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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.
Sport Medicine Clinic
2006-08-02
About 80 people attended the Sport Medicine Clinic at the University of the Free State's (UFS) road running seminar that was presented on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. The guest speaker was Nick Bester, former winner of the Comrades Ultra Marathon and Iron Man Competition.

Attending the seminar were from the left: Ms Arina Otto (from the UFS Sport Medicine Clinic and organiser of the seminar), Dr Surita Viljoen (M student in Sport Medicine), Nick Bester and Dr Nicolas Theron (from Clinsport and speaker at the seminar). Photo: Leonie Bolleurs