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UFS Thought Leader series


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.


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New students start Governance Programme orientation
2010-01-21

The new students, who have enrolled for the Postgraduate Diploma in Governance and Political Transformation in the Faculty of the Humanities for this year, started their orientation session this week. The students attended classes on each of the modules with different lecturers as part of the session. There are 33 students who have enrolled for this programme. Pictured, from the left, are some of the new students: Mr G.M.P. Pholo, Mrs M.A. Mokhotho, Dr Tania Coetzee (Programme Director), Mrs M.F. Mogapi and Mr A.I. Samson.
Picture: Supplied

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