NWU student announced a winner in SASA bursary competition
North-West University (NWU) honours student in business statistics Ketsane Benson Nkuna has been announced as one of the winners of the South African Statistical Association (SASA) Bursary and Scholarship competition for 2019. The NWU’s subject group Business Statistics and Operations Research officially handed over the award – a bursary of…
NWU celebrates international Open Education Week
Hosting several events, the North-West University (NWU) recently celebrated international Open Education Week from 2 to 6 March 2020. The global celebration aims to raise awareness and showcase the impact of open education on teaching and learning worldwide. The NWU’s Centre for Teaching and Learning and the UNESCO Chair on Multimodal…
Effective border control to curb Coronavirus
With South Africa’s third COVID-19 case confirmed over the weekend, a North-West University (NWU) academic believes that effective border control is needed to curb the further spread of the Coronavirus. Prof Muhiyatshombe Lukamba says a large number of health professionals are needed to screen each and every person in trucks entering South…
NWU-kundiges bespreek die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie
Suid-Afrika het sedert 1994 sy derde resessie beleef en negatiewe groei lê die land se reeds sukkelende ekonomie aan bande. Voeg hierby ’n daling van 1,4% in die bruto binnelandse produk, asook die droewige toestand van ons ondernemings in staatsbesit, en dit is duidelik dat die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie in ’n toestand van paniek verkeer.…
NWU experts to deliberate on the South African economy
South Africa has slipped into its third recession since 1994 and negative growth is hampering the country’s already struggling economy. Add to this a drop of 1,4% in the gross domestic product and the dire state of our state-owned enterprises, and it is clear that the South African economy is in a state of panic. With this said, two experts…
Moeder-dogter-duo gereed vir die akademiese jaar
Hulle mag dalk jare uit mekaar gebore wees, maar moeder en dogter deel dieselfde doelwit: om hulle onderskeie nagraadse kwalifikasies in die 2020- akademiese jaar te verwerf. Fatima de Abreu en haar dogter, Michaela Raymakers, het hierdie jaar albei by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) tougestaan om te registreer. Hoewel dit die eerste keer…
Mother-daughter duo ready for academic year
They may be years apart, but mother and daughter share the same goal: to successfully complete their respective postgraduate qualifications during the 2020 academic year. This year saw Fatima De Abreu and her daughter, Michaela Raymakers, both fall in line to register at the North-West University (NWU). Although it is the first time that…
Vry en gelyk: ’n kampusgesprek oor menseregte
Menseregtemaand word in Maart gevier om Suid-Afrikaners te herinner aan die opofferings wat gepaard gegaan het met die stryd om demokrasie in Suid-Afrika te bewerkstellig. In die lig hiervan gaan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), in samewerking met en die kantoor van die speaker van die Sedibeng Distriksmunisipaliteit en die Ministerie vir…
Free and equal: a campus conversation about human rights
Human Rights Month is commemorated in March to remind South Africans about the sacrifices that accompanied the struggle for the attainment of democracy in South Africa. In light hereof, the North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with the office of the speaker of the Sedibeng District Municipality and the Ministry for Women, Youth and…
Thanks Sanlam! Almost R10 million to strengthen NWU Ikateleng project
Although the North-West University (NWU) is dedicated to academic excellence and superior research, it is also committed to bettering people’s lives in the communities it serves. One way the NWU has been paying it forward is through its successful Ikateleng project that has been contributing to the development of discerning learners for the…
Celebrating the legacy of a struggle Icon
The North-West University (NWU), in conjunction with The Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation (DACSR) and the Ruth Mompati Foundation, hosted a memorial lecture to celebrate and honour the legacy of the late struggle stalwart Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati. The event took place on 10 March 2020 at the NWU’s campus in Mahikeng. Dr…
NWU academic appointed to Mental Health Review Board
The North West MEC for Health, Honourable Madoda Sambatha, appointed Prof Leepile Alfred Sehularo, an associate professor in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Nursing Science at the campus in Mahikeng, to the North West Mental Health Review Board for a second term. This appointment ,made in terms of Chapter IV (Four) of the Mental…
NWU honours outstanding lecturers
The North-West University (NWU) celebrated its best-of-the-best lecturers during its Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony (TEA). This annual event took place on 12 March at the Snowflake venue in Potchefstroom. Dr Deon van Tonder of the Faculty of Education received the coveted Distinguished Teaching Excellence Award (DTEA). Deon is the…
COVID-19 poses a clear and present danger to SA economy
“Market trends and other economic data confirm that the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) now poses a clear and present danger to the South African economy. The ripple effects from the economic dislocation elsewhere and the immense volatility in financial markets have already reached South Africa.” This is according to Prof Raymond Parsons, a…
NWU on the edge of enhanced understanding of the human brain
Despite some remarkable advances in the history of mankind, the functionality of the human brain remains a mystery. Wouldn’t the possibility to look into the human brain with high precision in a much easier way just be amazing? This has just been made possible at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP…
SADiLaR takes the lead in digitising establishing 11 national languages
Digitising South Africa’s 11 official languages could go a long way towards creating a truly multilingual society. Various projects are currently in progress at the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), located at the North-West University (NWU), to create digital resources for the country’s official languages. Benito…
Coronavirus – breastfeed to protect your baby
With the current coronavirus pandemic creating hysteria as far as it spreads, scientists have recently established that this virus has not yet been found to be transferred in breast milk. This mainly because breast milk has protective agents against infections. According to a recent study published in the medical journal The Lancet, all…
Storytelling the focus of 35th annual SAVAH Conference
This year will see the North-West University (NWU) play host to the 35th annual South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH) Conference in September 2020. The event represents a dynamic collaboration between SAVAH and the NWU’s research niche area, Visual Narratives and Creative Outputs (VINCO) in the Faculty of Humanities. The theme of this…
How SA could minimise heart disease deaths
Globally, heart disease remains the leading cause of death among middle-aged adults, accounting for 40% of all deaths. An alarming 80% of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries such as South Africa. This is one of the findings from the multinational Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, in which the North-West…