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How SA can beat the overtourism trap
Oct 10, 2025 - Man the gates, the tourists are coming! Popular European destinations such as Barcelona, Paris and Venice are being laid to siege by an unrelenting influx of tourists, prompting residents to take to the streets in protest, sometimes disruptively so. It is a tourism meltdown, and an untenable situation for those living in the very cities tourists…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africas-great-municipal-experiment
South Africa’s great municipal experiment
Oct 10, 2025 - South Africa is preparing the most sweeping reconfiguration of local government since 1996. Velenkosini Hlabisa, the minister of co-operative governance and traditional affairs (CoGTA), has unveiled a plan to reduce dysfunction, shore up finances and restore public trust in the country’s 257 municipalities. At least 35 of these are now deemed…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-bismark-tyobeka-starlink-should-shine-sas-skies
Prof Bismark Tyobeka: Starlink should shine in SA’s skies
Oct 10, 2025 - As Starlink’s vast constellation of satellites traverse the sky in low-Earth orbit, they evoke wonder and awe in those gazing up at the night heavens. Science fiction has become technological reality. Yet, for South Africans, the benefits remain as distant as the stars beyond our solar system. Here is why. Elon Musk’s satellite internet venture…http://theology.nwu.ac.za/af/theology/sluitingsdatums-vir-honneursaansoeke
Sluitingsdatums vir honneursaansoeke
Oct 09, 2025 - .title-heading { display: none; } Sluitingsdatum vir honneursaansoeke vir 2026: HONS BA (Antieke Tale): 31 Okt 2025 BTH HONS (Baccalaureus Theologiae Hons): 31 Okt 2025 Rig navrae aan: Antoinett Moerdyk 018 299 1847 Doen hier aansoekhttp://theology.nwu.ac.za/theology/closing-dates-honours-applications
Closing dates for honours applications
Oct 09, 2025 - .title-heading { display: none; } Closing dates for honours applications for 2026: HONS BA (Ancient Languages): 31 Oct 2025 BTH HONS (Bachelor of Theology Hons): 31 Oct 2025 Contact details for more information: Antoinett Moerdyk 018 299 1847 How to applyhttp://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/climate-change-air-quality-and-impacts/research-team-staff
Research Team - Staff
Jul 04, 2024 - Prof Stuart Piketh School for Geo- and Spatial Sciences | Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management View profile Prof Stuart Piketh obtained his PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000 where he also worked as a Reeder and Director of the Climatology Research Group until he joined North-West University as a…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/climate-change-air-quality-and-impacts/research-team-interns
Research Team - Interns
Feb 06, 2024 - Oarabile Masekwameng Mantlhwa Oarabile Louisa Masekwameng became a member of the Climatology Research Group at North-West University in January 2024. Holding an Honorary Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/climate-change-air-quality-and-impacts/research-team-students
MSc Students
Jan 25, 2024 - Leandri Wessels MSc Student "Correlating biological soil crust communities with atmospheric conditions in the Namib desert" Lerato Tshisi MSc Student "Modelling ambient vehicle emissions in Zamdela using AERMOD" Gabriel Khumalo-Louw…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/climate-change-air-quality-and-impacts/research-projects
Research Projects
Aug 11, 2021 - Ongoing research projects WRC Project - Current status and future predicted distribution patterns of bilharzia transmitting snails and implications for vector-borne diseases in South Africa. 1 April 2020 –31 March 2023 Background Climate change is predicted to severely affect both aquatic ecosystems by changing…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/climate-change-air-quality-and-impacts/research-publications
Research Publications
Apr 07, 2022 - Chronological list of all publications Peer reviewed Journal Publications [accordion] Prof Roelof Burger Adesina, J.A., Piketh, S.J., Qhekwana, M., Burger, R.P. and Mkhatshwa, G., 2022: Assessment of criteria pollutants contributions from coal-fired plants and domestic solid fuel combustion at the South African…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/ad-vivendum/fnas-liaison-officer-out-office
FNAS LIAISON OFFICER OUT OF OFFICE
Jan 26, 2022 - The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences' Liaison Officer is currently on leave. Please see relevant contact information below should you require assistance before her return to the office. R&O PROGRAMME/INFORMATION/PLANNING: Mr Leroux Malan (Leroux.Malan@nwu.ac.za) …http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/registration-and-orientation/fnas-course-details
FNAS Course Details
Jan 10, 2023 - FNAS offers a range of programmes. Please find the degree and programme that you should register for on this page. Each programme listed on this page includes a full list of modules for every year level and every semester of the programme. Please ensure that you register for all modules listed in your programme's relevant year, and that you…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/babalola-laboratory/ongoing-projects
Ongoing Projects
Jun 27, 2024 - Improving soybean yield and drought tolerance in South Africa. 2023-2025 (Project number: CRP/ZAF22-03)http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/babalola-laboratory/past-projects
Past Projects
Jun 27, 2024 - Application of hypervirulent bioinoculants to combat Striga: toward parasitic witchweed management in maize farmlands. 2021-2023 Rhizobacteria exploitation as biofertilizer to reduce droughts stresses on maize production. 2020/2021 Study of Zea mays and Vigna unguiculata rhizosphere diversity – premises for potential…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/babalola-laboratory/completed-research
Completed Research
Jun 23, 2022 - [accordion] [A] IN THE AREA OF PLANT GROWTH-PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA (PGPR) We identified PGPR in a shorter number of days as compared to several months of field trials increased the agronomic characteristics of plants, e.g., maize (Alori et al., 2019 The Open Agric. J.). PGPR are valuable tools that could be used to develop bio-…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/babalola-laboratory/publications
Publications
Jun 28, 2024 - For a full list of publications, click here [accordion] 2024 Babalola OO*, Enagbonma BJ (2024) Dataset of amplicon metagenomic assessment of barley rhizosphere bacteria under different fertilization regimes Data in Brief 52:109920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109920 Adeniji AA, Ayangbenro AS, Babalola OO* (2024)…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/paa/3MC-Course