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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.
Annual Theological day
2006-02-17
The annual Theological day of the University of the Free State's (UFS) Faculty of Theology took place recently. The subject, Does the Bible still provide moral guidance about issues such as homosexuality?, drew wide interest.
Some of the speakers included from the left Prof Francois Tolmie (Head: Department New Testament at the UFS), Prof Hermie van Zyl (Dean: Faculty of Theology at the UFS), Dr Fanus Erasmus (Chairperson: Curatory of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Free State), Prof Ettiene De Villiers (Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics at the University of Pretoria) and Dr Marius Terblanche (senior lecturer from the UFS Department of Old Testament).