Latest News Archive
Please select Category, Year, and then Month to display items
03 April 2018
Photo Google royalty free images
Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela.
Known to many as the Mother of the Nation, Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela has died at the age of 81 on Monday 2 April 2018. She passed away after a period of illness that saw her in and out of hospital.
In honour of this struggle icon, the University of the Free State will fly its flags half-mast as a symbol of respect.
The university conveys its condolences to the family and friends of the late Ms Madikizela-Mandela.
The contributions made by Mama Winnie in the struggle against apartheid will live on, and the world will treasure her fierce spirit forever.
Rest in peace Mbokodo, Mother of the Nation.
Programme for Governance and Political Transformation
2006-01-25
The Programme for Governance and Political Transformation, presented by the Department of Political Science at the University of the Free State (UFS), commenced this week. The opening address was delivered by Mr Caska Mokitlane, MEC for Agriculture in the Free State.
From the left: Prof Gerhardt de Klerk (Dean: Faculty of the Humanities at the UFS), Prof André Duvenhage (Programme Director of the Programme for Governance and Political Transformation and associated to the UFS Department Political Science), Mr Mokitlane, Dr Tania Coetzee (lecturer in the Programme for Governance and Political Transformation) and Mr Solomon Mathibela (student in the Programme for Governance and Political Transformation).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs