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21 June 2019
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The University of the Free State (UFS) will be presenting the 2nd UFS Thought-Leader Series in cooperation with Vrye Weekblad as part of the Vrystaat Arts Festival.
Facilitator: Dr Max du Preez, Editor of Vrye Weekblad
Thursday 4 July 2019
Economic and Management Sciences Auditorium, UFS Bloemfontein Campus.
Two panel discussions will take place:
10:00
Panel 1:
How can we fix the South African economy and create jobs?
12:00
Panel 2:
How can we establish a pro-youth and entrepreneurship strategy for South Africa?
Panellists include:
Mr Prince Mashele, Executive Director at the Centre for Politics and Research, political commentator
Ms Annabel Bishop, Chief Economist: Investec
Prof Philippe Burger, Vice-Dean (Strategic Projects):Faculty of Economic and Management
Sciences, UFS
Mr Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist, Efficient Group
Ms Maryana Iskander, Chief Executive Officer of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
Mr David Abbey, Rand Merchant Bank
Prof Brownhilder Neneh, Head: Department of Business Management, UFS
Attendance is free of charge.
Enquiries: news@ufs.ac.za | +27 51 401 3422.
Executive members of ORSSA visit the UFS
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Here are, from the left: Prof. Pieter Blignaut, Prof. Hennie Kruger, Ms Marthi Harmse and Dr Anelize van Biljon. Prof. Blignaut and Dr Van Biljon are from the Department of Computer Sciences and Informatics at the UFS.
Photo: Supplied
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| The Department of Computer Sciences and Informatics at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently received a visit from Prof. Hennie Kruger from the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) and Ms Marthi Harmse from SASOL (Secunda). During this visit they had a discussion on operational research. Members of the Departments of Computer Sciences and Informatics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and Statistics and Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science at the UFS attended this discussion. Both Prof. Kruger and Ms Harmse serve on the Executive Committee of ORSSA (Operational Research Society of South Africa). |