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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.
Presentation on the future of SA agribusiness sector
2005-11-07
A presentation on the future of the South African agribusiness sector was recently held by the Agribusiness Chamber at the University of the Free State (UFS) on invitation from the UFS Department of Agricultural Economics. The presentation was sponsored by First National Bank.
Some of the guests attending the presentation were from the left Mr Olu Oyewumi (M Sc-student at the UFS Department of Agricultural Economics), Mr Dirk Esterhuizen (presenter of the talk from the Agribusiness Chamber), Ms Nonophile Nkambule (M Sc-student at the UFS Department of Agricultural Economics) and Prof André Jooste (chairperson of the UFS Department of Agricultural Economics).