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NWU ready for 2022 academic year
The North-West University (NWU) hosted its official academic opening on its Mahikeng Campus on Friday, 18 February. Due to Covid-19 regulations, scores of other NWU staff and both new and returning students joined the event virtually. Executive deans from the NWU’s eight faculties also shared their recent successes and plans for the year ahead…http://news.nwu.ac.za/veteran-broadcaster-present-lecture-indigenous-language-broadcasting
Veteran broadcaster to present lecture on indigenous language broadcasting
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) research entity will be hosting a public lecture in hybrid format on indigenous language broadcasting on 17 March 2022. Dr Noxolo Grootboom, veteran broadcaster and retired SABC isiXhosa news anchor, will be giving her talk via Zoom while attendees will gather on the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/sona-2022-n-koersverandering-op-pad-na-ekonomiese-heropbou-en-herstel
SONA 2022: ’n Koersverandering op pad na ekonomiese heropbou en herstel?
President Cyril Ramaphosa het op 10 Februarie 2022 sy sesde staatsrede (SONA) gelewer sedert hy in 2018 tot die amp toegetree het. Dit was ’n toespraak waarvoor daar groot verwagtings was, en het ten doel om die algemene publiek en al die relevante belanghebbers in te lig oor die regering se vordering wat die afgelope jaar gemaak is, terwyl die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sona-2022-switching-gears-towards-economic-reconstruction-and-recovery
SONA 2022: Switching gears towards economic reconstruction and recovery?
On 10 February 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) since he took office in 2018. This was a highly anticipated address, and it is aimed at informing the general public and all relevant stakeholders on the government’s progress in the year that has passed, while detailing the plans and directives…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-sterrekyker-help-om-die-wonderlike-beelde-van-n-magiese-kosmiese-vuurwerkvertoning-vas-te-le
NWU-sterrekyker help om die wonderlike beelde van ’n magiese kosmiese “vuurwerkvertoning” vas te lê
Dit is vinniger as ’n oogknip, groter as ons hele heelal, en pulseer met ondenkbare intensiteit. Dit is een van die energierykste kosmiese gebeurtenisse wat tot op hede vanaf die aarde waargeneem en vasgelê is – ’n skokgolf wat oor 6,5 miljoen ligjaar strek. Om hierdie magiese “vuurwerk” in gedetailleerde beelde waar te neem en vas te lê,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-stargazer-helps-capture-spectacular-images-magical-cosmic-firework
NWU stargazer helps capture spectacular images of a magical cosmic “firework”
Faster than the blink of an eye, bigger than our entire galaxy and pulsating with unimaginable intensity, it is one of the most energetic cosmic events visible from earth observed and captured on record ― a shock wave that extends for 6,5 million light years. Observing and capturing this magical “firework” in detailed images took expertise and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/historical-collection-sheds-light-life-german-internment-camp
Historical collection sheds light on life in German internment camp
Willie du Plessis Taken prisoner, isolated from loved ones and incarcerated with thousands of others in lice-infested camps. This was the reality for many German men living in South Africa and South West Africa during the Second World War, when the government of former Prime Minister Jan Smuts held them in internment camps. A new donation…http://news.nwu.ac.za/veteran-broadcaster-advocates-all-inclusive-campaign-indigenous-languages-africa
Veteran broadcaster advocates all-inclusive campaign for indigenous languages in Africa
Phenyo Mokgothu It was a convergence of media practitioners, communication scholars, staff and students on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) as the legengary broadcaster and famous isiXhosa language news anchor, Dr Noxolo Grootboom, delivered a public lecture on indigenous language broadcasting. This public lecture was…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-elected-president-african-astronomical-society
NWU academic elected President of African Astronomical Society
Phenyo Mokgothu Prof Thebe Rodney Medupe, North-West University (NWU) academic and deputy dean for community engagement and stakeholder relations in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, has been elected as the president of the African Astronomical Society (AfAS). Prof Medupe was elected during the society’s General Assembly on…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-vanderbijlpark-campus-host-business-breakfast
NWU’s Vanderbijlpark Campus to host business breakfast
Zeno John The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Alumni Relations office, in partnership with the bhive Business Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), will host the annual NWU Alumni & Friends Business Breakfast on 25 March 2022. The event brings together various stakeholders, including alumni, staff, students, community members, local…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-rakes-awards-nominations
NWU student rakes in awards nominations
Phenyo Mokgothu North-West University (NWU) student and Setswana writer Lesego Motlhankana has taken the world by storm. Not only has he been nominated for the 2022 Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) Multilingualism awards, but he has also been nominated for the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) Awards…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-unpacks-inclusion-gender-and-violence-memory-sam-mbatha
NWU unpacks inclusion, gender and violence in memory of Sam Mbatha
Phenyo Mokgothu The North-West University (NWU) hosted an online seminar on human rights, mental health, hate speech, and gender-based violence on 22 March 2022 in honour and in memory of the late Sam Mbatha. Sam, an NWU digital marketer and member of the LGBTQI+ community, was brutally murdered on 17 June 2021. The seminar, titled “…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-invloed-van-skokke-oor-verskafferspryse-het-n-toepaslike-reaksie-vanaf-die-monetere-beleid
Die invloed van skokke oor verskafferspryse het ’n toepaslike reaksie vanaf die monetêre beleid nodig
“Met die oorkoepelende balans van ekonomiese risiko’s wat Suid-Afrika tans in die gesig staar, is die oordeel van die Monetêre Beleidskomitee (MBK) dat ’n 25-basispunt-styging tans die regte ding is, hoewel die toon en taal van die MBK-verklaring duidelik aanvallend was.” Dit is die mening van prof Raymond Parsons, ekonoom van die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/influence-supply-side-shocks-prices-needs-appropriate-response-monetary-policy
Influence of supply-side shocks on prices needs appropriate response from monetary policy
“Given the overall balance of economic risks currently facing South Africa, the judgement of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) that a 25 basis-point rise should suffice for now is right, although the tone and language of the MPC statement was distinctly hawkish.” This is the view of Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the Business School of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-versamel-medaljes-die-nasionale-kampioenskap
NWU versamel medaljes by die nasionale kampioenskap
Atlete van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) – voormalige sowel as huidige atlete – was op hulle allerbeste by Atletiek Suid-Afrika se senior baan- en veldkampioenskap wat onlangs in Groenpunt, Kaapstad gehou is. Hulle het ’n totaal van sestien medaljes in ’n verskeidenheid kodes gewen. Spiesgooiers Johann Grobler en Jo-Ané van Dyk het albei…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-rakes-medals-national-championships
NWU rakes in medals at national championships
Athletes from the North-West University (NWU) – both former and current – were in exceptional form during the recently held Athletics South Africa Senior Track and Field Championships in Green Point, Cape Town. In all, sixteen medals were won in a variety of codes. Javelin throwers Johann Grobler and Jo-Ané van Dyk claimed gold, as did 20 km…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-host-community-engagement-workshop
NWU to host community engagement workshop
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Management Sciences will be hosting a community engagement workshop on 22 and 23 June 2022 at its Mahikeng Campus. The aim of this workshop is to encourage and empower staff members to participate more effectively in community engagements projects. Various issues will be discussed during the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sasol-foundation-visits-nwu
Sasol Foundation visits NWU
On 4 May 2022 a delegation from the Sasol Foundation visited the subject group Chemistry on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus. The aim of the visit was for the new head of the foundation, Noxolo Kahlana, to meet and engage with staff and students. She was accompanied by Dr Bulelwa Keke, programme manager and Lydia Podile,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researcher-lauds-sa-laws-protection-womens-right-bodily-integrity
NWU researcher lauds SA laws on protection of women's right to bodily integrity
Over the past week the State of Nebraska in the United States of America (USA) has been engulfed in wide spread protest action over its highest courts’ anticipated appeal judgment. This decision will, once in effect, overturn its 1973 landmark judgment affording women the right to choose to legally terminate pregnancies. North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-receives-golden-key-award-community-service