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Bertie Jacobs
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NWU to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day
Phenyo Mokgothu
The Technology Transfer & Innovation Support (TTIS) Office at the North-West University (NWU) will be hosting events at all three NWU campuses to celebrate World Intellectual Property (IP) Day this year.
NWU’s Ikateleng on the up-and-up three decades later
After offering much-needed assistance to thousands of learners to get them ready for higher education, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Ikateleng project is going from strength to strength.
Ikateleng – which means to empower yourself – provides supplementary teaching in mathematics, economics, business studies, accounting, life science, physical science and English to high school students from Grades 10 to 12.
Understanding the world of homeless people suffering from mental illness
Phenyo Mokgothu
Globally, one of the main causes of street homelessness is chronic mental illness, and South Africa is no different. Researchers from the North-West University (NWU) have some recommendations on how the plight of these vulnerable people can be alleviated.
New grant to target global killer
Bertie Jacobs
Malaria is a global killer, a disease that destroys human lives and the economies of countries in which it thrives.
According to the latest figures by the World Health Organization (WHO), there were 241 million cases of malaria in 2020, with an estimated 627 000 deaths.
NWU residences go green
Mafumane Tlhapi
Non-fungible tokens: Why all the buzz?
Bertie Jacobs
A new acronym has entered our lexicon: NFT. NFT stands for non-fungible token, which, in itself, does not say very much. What NFTs are, is money. Big money. And it is changing the world of digital commerce.