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Programme
Safety Week is approaching, and all members of the University of the Free State (UFS) and the broader community are invited to attend the series of events which is to take place on the Bloemfontein and South campuses from 3 to 6 September 2018.
Issues to be discussed include the handling of sexual assault, gender equality, mental health, personal and road safety. Representatives from, among others, the Sector 3 Community Policing Forum, South African Police Services, Mangaung Local Municipality, Embrace A Sister organisation, Next Chapter organisation, and the Gender and Sexual Equity office will deliver keynote addresses.
Bloemfontein Campus:
3–5 September 2018
12:30–15:00
Thakaneng Bridge
South Campus:
6 September 2018
13:00–15:00
Cafeteria area
Great prizes will be given away. Save the date, don’t miss out!
Renowned historian visits Department of History
2012-05-30
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| With Prof. Saul Debow (middle) are (left) Dr Jan-Ad Stemmet, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, and Prof. André Wessels, Head of the Department. |
Famed historian Prof. Saul Debow, from the University of Sussex, recently visited the Department of History. He gave a talk on South Africa's history of human rights. Prof. Debow, who studied at the Universities of Cape Town and Oxford, has published widely on the development of racial segregation and apartheid. His teaching and research concentrates mainly on the history of modern South Africa from the early nineteenth century to the present.