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16 August 2018

A public participation process regarding the review of the MT Steyn statue’s position in front of the Main Building on the Bloemfontein Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS) is currently underway.
 
The process specifically addresses the removal, relocation, reinterpretation, and retaining of the statue and is part of the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) required by the Free State Provincial Heritage Resource Authority (FSPHRA).
 
The review process includes opportunities for members of the university community and the public to make oral submissions regarding the position of the statue at the following venues:
 
South Campus:

22 August 2018
14:00 to 16:00
Ukubizana Hall

Bloemfontein Campus:

23 August 2018
11:00 to 13:00
18:00 to 20:00
Centenary Complex
            
Qwaqwa Campus:

29 August 2018
11:00 to 13:00
Rolihlahla Mandela Hall

More information about the HIA is available here.
 
Comments about the position of the statue can be sent to news@ufs.ac.za
 
The public participation process will end on 9 September 2018.

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ANC Centenary Seminar on "The African National Congress and the International Community, 1960 to 1990"
2011-10-19

Prof. Stephen Ellis, a historian by profession who holds the Desmond Tutu chair in the Faculty of Social Science at the Free University Amsterdam and also senior researcher at the African Studies Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands, is soon to deliver a paper titled The African National Congress and the International Community, 1960 to 1990 at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, during the next session of the ANC Centenary Seminar hosted by the Centre for Africa Studies.

  • Date: 24 October 2011
  • Time: 18:00
  • Venue: CR Swart Senate Hall
For more information please contact Ms Kamo Dipico at telephone 051 401 3121, fax 051 401 9676 or email dipicokk@ufs.ac.za

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