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29 March 2019
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Edward Kieswetter, newly appointed SARS Commissioner.
The Chairperson of the Council of the University of the Free State (UFS), Mr Willem Louw, extended a message of congratulations to Mr Edward Kieswetter on his appointment by President Cyril Ramaphosa this week as Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (SARS).
Mr Kieswetter served as Deputy Chairperson of the UFS Council from 2008 to 2014 and was Visiting Professor at the university’s Business School until 2018.
“On behalf of the Council and the university community, I wish Mr Kieswetter well in his work as newly appointed SARS Commissioner. It is evident that the high-level selection panel made an exceptionally good choice for this crucial position. Mr Kieswetter’s vast experience as former SARS deputy commissioner, his subsequent track record of transformative leadership, and his experience in turning around a large institution will serve him well in this new role,” says Mr Louw.
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Expert in Hebrew visits the UFS
2009-02-26
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Dr Jason Kalman, an expert in Classical Hebrew and Jewish Intellectual History, recently visited the Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the University of the Free State (UFS) to present a number of lectures. Dr Kalman is assistant professor of Classical Hebrew at the Hebrew Union College (HUC) in Cincinnati, United States of America. He and Prof. Jackie du Toit, professor at the department, have just completed a manuscript for McGill-Queen’s Press (Montreal, Kanada) about McGill University’s purchase in the 1950’s of cave 4 fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dr Kalman is a research fellow in the department. Here is Prof. Annelie Lotriet, head of the Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the UFS and Dr Kalman.
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