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NWU first to host disciplinary hearings online
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced courts and institutions across South Africa to embrace digital platforms with unprecedented haste – also for legal proceedings. Taking the lead, the North-West University (NWU) is one of the first institutions in the country to host their disciplinary hearings online. Student Judicial Services on the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/women-should-embrace-their-potential-and-not-doubt-themselves
Women should embrace their potential and not doubt themselves
After 17 years of well-earned experience at Lonmin Marikana Mining Operations and the South African Police Service, Boitumelo Mosikare (45) is no stranger to the security sector. She has now been seconded to act for a two-month period as senior manager of Protection Services on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus. Boitumelo is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hysa-nwu
HySA at the NWU
During the presentation of the budget vote of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) in the National Assembly on 24 July 2020, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, highlighted a number of flagship projects, also those dealing with Covid-19 challenges, including projects in which Hydrogen South…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-campaigning-assist-young-girls
NWU student campaigning to assist young girls
Carol Olerato Manyaapelo, a final-year political science student and member of the Student Campus Council on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, is running a campaign to empower girls as part of Women’s month. The campaign, “Bleed free”, aims to provide girls with sanitary products, which Carol strongly believes all young women…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sa%25E2%2580%2599s-lockdown-exit-strategy-level-2-good-news-country
SA’s lockdown exit strategy to level 2 is good news for the country
The widely expected and welcome decision announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa to move South Africa’s lockdown down to Level 2 is good news for the country, says NWU Business School economist Prof Raymond Parsons. According to him, the prolonged lockdown since March has had a devastating economic impact on incomes and livelihoods. “Level 2…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-business-and-global-economy-possible-solutions
Covid-19, business and global economy: possible solutions
While there is no way to tell exactly what the economic damage from the global Covid-19 pandemic will be, there is widespread agreement among economists that it will have severe negative impacts on the global economy. Economics professor from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Business School, Prof Ravinder Rena, was recently the keynote…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-host-virtual-career-fair
NWU to host virtual career fair
With the unemployment rate at an alarming 30,1% in South Africa, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Career Centre is pulling out all the stops to ensure that its graduates find employment. On 21 October the Career Centre will host a virtual career fair for all NWU students from 09:00 to 16:00. The career fair is aimed at exposing students to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/what-does-weather-hold
What does the weather hold?
We had an uncommonly cold winter that had our teeth chattering. Now, with spring in full swing, Hector Chikoore, an associate professor at the North-West University (NWU) who specialises in meteorology, climatology and climate change, looks back on the past season and gazes ahead at what the weather has in store for us. 1. Did we have an…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/een-keer-%25E2%2580%2599n-leeftyd
Een keer in ’n leeftyd
Dit was amper ’n ondenkbare prestasie. Dit was so na aan perfek as wat ’n bouler kan kom. Wat Graeme Pieter Bouwer, ’n alumnus van die Noordwes-Universiteit se Vanderbijlparkkampus, in 1991 reggekry het, was onwerklik. Toe hy by die Dick Fourie Stadion in Drie Riviere, Vereeniging teen die Meyerton Krieketklub geboul het, het Bouwer vyf…http://news.nwu.ac.za/once-lifetime
Once in a lifetime
It was an almost unfathomable feat. It was as close to perfection as a bowler can hope to get. What Graeme Pieter Bouwer, an alumnus of the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus, accomplished in 1991 was unreal. Bowling at the Dick Fourie Stadion in Three Rivers, Vereeniging against the Meyerton Cricket Club, Bouwer took five wickets…http://news.nwu.ac.za/policy-priorities-lie-urgent-economic-reforms
Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms
South Africa’s basic policy priorities now lie with urgently implementing overdue economic reforms and ensuring security of electricity supply to boost investor confidence, says NWU Business School economist, Prof Raymond Parsons. “The decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to leave the repo rate unchanged in the present economic…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-makes-difference-her-community
NWU student makes a difference in her community
It might be cliché to say, “it takes a village to raise a child,” but in reality it is true. North-West University (NWU) honours student in marketing management, Tshepang Mosokwene, knows this very well. Tshepang grew up in dire poverty, living in a shack in Evaton, but even after contracting meningitis she did not let her circumstances…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-soccer-institute-recreates-fan-experience-through-live-streaming
NWU Soccer Institute recreates the fan experience through live streaming
Covid-19 has revolutionised how businesses and other institutions are run. The sports industry is no exception and has been massively affected by the global pandemic. Even though the industry has been broadcasting sports events for more than two decades now, this has been limited to professional teams and clubs. The North-West University (NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-students-expelled
North-West University students expelled
Three North-West University (NWU) students have been expelled from the university during the past two weeks because of their illegal actions in two separate incidents recently. In the first incident, a final-year BEd student has been expelled from the university following a disciplinary hearing. The Disciplinary Committee ruled that the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-scoops-another-diamond-arrow-award
NWU scoops another Diamond Arrow award
Another year, another award for the North-West University! The university has scooped this specific Professional Management Review (PMR) Diamond Arrow award for the 10th consecutive year. The award recognises excellence in higher education within the Sedibeng district, which includes the municipalities of Emfuleni, Lesedi and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-mahikeng-campus-science-centre-receives-another-mobile-lab
NWU’s Mahikeng Campus Science Centre receives another mobile lab
The Science Centre on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus recently received its second state-of-the-art mobile science laboratory, courtesy of the Sasol Foundation. The mobile lab, which is fitted with science equipment, will be shared by several disadvantaged schools around Mahikeng in a bid to strengthen the teaching of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academics-investigate-why-african-language-newspapers-are-unstable-and-unsustainable
NWU academics investigate why African language newspapers are unstable and unsustainable
Dr Tshepang Molale, an academic in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Humanities, recently published a chapter in the book Development, Economics and Management, investigating the instability and unsustainability of African language newspapers. This chapter, co-authored with Dr Philip Mpofu, a postdoctoral research fellow in the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/dont-miss-these-two-new-exhibitions-nwu-gallery
Don’t miss these two new exhibitions at the NWU Gallery
Two new exhibitions are now available at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Gallery. Both exhibitions will be showcased from 11 April to 11 May. Staff and students who have access to the Potchefstroom Campus are welcome to view the exhibitions. Unfortunately access to members of the public is currently prohibited due to lockdown…http://news.nwu.ac.za/link-between-industrial-engineering-and-agricultural-sector
The link between industrial engineering and the agricultural sector
The agricultural industry is facing numerous and significant challenges. To remain competitive and sustainable, it needs to find ways to constantly improve. Industrial engineering can address a number of the challenges faced by the agricultural sector, but due to the lack of awareness and understanding of what the discipline…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-finances-during-covid-19