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UFS Thought Leader series


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.


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Staff attend arts management symposium
2008-02-11

 

Staff from the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Department of Drama and Theatre Arts recently attended the South African Arts Management Symposium, held at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town. Topics such as programmatic and institutional marketing, fund-raising, and strategic planning were discussed by Mr Michael Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at the Kennedy Institute in the United States of America. Here are, from the left: Ms Emmie van Wyk (Lecturer in Arts Management at the UFS Department and Drama and Theatre Arts), Mr Kaiser, Mr Chris de Bruyn (Manager at the Institute for Arts Management and Development, North-West University), and Mr Thys Heydenrych (Lecturer at the UFS Department of Drama and Theatre Arts).
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