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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.
Thirty years of teaching translation studies celebrated
2006-03-09
Thirty years of teaching translation studies at the University of the Free State (UFS) were celebrated on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. A symposium with the theme One profession - multiple applications was presented to celebrate the occasion, as well as the fiftieth anniversary of the South African Translators' Institute (SATI).
Some of the guests attending the symposium were from the left Dr Anna-Marie Beukes (chairperson of SATI and lecturer at the University of Johannesburg (UJ); Prof Engela Pretorius (Vice-Dean: Faculty of Humanities at the UFS); Prof Philip Nel (Director: African Studies at the UFS) and Prof Jackie Naudé (Chairperson: Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language, and Language Practice at the UFS and Director: Programme for Language Practice).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs