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18 July 2018

The University of the Free State (UFS) will be presenting the fourth panel discussion in the inaugural Thought-Leader Series on the Bloemfontein Campus on 26 July 2018, focusing on the politics of land reform.  

Land reform is a subject of national importance, hence the UFS, as a public higher-education institution in South Africa with a responsibility to contribute to public discourse, seeks to present debates which hold the potential to influence the trajectory of the subject.

The panel discussion on 26 July 2018 follows the launch of the UFS Thought-Leader Series on 12 July 2018, when land reform and human rights, organised agriculture, and food security were discussed by various industry role players, as well as scholars from the UFS.

The programme on 26 July 2018 consists of a welcoming by Prof Francis Petersen, UFS Rector and Vice-Chancellor, after which representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance (DA), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Congress of the People (COPE), and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) will give their views on land reform and expropriation without compensation and whether or not expropriation without compensation is possible without endangering food security and economic growth.

The discussion will be facilitated by Lynette Francis, presenter and producer of the daily news and actuality talk show Praat Saam on RSG and anchor of Fokus on SABC 2.

The programme will start at 09:30 and will take place in the Equitas Auditorium, Bloemfontein Campus. 

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Department congratulates staff with their degrees
2007-05-13

The Department of Afro-asiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the University of the Free State (UFS) held a function where staff were congratulated with obtaining their degrees during the recent autumn graduation ceremony held on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. From the left, are: Ms Charity Morrison, who obtained a B.Sc. degree in Human and Social Dynamics, Ms Nikiwe Matebula, who obtained a masters degree in Language Practice (Language Management), Prof. Jackie Naudé (Departmental Chairperson) and Ms Annéli Machin , who obtained the degree B.Th. with distinction. Ms Machin was also awarded the dean's medal for the best baccalaureus degree student in the Faculty of Theology.
Photo: Lacea Loader
 

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