NWU academic explores the effect of nuclear material on humans

Since the beginning of mining operations in the Witwatersrand basin, more than six billion tons of tailings have been produced. The average uranium concentration in these tailings is about 100 mg/kg, translating to over 600 000 tons of uranium oxide being exposed to the open environment.

This was highlighted during the inaugural…

Degrees should be more than mere licences to hope

Michelle Groenewald is an academic on a mission to make an impact. As an economics lecturer at the North-West University (NWU), she believes that curriculum reform should be a leadership priority for all role-players in higher education.

During the recent NWU Leadership Summit, Michelle joined several other high-profile speakers from…

NWU women shine at prestigious science awards

North-West University (NWU) women continue to shine during Women’s Month and their extraordinary achievements do not go unnoticed.

On 15 August a researcher from the NWU took home a South African Women in Science award and a student received the DST-Albertina Sisulu Fellowship award for her doctoral studies at the prestigious award…

NWU academic is passionate about multivariate analysis

North-West University (NWU) academic and deputy dean in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences Prof Ntebo Moroke voiced her intention to contribute to the literature on multivariate analysis methods during her inaugural lecture at the campus in Mahikeng.

Titled “On multivariate analysis of high-dimensional data”, Prof…

North-West University among top 5% universities in the world

The recently published rankings by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) indicated that the North-West University (NWU) is indeed climbing the ladder of world-ranked universities.

The NWU improved its ranking by close to 100 positions, moving from position 964 to 869, which sees it among the top 4,8% of the more than 18 000…

Why are so few South African women exclusively breastfeeding their infants?

Women all over the world know how important breastfeeding is, especially exclusively breastfeeding infants younger than six months old. Unfortunately, only 32% of South African women are doing it.

In light of International Breastfeeding Week taking place from 1 to 7 August and themed “Empowering parents, enable breastfeeding”,…

NWU celebrates National Science Week with talk on Mendeleev Periodic Table

The United Nations General Assembly, during its 74th Plenary Meeting on 20 December 2017, proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019).

As we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements by the Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev,…

NWU’s Prof Phaswana-Mafuya appointed to NRF board

The North-West University (NWU) prides itself on appointing academics that are not only the best in their fields, but are also dedicated to making a difference in society.

Proof positive of this, the Minister of Science and Technology recently appointed the NWU’s deputy vice-chancellor for research and innovation, Prof Refilwe…

Xena and this fish parasite have much in common

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Xena the warrior princess dominated television screens all over the world. She was known for her strong personality and loved for her feistiness and fighting ability.

So when Serita van der Wal, a master’s student at the North-West University (NWU), named a fish parasitic cymothoid isopod after…

Global warming is fuelling global inequality

Poor countries are becoming poorer as a result of global warming and more intense heat waves in the future will widen the inequality gap.

These are some of the research findings of Namhla Mkiva, a technical support staff member in the subject group Geography and Environmental Studies at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of…