In a process to ensure the safety of students and staff on the Bloemfontein Campus of the University of the Free State, the UFS is busy implementing access control measures. Access control will be implemented in various stages at the five different gates on the Bloemfontein Campus.

Access control at Gate 2 (Badenhorst Street) and Gate 4 (Furstenburg Street)

Date of implementation: 1 August 2014
Who are allowed to enter: Only valid card holders (staff and students).

• Process at the gate: Stop, hold your card no further than 20 mm from the card reader, the boom opens and you drive through.

Access control at Gate 3 (Wynand Mouton Drive)

Date of implementation: Estimated at end of October 2014
Who are allowed to enter: Students, staff and persons doing business on campus (the latter have to apply for a special access card)
Type of card: Current student or staff cards, as well as specially issued cards.

• Persons with business on campus include parents dropping or picking up their children for sports, as well as service providers such as architects. They can apply online and at Protection Services for valid cards (these persons will have to provide proof that they have business on campus).

Access control at Gate 5 (DF Malherbe Drive)

Date of implementation: Estimated at end of October 2014
Who are allowed to enter: Visitors, service providers, valid card holders.

Incoming traffic: Lane 1 for visitors and service providers. Lane 2 for card holders.
Outgoing traffic: Lane 1 for card holders. Lane 2 for visitors and service providers.

• All visitors to the campus will be referred to the Visitor’s Centre at Gate 5 to sign in. This include, among others, parents, family and friends of students, as well as conference delegates. Depending on the business they have on campus, visitors will only be allowed on campus for a certain period.

Access control at Gate 1 (Nelson Mandela Drive)

Date of implementation: End of October 2014
Who are allowed to enter: Valid card holders, buses and trucks, service providers.

Outgoing traffic: Lane 1 (furthest from the guardhouse) for card holders, buses and trucks. Lane 2 for card holders only. Lane 3 (nearest to the booth) for service providers.
Incoming traffic: Lane 2 and 3 for service providers. Lane 1 and 4 for card holders.

More about your card:

Valid card holders can use their cards to gain access to the campus. Existing staff and student cards are already equipped to be read by the short-distance card readers at the gates and are able to activate the booms. This will require you to stop, hold your card not more than 20 mm from the card reader, the boom will open and you can drive through. From 2015, staff and students will be able to purchase cards which are equipped with a microchip, allowing cards to be read at a long distance.

All gates, except Gate 4, will be equipped with long-distance readers.

All gates for motorists, except Gate 4, will also be equipped with a pedestrian thoroughfare on completion of the project. Persons using these pedestrian gates also need to use their cards to get access to the campus.