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Prof Bismark Tyobeka, a leading nuclear power expert, started his term as principal and vice-chancellor of the NWU on 1 June 2022. Read more about the man at the helm of the NWU.
NWU academic appointed as president of SA Association of Botanists
North-West University (NWU) academic at the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre, Prof Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, has been inaugurated as the president of the South African Association of Botanists (SAAB) during the annual SAAB conference that took place at the University of Limpopo earlier this year… Read more
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