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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 Sasol Library will reopen tomorrow
2007-10-17

The University of the Free State’s (UFS) UFS Sasol Library will reopen again tomorrow (Thursday, 18 October 2007) after a limited fire broke out earlier this morning.

The fire broke out at 05:00 on a work site of a contractor that is carrying out maintenance on the library’s air conditioning system in the machinery room underneath the library.

Employees of the subcontractor were busy replacing the isolation of the air-conditioning when the fire broke out. An employee of the contractor died and one was seriously injured.

The contractor is working on the system at night in order to minimise disruption to library users. The building and books were not damaged.

“The UFS and the contractor exercised strict safety measures before the maintenance project commenced and regular safety training sessions are still presented to employees of the contractor working on the site. The latest training session was done on Monday, 15 October 2007,” said Ms Edma Pelzer, Director of Physical Resources at the UFS.

As a precautionary measure, the library will be closed for the rest of today because of the possible presence of fumes in the building as a result of the fire. A decision was taken to be cautious and to make sure that the air is clean before people are allowed in the library.

The Reitz Dining Hall of the Centenary Complex is available as a temporary study facility for students until 18:00 today. The library will be open again tomorrow (Thursday, 18 October 2007) during normal hours.

Ms Pelzer conveyed her sympathy to the next of kin of the person who died during the fire.

Media Release
Issued by: Lacea Loader
Media Representative
Tel: 051 401 2584
Cell: 083 645 2454
E-mail: loaderl.stg@ufs.ac.za
17 October 2007
 

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