Prof Elsabé Loots, full professor at the Department of Economics of the University of the Free State (UFS), delivered her inaugural lecture on growth and development in Africa.
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Attending the ceremony were from the left: Prof Phillippe Burger (Departmental Chairperson: Department of Economics), Prof Tienie Crous (Dean: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences), Prof Loots and Prof Frederick Fourie (Rector and Vice-Chancellor). Photo: Stephen Collett