Annual SAVAH Conference postponed until 2021

In light of the Covid-19 outbreak, the South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH) board – under the leadership of Dr Alison Kearney – has announced the postponement of the 35th annual conference.

This year would have seen the North-West University (NWU) play host to the conference in September. The conference is now set to take place in…

NWU scientists intensify Covid-19 fight

 In the week the World Health Organisation warned of a “new and dangerous phase” in the Coronavirus pandemic, the NWU ramped up its efforts to fight the scourge.

On 17 June the university cemented a cooperation drive with the North West Provincial Health Department during the official launch of a comprehensive health screening and…

Exports and the coronavirus: South Africa in a catch-22 situation

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted all components of the economy – all sectors in terms of demand and supply, employment, investment, growth, confidence and exports.

An economist from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the North-West University (NWU) says exports are critical for economic growth and are recognised as…

NWU engineers walk away with international award for tackling Covid-19

An initiative from the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) was recently honoured with an international award from the Covid-19 Innovation Challenge of the United Nations (UN) Africa Innovation and Investment Forum 2020.

According to Jean-Paul Adam of the United Nations Africa Innovation and Investment Forum,…

NWU’s IT department creates Covid-19 Pre-Screening and Clinic apps

As the world continues to face the unprecedented challenges meted out by the global Covid-19 pandemic, many countries and institutions around the world are developing new and technological means of maintaining health standards and creating safe environments for people to interact in and go about their usual day-to-day business.

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NWU alumnus is one of winners the Africa-France 1 000 Entrepreneurs Challenge

North-West University (NWU) alumnus Sydwell Sihlangu and founder of Eco-Agro Enterprise Pty Ltd has been selected as one of the winners of Africa-France Summit and Digital Africa’s 1 000 Entrepreneurs Challenge competition.

Through the 1 000 Entrepreneurs Challenge, up to 1 000 African entrepreneurs are identified and invited to…

Well-being, performance and the challenges of modern life

 Is there really a problem?

The benefits of exercise, a healthy diet and a balanced lifestyle are undisputed in modern life, and the positive impact these have on well-being and performance is no secret.

Yet obesity and weight problems have reached epidemic proportions globally. According to the World Health Organisation, at…

Lockdown offers challenges to autists

 “The current coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have disrupted routines unexpectedly and overwhelmingly. This has caused concern across the world about the impact on the mental health of not only adults, but also of children.”

Hanlie Degenaar, a senior speech-language therapist at the Institute of Psychology and…

NWU’s Avuyile is flexing his muscles like childhood-hero Arnie

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Avuyile Ndzimela is living his dream of being a top bodybuilder, and in the process he is paying homage to his childhood hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in more ways than one.

Like his idol, the 21-year-old BA student in Public Administration and Governance at the Vanderbijlpark Campus not only shines in…

Covid-19 pandemic places goalpost dreams on ice for now

Like for so many sports people the Covid-19 pandemic has called a halt to the rugby dreams of the 20-year-old Hugo Scott of the North-West University (NWU). This crack scrum half of the first rugby team on the Vanderbijlpark Campus was, among other things, looking forward to representing the campus in the company of his older brother, Hardus (23…