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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.
Programme in Language Practice presents lectures
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The University of the Free State's (UFS) Programme in Language Practice recently presented two lectures on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Prof. Luc van Doorslaer from the Lessius Hogeschool in Antwerpen, Belgium presented a lecture entitled: "Translation and the media: A not so obvious research combination", and Prof. Terrence Wiley from the Arizona State University in the United States of America presented a lecture on "Language rights in the USA: The role of the community in language preservation". Here are, from the left: Prof. Doorslaer, Prof. Jackie Naudé (Departmental Chairperson of the UFS Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice), Prof. Wiley, and Prof. Theo du Plessis (Head of the Unit for Language Management at the UFS).
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