 and 18 the opportunity to become the next generation of problem solvers is back and it is even bigger and better this year. The competition’s main focus is still on empowering high-school girls, but from this year it also…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-reaches-out-less-privileged-learners
NWU reaches out to less privileged learners
Academics in the subject group Business Statistics and Operations Research of the North-West University (NWU) recently donated school shoes to less privileged learners at PHERA Primary School in Tsetse, a village on the outskirts of Mahikeng. Prof Elias Munapo, Prof Johannes Tsoku, Dr Kolentino Mpeta, Dr Martin Chanza, Ishmael Rapoo and Sharon…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/groot-brakrivier-se-groot-trots
Groot Brakrivier se groot trots
“Ek kan nie anders nie, ek is so grootgemaak Oom,” antwoord sy dié skrywer se pleidooi om hom op sy noemnaam aan te spreek. Dit is ʼn besliste weier van die sagaardige 17-jarige wat oorkant my sit op die Noordwes-Universiteit se kampus in Potchefstroom, wêrelde verwyderd van die gemeenskap van Groot Brakrivier in die Wes-Kaap, sowat 10 km noordoos…http://news.nwu.ac.za/great-pride-great-brak-rivier
The great pride of Great Brak Rivier
“I cannot do it, that’s how I was raised, Oom,” she replied to this author’s plea to address him by his first name. It’s a definite refusal from the legendary 17-year-old sitting across from me on the North-West University’s campus in Potchefstroom, worlds away from the community of Great Brak River in the Western Cape, about 10 km northeast of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/noordwes-se-drie-topmatrikulante-sluit-die-nwu-aan
Noordwes se drie topmatrikulante sluit by die NWU aan
Die top drie akademiese presteerders wat in 2021 in Noordwes gematrikuleer het, gaan in 2022 aan die Noordwes-Universiteit studeer. Francois Pieterse van die Hoërskool Ferdinand Postma in Potchefstroom, Michelle le Roux van Potchefstroom Gimnasium en Marlé Siebert van die Hoër Meisieskool in Potchefstroom gaan almal vir die duur van hulle…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-wests-three-top-matriculants-join-nwu
North West’s three top matriculants join the NWU
The top three academic performers who matriculated in 2021 in North West will be studying at the North-West University in 2022. Francois Pieterse from Ferdinand Postma High School in Potchefstroom, Michelle le Roux from Potchefstroom Gymnasium and Marlé Siebert from Potchefstroom High School for Girls will all be calling the NWU’s campus in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-mahikeng-students-shine-bright-during-annual-talent-extravaganza
NWU Mahikeng students shine bright during annual Talent Extravaganza
On Friday, 25 February 2022, the Student Campus Council (SCC) on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), hosted the annual student Talent Extravaganza with great success. The event – organised by the SCC’s Arts and Culture office – aims to promote a vibrant student life and to provide a platform for Mahikeng Campus students…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/kundigheid-kom-na-ons-mense-toe
Kundigheid kom na ons mense toe
Die Noordwes-Universiteit se Besigheidskool het hulle eerste Think Tank voor ’n lewendige gehoor in Somerset-Wes gehou waar die Minister van Finansies se nasionale begrotingstoespraak deur ’n paneel kundiges ontleed en bespreek is. Hierdie inisiatief vorm deel van ’n reeks skakeltoere wat die skool vir 2022 beplan het. Meer as 150 mense het die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/taking-expertise-our-people
Taking expertise to our people
The North-West University Business School held their first face-to-face Think Tank in front of a live audience in Somerset West where the Minister of Finance’s national budget speech was analysed and unpacked by a panel of experts. This initiative forms part of a series of roadshows that the school has in the pipeline for 2022. More 150 people…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-masters-students-passion-leads-book-about-wetlands
NWU master’s student’s passion leads to book about wetlands
Kirsty Kyle, a master’s student at the North-West University (NWU), has recently published an educational children’s book and, after receiving sponsorship for the printing, donated the books to under-privileged schools. The book, Discovering Wetlands with Piffy, Zenzi and Lucky, is published in isiZulu and English, and is aimed at primary…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/maatskaplike-innoveerders-kan-nou-digitale-storievertelling-gebruik-om-hulle-oplossings-te-deel
Maatskaplike innoveerders kan nou digitale storievertelling gebruik om hulle oplossings te deel
Danksy die bekendstelling van die Digitale Storievertellingspilpunt van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), het maatskaplike innoveerders nou ’n spliternuwe platform waar hulle oplossings vir hulle gemeenskappe se uitdagings kan deel. Befondsing wat van die Europese Unie se program Erasmus+ (https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities-under-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-innovators-can-now-use-digital-storytelling-share-their-solutions