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NWU researcher offers new considerations for Pharmaceutical Quality Control Labs
The impact of the international Covid-19 pandemic is severe and it remains the responsibility of all to prevent the spread of this virus. This impact has clearly been detected in the workplace – with specific reference to the Pharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratory (PQCL) – where increased rates of worker absenteeism, downsizing in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-receive-sought-after-prize-atkv
Researchers receive sought-after prize from ATKV
Two researchers from the North-West University (one posthumously) were awarded a prestige ATKV-SA Academy prize for an article that appeared in the South African Journal for Natural Sciences and Technology (Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie) in 2018. Dr Christine Taljaard-Krugell and Prof Este Vorster from the Faculty…https://news.nwu.ac.za/tanya-was-born-create
Tanya was born to create
Tanya van Deventer, a 23-year-old Master of Arts student in Graphic Design from the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus, was over the moon when her design was chosen as one of three to grace the Nescafé Ricoffy tins. South Africans were given the opportunity to design a “Proudly me” Nescafé Ricoffy limited edition label. All the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/world-prematurity-day-2020-%25E2%2580%2593-turn-awareness-action
World Prematurity Day 2020 – turn awareness into action
For the past 10 years every 17 November is observed as World Prematurity Day. This day aims to highlight and raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide. In South Africa 15% of all births, which equates to one in seven babies, are born preterm. Premature birth is the leading cause of death…https://news.nwu.ac.za/us-president-elect-joe-biden-%25E2%2580%2593-possible-economic-implications-sa-and-world
US President-elect Joe Biden – possible economic implications for SA and the world
“The election of Joe Biden as United States (US) president-elect could eventually create an opportunity for South Africa to buttress its economic narrative with the US from both a trade and an investment point of view.” This is according to Prof Raymond Parsons, economist at the North-West University (NWU) Business School. He says that while…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/lang-en-moeilike-pad-om-die-suid-afrikaanse-lugdiens-reg-te-ruk
Lang en moeilike pad om die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens reg te ruk
Die Noordwes-Universiteit se Ofentse Mokwena, ʼn vervoerekonoom, gooi sy blik op die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) se finansiële- en bedryfstreuermare en gee ook sy voorstel vir oplossings. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) het verborge kwesbaarhede gehad toe dit tot in die middel-2000’s deel van Transnet Bpk. was. Voor daardie tyd is dit in ’n…https://news.nwu.ac.za/long-and-lean-road-reviving-south-african-airways
Long and lean road to reviving South African Airways
lign="center">The North-West University’s Ofentse Mokwena, a transport economist, takes a look at South African Airways’ dire financial and management situation. He also elucidates on some possible solutions. South African Airways (SAA) had hidden vulnerabilities while it was in Transnet Ltd up to the mid-2000s. But leading up to that, it…https://news.nwu.ac.za/successful-year-nwu-career-centre
A successful year for the NWU Career Centre
This year the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Career Centre hosted two very successful virtual career fairs. During the virtual events hosted on 5 August and 21 October, more than 2 000 students engaged with various employers regarding their careers. PWC, Ernst and Young, Total Petroleum, Bowmans law firm, Vodacom, and 40 other companies…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-navorsingsgroep-lewer-%25E2%2580%2599n-bydrae-tot-internasionale-vo%25C3%25ABlstudie
NWU-navorsingsgroep lewer ’n bydrae tot internasionale voëlstudie
Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se navorsing oor die genetiese data van dwergpapegaaie, oftewel lovebirds (genus Agapornis), is by ’n omvattende internasionale voëlstudie ingesluit. Nege dwergpapegaaispesies kom inheems in Afrika en Madagaskar voor. Hierdie navorsing het ook gelei tot ’n patent en die moontlike kommersialisering van ’n…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-research-group-contributes-international-bird-study
NWU research group contributes to international bird study
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) research on the genetic data of the nine lovebird species (genus Agapronis) that are native to Africa and Madagascar has been included in a comprehensive international bird study. This research has also led to a patent and the possible commercialisation of a genomic test developed by the NWU that will be of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-cameron-going-places
Prof Cameron is going places
For the past two years Prof Cameron Modisane, a North-West University (NWU) alumnus, has been breaking boundaries. After obtaining his PhD in 2019 from the NWU’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Prof Modisane became the first black person under the age of 35 to have a PHD in accounting in South Africa. He has since been climbing the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-featured-next-generation-brave-nominee
NWU student featured as a Next Generation of the Brave nominee
North-West University (NWU) student Tebogo Matshehle Monogo has recently been featured as a Next Generation of the Brave nominee. The Next Generation of the Brave is a programme that encourages and supports current and aspiring health care professionals through a mentoring programme. It also aims to show appreciation for them being front-line…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-jiu-jitsu-maestro-dominates-virtual-tournament
NWU Jiu-Jitsu maestro dominates virtual tournament
North-West University (NWU) Jiu-Jitsu maestro Moses Radebe made a clean sweep at the recent virtual South African Jiu-Jitsu Kata competition. Moses obtained positions one and two respectively in the two virtual competitions that were judged by a panel from Brazil. Moses says due to Covid-19 the future of sports lies in collaboration. “…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cyber-security-awareness-nwu
Cyber Security Awareness at the NWU
The IT department at the North-West University (NWU) recently launched a series of online training sessions for staff and students at the university. Themes included mobile cyber security, remote working and cyber security and phishing. The sessions of forty-five minutes each included a quiz at both the start and the end of the sessions. We…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-disability-rights-unit-receives-assistance-visually-impaired
NWU Disability Rights Unit receives assistance for visually impaired
The North-West University (NWU) Disability Rights Unit recently received donations in the form of laptops and technology devices such as large-print yellow-on-black keyboards for the visually impaired. This follows the launch of a collaborative project – sponsored by the Sasol Social and Community Trust – between the NWU, the Department of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-boasts-three-players-provisional-protea-netball-squad
NWU boasts three players in provisional Protea netball squad
One North-West University (NWU) student and two alumni will represent the university when netball stars from South Africa and Malawi battle it out in a three-match series in Rustenburg from 26 to 30 November 2020. Former (NWU coach and current Protea head coach, Dorette Badenhorst, recently named the provisional squad of 30 players for the SPAR…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/node/26986
Rentekoerse onveranderd gelaat soos verwag
Prof Raymond Parsons, ekonoom by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Besigheidskool, sê dat die Monetêre Beleidskomitee (MBK) se jongste besluit om weer eens die rentekoers onveranderd te laat, te wagte was in die lig van die ekonomiese model waarop die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank (SARB) sy sake hanteer. “Die MBK het weer eens naelskraaps met drie…https://news.nwu.ac.za/node/26986
Interest rates left unchanged as expected
Prof Raymond Parsons, economist at the North-West University (NWU) Business School, says the latest decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to again leave interest rates unchanged was widely expected, given the economic model on which the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is operating. “Once again the MPC voted by a narrow margin of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/afgraderings-beklemtoon-noodsaaklikheid-om-ekonomiese-narratief-te-verander
Afgraderings beklemtoon noodsaaklikheid om ekonomiese narratief te verander
Die jongste besluite deur Fitch en Moody’s om Suid-Afrika se beleggingsgradering verder in rommelstatus in af te gradeer, is nie goeie nuus vir die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie nie. Prof Raymond Parsons, ekonoom by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Besigheidskool, sê dat dit weer eens die dringende behoefte beklemtoon dat Suid-Afrika sy ekonomiese…https://news.nwu.ac.za/node/26999