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Africa’s Empty Stomachs: Growing Hunger Across the Continent
The continent is ravaged by a host of factors inhibiting food security and is trapped in what a recent report by the World Bank calls “the perfect storm”. Its consequences are disastrous. The Covid-19 pandemic was followed by the war in!-->…
North-West University: School of Nursing Championing Nursing Education in South Africa
The North-West University's (NWU’s) School of Nursing recently hosted the quarterly meeting of the Forum for University Nursing Deans of South Africa (FUNDISA).FUNDISA, a registered non-profit organisation, acts as the national!-->…
North-West University: Public Lecture Explores Public Leadership and Governance in South Africa
The South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM) hosted a public lecture on public leadership and governance in contemporary South Africa on 14 September 2023.This public lecture was also a commemoration of!-->…
North-West University: Steady Borrowing Costs Boost Consumer Confidence
As was widely expected, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) again decided by a vote of three to two to continue to keep interest rates on hold, following a similar decision at the previous meeting of the MPC on 20 July.Prof Raymond!-->…
North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus Bodybuilding Team Achieves Excellence
The bodybuilding team on the North-West University’s (NWU's) Vanderbijlpark Campus has again brought home significant wins. The team recently participated in the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) National!-->…
North-West University Master’s Student Achieves Prestigious 2022 Founder’s Medal Award
Vickey de Villiers, a master’s student in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the North-West University (NWU), recently received the 2022 Founder’s Medal by the Economic Society of South Africa for the best master’s!-->…
North-West University Hosts Highly Successful Regional Conference on Sustainability
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Social Sciences played host to the successful Planetary Utilisation of Sustainability Strategies (PLUS) Southern African Regional Conference from 11 to 13 September at its Mahikeng Campus.The!-->…
North-West University Engineering Student Wins Top Prize in Optimization Modeling Competition
Hendrik Snyman, a fourth-year industrial engineering student at the North-West University (NWU), emerged as the victor in the recent Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA*) optimisation modeling competition.The competition,!-->…
North-West University: Student Team Excels in Solutions Challenge
A group of North-West University (NWU) students recently participated in an Industry Solutions Challenge at the Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC).For this challenge, postgraduate and!-->…
2023 Ernst Mach Grant Recipient Hails from the University of the Free State
Michael Skosana, a student on the Bloemfontein Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS), has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Ernst Mach Grant scholarship exchange programme at the University of Applied Sciences in!-->…