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Siyabonga Nkonyane, Raphael Nunguiane, and conductor, Sipho Khumalo.
Award-winning UFS Qwaqwa Campus Chorale’s Siyabonga Nkonyane, Raphael Nunguiane, and conductor, Sipho Khumalo.
The past few months have been good for the UFS Qwaqwa Campus Chorale, as they managed to dazzle their competitors across the length and breadth of South Africa. 
“Our performances have improved quite a lot over the past two years; hence we can safely say that we can now compete with the best in the choir music fraternity,” said Siyabonga Nkonyane, a tenor-soloist conductor.

Notable performances

“We have become a permanent feature in the top-three choirs of all the competitions we have entered so far, and we can only improve from here. We dazzled the audiences during the Old Mutual National Choir Festival in Bloemfontein last year, where we won a trophy and a cash prize of R10 000. We continued our good performance during the Lengau Choral Music Association (LECMA) festival in Bethlehem in June this year, where we were placed third in the large category and won R25 000. It was the first time we ever competed in this category,” he said. 

Nkonyane further revealed that the choir took part in the South African Tertiary Institution Choral Association (SATICA) festival in July, where they were placed in second spot in the ‘Own Choice’ category. “It was tough in Port Elizabeth, as all the universities and colleges brought their best choristers to the competition. However, with the dedication of our conductor, Sipho Khumalo, and the support of the Campus Management, we managed to do the best we could.”

The immediate future

The choir will be competing in the 2019 Old Mutual National Choir Festival, which is to be hosted yet again in Bloemfontein from 25 to 26 October.

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Computer laboratory receives generous donation from the Dell Foundation
2008-05-12

The University of the Free State (UFS) recently received 200 computers to the value of R2 million from the Dell Foundation.

The computers will be used in the new computer laboratory, which is being built between the UFS Sasol Library and the Genmin Lectorium on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein.

The building will make ample provision for students who have to make use of a computer for study purposes.

Altogether 815 computers will be at students’ disposal in the new laboratory. On the ground level four rooms will be furnished with computers. Students will be able to have discussions in two of these rooms, while they can work in silence in the other two rooms.

Provision is also made for 18 group rooms, which will be furnished with a computer and big screen. These rooms can occupy seven persons and will be made available by means of a booking.

Lecture halls will be built on the second level, together with the group rooms. The largest of these will have 184 seats and can also be used as an examination hall.

Another hall with 170 seats and three with 40 seats will be available. Two lecture halls will be furnished with laptops on movable desks to enable students to work in groups.

Security cameras will be installed all over the building and strict security measures will be enforced.

The laboratory, with a total project cost of about R28 million, will be in use next year.

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Issued by: Lacea Loader
Assistant Director: Media Liaison
Tel: 051 401 2584
Cell: 083 645 2454
E-mail: loaderl.stg@ufs.ac.za  
12 May 2008

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