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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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Conference on trafficking in human beings presented at the UFS
2007-08-20
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A conference on national and international perspectives on trafficking in human beings was presented by the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein today. Topics such as an international perspective and the role of organised crime in trafficking, identifying and assisting victims of trafficking and the role of witness protection in trafficking prosecutions were discussed. At the conference were, from the left, front: Mr Dawood Adams (South African Witness Protection Programme), Ms Judith Mthomben (Terre Des Homes, Pretoria); back: Ms Beatri Kruger (senior lecturer, Department of Criminal and Medical Law at the UFS), and Ms Susan Kreston (Unit for Children’s Rights in the Faculty of Law at the UFS).
Foto: Leonie Bolleurs
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