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Belangrikste teikens moet bereik word om finansiële Dunkirk te vermy
“Die belangrikste ekonomiese en fiskale teikens in die Begroting moet bereik word en groeibeleide moet geïmplementeer word as Suid-Afrika nog ʼn finansiële Dunkirk later wil vermy.” Prof Raymond Parsons van die Besigheidskool aan die Noordwes-Universiteit sê die Minister van Finansies, Tito Mboweni, het ’n baie moeilike taak gehad om in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/key-targets-must-be-achieved-avert-financial-dunkirk
Key targets must be achieved to avert financial Dunkirk
“The key economic and fiscal targets in the budget must be achieved and growth policies implemented if South Africa still wants to avert a financial Dunkirk later.” Prof Raymond Parsons from the Business School at the North-West University says in the challenging economic circumstances, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni had a difficult balance to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineering-encourages-entrepreneurship-communities-through-i2p-lab
NWU Engineering encourages entrepreneurship in communities through I2P Lab
The Faculty of Engineering on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus recently added an Idea2Product (I2P) Lab to their technology arsenal. The I2P Lab is a national initiative funded by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). It was born from the DSI’s FabLab concept, but where the FabLab was mainly aimed at staff and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-through-famelabr-regional-competition
NWU student through to FameLab® regional competition
North-West University (NWU) MSc student Letago Kgomoeswana will represent the university in the regional FameLab® competition. FameLab® is an international science communication and public speaking competition, and gives young scientists a platform to share their science concepts with a public audience in under three minutes. The idea is to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-school-nursing-educates-communities-covid-19-and-vaccines
NWU School of Nursing educates communities on Covid-19 and vaccines
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Nursing in collaboration with the South African Police Service (SAPS), the Community Police Forum (CPF), and the South African Ministers Fraternal (SAMIFRA), hosted a campaign from 9 to 11 February to educate the community of Extension 39 in Mahikeng on Covid-19 and vaccines. This…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-het-sy-kapasiteit-bereik-geen-instapstudente-toegelaat-tydens-die-registrasie-van
NWU het sy kapasiteit bereik – geen instapstudente toegelaat tydens die registrasie van eerstejaarstudente nie
Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) sal nie tydens die registrasietyd vir eerstejaarstudente in 2021 persone wat nie vir toelating gekwalifiseer het nie, nie ’n aanbod om te studeer ontvang het nie, of dié wat laat aansoek gedoen het, toelaat om sy kampusse as sogenaamde instapstudente te betree nie. Die NWU het reeds sy volle kapasiteit…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-has-reached-capacity-no-walk-students-allowed-during-registration-first-year-students
NWU has reached capacity – no walk-in students allowed during registration of first-year students
The North-West University (NWU) will not allow persons who did not qualify for admission, did not receive an offer to study or who applied late to enter its campuses as so-called walk-ins during the registration period for first-year students in 2021. The NWU has reached full capacity for its 2021 intakes (in the various qualifications),…http://news.nwu.ac.za/standard-bank-honours-nwu-alumna-top-woman-lifetime-achiever-award
Standard Bank honours NWU alumna with top woman lifetime achiever award
North-West University (NWU) alumna Judge Yvonne Mokgoro received the Lifetime Achievement award during the 2020 Standard Bank Top Women Awards. Judge Mokgoro was recognised as a woman whose career is an inspiration and demonstrates resilience and hard work. Judge Yvonne Mokgoro obtained a B Juris degree in 1982 from the former University of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnas-dream-coming-true
NWU alumna’s dream is coming true
Tumelo ‘Melo’ Mthethwa, a North-West University (NWU) alumna, will be releasing a song with one of South Africa’s biggest female hip-hop artists, Fifi Cooper, and producer GreenFingures. The song titled “Dream Come True” is an emotional expression of a love so beautiful and amazing that it feels like a dream. It will be released on all digital…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-en-unesco-leerstoel-vier-oop-onderwys-week-met-prestigelesing-en-webinaar
NWU en UNESCO-leerstoel vier Oop Onderwys-week met prestigelesing en webinaar
Kunsmatige intelligensie (KI) is ’n belangrike krag agter die ontwikkeling van die Vierde Industriële Revolusie. Die impak gaan nie net beduidend wees op nuwe tegnologiese vorderings nie, maar ook oor die manier waarop onderwys en navorsing in die toekoms gaan plaasvind. Dit is waarom die UNESCO-leerstoel vir Multimodale Leer en Oop…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-study-how-indigenous-fruit-trees-can-benefit-food-security
NWU study: how indigenous fruit trees can benefit food security
“Indigenous fruits have long been collected from the wild for human consumption and other purposes. This concept of ‘one tree, many uses’ speaks to how indigenous fruit trees are valued for many things other than just their fruits.” This is according to Dr Abiodun Olusola Omotayo from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Food Security and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/malan-moker-die-lopies
Malan moker die lopies
Dit is amper presies twee jaar sedert ’n besondere talent tot sy reg gekom het. Janneman Nieuwoudt Malan het op 3 Februarie 2019 sy internasionale T20-debuut vir Suid-Afrika teen Pakistan op tuisbodem gemaak. Op net 22 jaar oud het hierdie jongman die grootmens-krieketwêreld betree. Die wêreld het sy eerste blik van Malan gekry, maar vir die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/malan-milking-runs
Malan milking the runs
It has been almost exactly two years since a singular talent fulfilled a lifelong promise. On 3 February 2019 Janneman Nieuwoudt Malan made his international T20 debut for South Africa against Pakistan on home soil. Just 22 years old, the boy became a man. The world had seen its first glimpse of Malan, but at the North-West University (NWU) he…http://news.nwu.ac.za/expert/markus-depfenhart
Markus Depfenhart
In 2004, Markus Depfenhart completed his medical studies and received his doctorate from the JWG University in Frankfurt am Main in 2005. He later underwent further studies in other subjects and so he now also holds a LL.M. in economic law and a PhD in business and economics. Among others he developed an algorithm for legal patent circumvention…http://news.nwu.ac.za/great-things-horizon-africas-science-students
Great things on the horizon for Africa’s science students
The sky is the limit for African students interested in a career in the exciting field of astrophysics, and if Prof Don Kurtz has his way, this will be much sooner than later. Prof Kurtz recently joined the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus as extraordinary professor, and has already hatched a plan alongside another world-class…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-kgotso-not-giving
NWU’s Kgotso is not giving up
At the age of 22, Kgotso Moroenyane has taken the lemons life has handed him and turned them into lemonade. The BEd student majoring in mathematics and physical science has not let the two chronic illnesses he lives with stop him from working towards his dreams. Living with two chronic conditions In 2016 Kgotso was diagnosed with a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lecturer-uses-information-technology-make-difference
NWU lecturer uses information technology to make a difference
Chuku Taole, North-West University (NWU) Information Technology (IT) lecturer and Vanderbijlpark Campus alumnus, is committed to making a positive and lasting difference in the Lethabo Power Village where he grew up. For the past few years, the former NWU Student Representative Council member, together with a group of former Pele-Ya-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-mahikeng-library-makes-studies-easier-undergraduate-students
NWU Mahikeng Library makes studies easier for undergraduate students
On 4 March 2021, the library on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus launched new additions to its undergraduate student commons. According to Tiyani Mabunda, the director for open scholarship, the new additions include a 24-hour study area with 178 seats equipped with power points which will enhance the current…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-receives-research-medal-education-association
NWU academic receives a research medal from the education association
Prof Christo van der Westhuizen from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Self-Directed Learning (SDL) research unit has been awarded the Education Association of South Africa (EASA) Research Medal for 2020. This award is made to established researchers who have contributed significantly to educational research in their field…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/suid-afrika-moet-sy-ekonomie-die-rigting-van-volhoubare-arbeidsryke-groei-laat-beweeg