Hunting is a multi-billion Rand business
Hunting as a revenue sector in South Africa is worth billions, with local hunters spending approximately R11,6 billion per year. This is according to a recent study conducted by Prof Peet van der Merwe and the late Prof Melville Saayman from Tourism, Research and Environment and Economics Society (TREES) at the North-West University (NWU).…
New cabinet may be a positive economic message for business and markets
“Given the inevitable balance of political forces driving the shape and size of the new cabinet, the broad economic message emerging from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reconfigured and leaner cabinet is potentially a very positive one for business and the markets.” This is according to Prof Raymond Parsons, well-known economist and academic…
GeeXpo 2019: gee wiskunde, wetenskap en IT ’n kans
Die aftelling na die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se GeeXpo het begin, en skole regoor sentraal-Suid-Afrika word genooi om aan die jaarlikse ekspo vir wiskunde, wetenskap en inligtingstegnologie deel te neem. Hierdie jaar se GeeXpo word vir die sewende agtereenvolgende jaar deur die Fakulteit Natuur- en Landbouwetenskappe op die NWU se kampus…
GeeXpo 2019: give maths, science and IT a try
The countdown to the North-West University’s (NWU’s) GeeXpo has begun, and schools across central South Africa are invited to take part in the annual mathematics, science and information technology expo. This year’s rendition of GeeXpo will see the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences on the NWU’s campus in Vanderbijlpark host the much…
Nagraadse studente loer agter die skerms van toegepaste mikro-ekonomie
Jy kan nie tydens ’n akademiese lesing leer hoe om fiets te ry nie, dus is daar altyd ’n behoefte aan praktiese sowel as professionele ervaring. Só sê Jacques de Jongh, ’n lektor in die Skool vir Ekonomiese Wetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark. Jacques is van mening dat akademiese leer saam met…
Postgraduate students peek behind the curtain of applied microeconomics
You can’t learn how to ride a bicycle during an academic lecture, hence the need for both practical and professional experience. This is according to Jacques de Jongh, a lecturer in the School of Economic Sciences at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. Jacques is of the opinion that academic learning together with…
Toppresteerdertrio deur internasionale vereniging vereer
Drie studente van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark het onlangs die verhoog betree as Taktoekenningswenners van die toonaangewende Golden Key Internasionale Erevereniging. Ammaarah Abba, Tendai Mavhungu en Salome Mofokeng se individuele akademiese prestasies, werksverantwoordelikhede, buitemuurse aktiwiteite,…
Top performing trio applauded by international honour society
Three students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently took to the stage as Chapter Award winners of the prestigious Golden Key International Honour Society. Ammaarah Abba, Tendai Mavhungu and Salome Mofokeng each received the highest honour within the Vanderbijlpark Campus Chapter, based on their individual…
NWU Human Capital Summit to focus on 4th Industrial Revolution
On 11 and 12 July 2019, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management will be hosting its annual Human Capital Summit. This year will see the third rendition of the summit taking place at the NWU’s campus in Mahikeng. The summit is aimed at all industrial psychology and human resource…
NWU Open Days: a chance to map your future
More than 10 000 prospective students and their parents attended the 2019 rendition of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) open days across its three campuses. This year the event took place on 11, 18 and 24 May in Potchefstroom, Vanderbijlpark and Mahikeng respectively. In his welcoming address Prof Dan Kgwadi, NWU vice-chancellor, said…
SARS lifts tax threshold: Taxpayers must be cautious
On Tuesday, 4 June 2019, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced that it has increased the tax return threshold from R350 000 to R500 000. Individuals earning less than R500 000 will not need to submit personal income tax returns (ITR12). “It is a large increase,” explains Prof Herman Viviers from the North-West University (NWU). “…
NWU Soccer Institute players to fly flag high in Italy
Two players from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Soccer Institute will fly the university and South African flag at the World Student Games in Naples, Italy from 3 July to 14 July 2019. Gift Mogorosi and Lindani Nkabinde were selected along with 20 players from across South African universities to represent the country as part of…
Thousands attend NWU career fairs
With about 6,2 million unemployed people between the ages of 15 and 64 years in South Africa, the North-West University (NWU) is determined to do its bit to decrease these alarming statistics. During the month of May the NWU Career Centre hosted five career fairs across the three campuses to expose students and graduates to potential…
Autism Symposium spotlights experiences of people with autism
The Institute of Psychology and Wellbeing at the North-West University (NWU) and Autism South Africa (A;SA) will soon host their fourth Autism Symposium. The symposium, which has grown into a national event, is not only for academics and professionals who work with autism, but also offers people on the autism spectrum the opportunity to share…
NWU IT: From humble beginnings to huge accomplishments
As Dr Cobus van der Walt slowly rises, the muttering in Room 305 is replaced by a quiet reverence. The former director of Information Technology at the North West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom commands the type of admiration reserved for those select few who have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of excellence. Today the…
Universities urged to aid UN goals
“Universities are becoming too vocational. There is too big a focus on jobs for today and not on jobs for tomorrow.” This according to Dr Geoff Scott, emeritus professor for higher education and sustainability at Western Sydney University in Australia. On Monday, 20 May 2019, Dr Scott delivered the 18th of a series of public lectures hosted…
NWU combines expertise to take sports development to new heights
It is a well-known fact that the North-West University (NWU) has delivered world-class international athletes such as Caster Semenya, Willem Coertzen, Elroy Gelant, Sunette Viljoen, Khotso Mokoena, Lood de Jager and Akker van der Merwe, to name but a few. All of these athletes were supported by the NWU’s High-Performance Institute and its…
NWU Engineering leaves a sweet, bitter and creamy taste
Final-year students from the School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) recently had the opportunity to show that their course entails much more than poring over their books. These aspiring engineers competed against one another to see who could produce the best beer, cheese or chocolate. Although…
Openbare lesing rig ʼn versoek vir Afrikanisering eerder as dekolonisasie
“Universiteite is omskep in “kinders van die dekolonisasiestryd”. So het prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni geargumenteer tydens ‘n onlangse openbare lesing op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark. Hierdie lesing was deel van ʼn reeks gesprekke in die soeke na die dekolonisering van die kurrikulum. Prof Ndlovu-Gatsheni het…