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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
NWU stel nuwe hoof en visekanselier aan
Die Raad van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is trots om die aanstelling van alumnus dr Bismark Tyobeka as sy nuwe hoof en visekanselier aan te kondig. Dr Tyobeka, wat as een van die voorste kernkragkundiges in die wêreld erken word, sal vanaf 1 Junie 2022 vir die volgende vyf jaar aan die stuur van die NWU wees. Hy volg in die voetspore van…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-appoints-new-principal-and-vice-chancellor
NWU appoints new principal and vice-chancellor
The North-West University (NWU) Council is proud to announce the appointment of alumnus Dr Bismark Tyobeka as its new principal and vice-chancellor. Dr Tyobeka who is recognised as one of the leading nuclear power experts in the world, will steer the NWU for the next five years, commencing on 1 June 2022. He follows in the footsteps of Prof Dan…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/geskiedkundige-versameling-werp-lig-op-die-lewe-n-duitse-interneringskamp
Geskiedkundige versameling werp lig op die lewe in ’n Duitse interneringskamp
Hulle is gevange geneem, van hulle geliefdes afgesny en saam met duisende ander in luisbesmette kampe opgesluit. Dit was die werklikheid vir talle Duitse mans wat tydens die Tweede Wêreldoorlog in Suid-Afrika en Suidwes-Afrika gewoon het toe die regering van die voormalige eerste minister Jan Smuts, hulle in interneringskampe aangehou het. ’…http://news.nwu.ac.za/top-ikateleng-learners-receive-laptops
Top Ikateleng learners receive laptops
With the world still facing the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the NWU and its loyal donors came together to make life a little easier for a group of talented, hard-working students. To assist our students with their studies, PPS handed over laptops to the value of R200 000 to last year’s top Ikateleng-learners who are now…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-introduces-new-sport-visually-impaired-students
NWU introduces new sport for visually impaired students
The North-West University (NWU) has included goalball – a sport specifically played by visually impaired people – in its 2022 sporting codes. On 25 February the South African National goalball champions team played a demonstration game on the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus to introduce the sport to students. According to Jim Molautsi, director of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/janco-voet-gebreek-maar-slaggereed
Janco: Voet gebreek, maar slaggereed
Van uitdagings hoef jy hom niks te vertel nie. Hy is immers ’n swemmer wat al sy provinsie, Noordwes, op nasionale vlak verteenwoordig het. Ure se sweet in die gimnasium? Geen probleem nie. Dit juis al die sweet in die water en met gewigte wat dáái paar skouers gebou het waarop sy volgende uitdaging, en sy volgende verantwoordelikheid, rus.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/janco-broken-foot-ready-action
Janco: Broken foot, but ready for action
You can tell him nothing about challenges. After all, he is swimmer who has represented his province, North West, at national level. Hours of sweating in the gym? No problem. In fact, it is all that sweating in the water and with weights that built those shoulders on which his next challenge, and his next responsibility, rests. The 18-year-old…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