Knowledge and Development: A Research Showcase for the Qwaqwa Region
Friday 2 September, Senate Room, Qwaqwa Campus
Session 1: Thematic overview
Keynote address:
Prof Maitland Seaman
Centre for Environmental Management, UFS
“What is special about the Thabo Mofutsanyana region?”
Dr Elias Malete
Principal, Qwaqwa Campus, UFS
“The Qwaqwa revitalisation process”
Mr Sam Fongwa
Centre for Development Support
“The ‘triple helix’: Linking Government, business and universities”
Mr Mafule Mokalobe
Office of the Premier
“ Why district planning matters to provincial development strategies”
Session 2: Environment and spatial planning
Mr Jaap Knot
Centre for Development Support
“No-till agriculture in the Eastern Free State: Prospects for success”
Mr Falko Buschke
Centre for Environmental Management, UFS
“Finding the perfect pathway: A trail guide for Golden Gate NP”
Dr Geoffrey Mukwada
Department of Geography, UFS Qwaqwa Campus
“A comparison of Eastern Free State IDPs: Where are the gaps?”
Prof Maitland Seaman
Director, Cluster on Water Management
“River health in the Eastern Free State”
Session 3: Business and Economic Development
Prof Doreen Atkinson
Cluster on Sustainable Development
“Tourism in Clarens and Bethlehem”
Mr Robert Alfonsi & Ms Merle Naidoo
Department of Computer Science/Department of Geography, Qwaqwa Campus
“GIS as a tool to promote district planning and partnerships”
Mrs Deidre van Rooyen
Centre for Development Support
“Social entrepreneurship in the Qwaqwa region”
Dr Alex Adjei
Department of Geography, UFS Qwaqwa Campus
“The potential of fair trade in tourism in Maluti-a-Phofung and Dihlabeng”
Session 4: Health and wellness
Dr Elsa Crause
Department of Sociology, UFS Qwaqwa Campus
“Interagency collaboration: UFS and Dept of Social Development in the Eastern Free State”
Dr Christo Heunis
Centre for Health Systems Research and Development
“HIV testing of TB patients in the Eastern Free State”
Adv Inez Bezuidenhout & Mr Iago Davids
UFS Law Clinic, Bloemfontein
“Free State Access to Justice Project in the Eastern Free State”
Mr Grey Magaiza
Department of Sociology, UFS Qwaqwa Campus
“Youth social entrepreneurship and poverty reduction in the Eastern Free State”
Dr Dipane Hlalele
Department of Education, UFS Qwaqwa Campus
“Creating sustainable rural learning ecologies”
Dr Lejone Ntema
Centre for Development Support
“Access to public services in the Free State by non-South Africans”