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Graduation season hits Qwaqwa Campus- Justice Tati Makgoka
Honourable Acting Judge of the Supreme Court ofAppeal, Mr Justice Tati Makgoka
Over 650 degrees, diplomas, and certificates will be conferred upon deserving Kovsies when the Qwaqwa Campus hosts its graduation ceremonies on Thursday 10 May 2018.

Graduands at both the morning and afternoon sessions will be addressed by the Honourable Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Tati Makgoka.

All degrees in the Faculties of Economic and Management Sciences and Education will be conferred during the morning session. The Faculties of the Humanities and Natural and Agricultural Sciences will have their turn during the afternoon session.

Among the degrees to be conferred will be seven PhDs and seven master’s degrees in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, and one PhD in English in the Faculty of the Humanities.

Three members of the current and seven from the 2016/2017 Student Representative Council (SRC) will be graduating.

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UFS to proceed with appealing to Supreme Court of Appeal regarding new Language Policy
2016-09-29

The University of the Free State (UFS) has been granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal against the High Court ruling setting aside the multilingual language policy adopted by Senate and Council in March 2016.

The university has asked the Supreme Court of Appeal for an expedited date for the hearing of the matter. The university had also asked the Constitutional Court for permission to bring its appeal directly to this court.

The Constitutional Court has, however, indicated that the appeal is not to be heard by the court 'at this stage'. The UFS is accordingly taking all the required steps for a hearing by the Supreme Court of Appeal first.

Further developments will be reported.

Related articles:
Judgement in the Supreme Court of Appeal about UFS Language Policy: 17 November 2016
Implications of new Language Policy for first-year students in 2017: 17 October 2016
UFS to proceed with appealing to Supreme Court of Appeal regarding new Language Policy: 29 September 2016
UFS to lodge application to appeal judgment about new Language Policy: 22 July 2016
High Court ruling about new UFS Language Policy: 21 July 2016
UFS Council approves a new Language Policy: 11 March 2016

 
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