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Lowered interest rates: a double-edged sword of economic impact
As was expected, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SARB reduced the repo rate by 0.25% from 6.75% to 6.50% on 17 July 2019.
“Most economic commentators predicted this decision, although the general feeling is that the reduction should have been at the end of 2018, and a 0.5% reduction at least,” says Prof Danie Meyer,…
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…
Inaugural lecture traces operational research back to World War II
Operational research (OR) is modern and highly sophisticated but its origins can be traced back to 1939 when the Royal Air Force began expanding the range of radar.
Prof Philip Pretorius recently took the audience on a bit of a history lesson on OR with his inaugural lecture on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.…
Uncharted waters await two NWU researchers
Two North-West University (NWU) researchers will navigate uncharted waters with their research, using fourth-generation cultural-historical activity theories (CHAT) to find solutions to the complex educational problems confronting South Africa.
Prof Elsa Mentz and Prof Josef de Beer from the research focus area Self-directed Learning…
Reduced interest rates is a positive move for SA economy
“The widely expected decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points, although minimal, remains positive for the economy.”
This is according to Prof Raymond Parsons, a well-known economist and academic from the North-West University (…
Exciting research to be shared at the Femmegineering celebration
The days of men dominating the engineering scene is still an evident and alarming fact. Despite an improvement in recent years, there remains a serious shortage of women pursuing careers in engineering. The North-West University (NWU) aims to change this - one semester at a time…
The NWU’s Faculty of Engineering will once again host…
Decolonisation of Afrikaans the topic of inaugural Christo van Rensburg memorial lecture
The first memorial lecture for Prof Christo van Rensburg was recently presented with great success on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom.
Prof Van Rensburg was one of the most well-known Afrikaans language experts and received the CJ Langenhoven prize for language science in 2018 for his work in identifying…
NWU’s Leopards Lair Competition: entry deadline extended
The North-West University (NWU) believes in the transformative power of entrepreneurship, not only in terms of a re-envisioned world of work, but also as a driving force of renewed economic growth.
With this said, the third annual rendition of the popular NWU Leopards Lair Competition provides students from across the NWU’s…
NWU invests in SA’s community-oriented primary health care
The North-West University (NWU) in partnership with the University of Pretoria will be training community health workers (CHWs) and staff from the North West Provincial Department of Health on community-oriented primary care (COPC).
The NWU’s Africa Unit for Trans disciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), under the leadership of Prof…