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Economic Growth and Entrepreneurship for a growing South Africa

21 June 2019 | Story Lacea Loader

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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Invitation to the Dialogue between Science and Society Series

2013-03-15

Left, Letlapa Mphahlele, former Director of Operations of the PAC with Ginn Fourie, whose daughter, Lyndi, was killed in the Heidelberg bombing in 1993.
Photo: Supplied
15 March 2013

Invitation (pdf)

The office of Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela invites you to the first event in our Dialogue between Science and Society Series for 2013.

This event is entitled Forgiveness, Living Reconciliation: The Stories and the Scholarship.

The stories of forgiveness and reconciliation feature: Olga Macingwane, Jeanette Fourie and Letlapa Mphahlele.

Respondents are Dr Juliet Rogers from the University of Melbourne in Australia and Dr Deon Snyman, Chairperson of the Worcester Hope and Reconciliation Process.

Date: Tuesday 19 March 2013
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Place: CR Swart Building, Senate Hall (Bloemfontein Campus)

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