13 November 2020
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Story Nitha Ramnath
POST-COVID-19, POST-CRISIS: PREDICTIONS FOR 2021
As a public higher-education institution in South Africa with a responsibility to contribute to public discourse, the University of the Free State (UFS) will be presenting the third UFS Thought-Leader Series in collaboration with
Vrye Weekblad as
part of the
Vrystaat Literature Festival’s online initiative,
VrySpraak-digitaal.
This year, higher-education institutions globally are situated within a challenging context of COVID-19. Aware of, and grounded in the reality that the world will not return to the normality of pre-COVID-19, our responsibility as scholars still remains
to contribute to public discourse and offer innovative solutions that will impact the lives of people nationally and globally to help them understand and adapt to a new world order.
Against this background and context, this year’s debates focus on
Post-COVID-19, Post-Crisis with
Health and Modelling,
the Economy,
Politics, and Predictions for 2021 as the sub-themes. Placed within
a COVID-19 context and in lieu of the Free State Arts Festival, the series will be presented virtually from August 2020 to December 2020.
Fourth webinar presented on 2 December 2020
The political and economic landscape in South Africa was in a logjam before the COVID-19 pandemic. What is likely to happen politically and economically in South Africa in 2021?
What needs to happen to get South Africa on the path to recovery?
Date: 2 December 2020
Topic: Post-COVID-19, Post-Crisis: Predictions for 2021
Time: 12:30-14:00
Facilitator:
Introduction and welcome:
Rector and Vice-Chancellor, UFS
Panellists:
President: Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)Read Biography
SARChI Research Chair in City-Region Economies at the UFS
Executive Director: Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)