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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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Department of Architecture presents the 19th Sophia Grey Memorial Lecture
2007-09-04
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The 19th Sophia Grey Memorial Lecture of the University of the Free State's (UFS) Department of Architecture was recently presented by Prof. Jo Noero, an architect known for designing many community-based projects in South Africa. His lecture was titled: The expedient and the ethical, the everyday and the extraordinary. The department also presented a mini congress with architects such as Jonathan Jacobson, Henri Comrie and Michiel Cohen as guest speakers. At the lecture were, from the left: Prof. Noero, Nellis Beyers (third-year student in Architecture), Lieze Swart (third-year student in Architecture) and Prof. Jan Smit (Departmental Chairperson of the Department of Architecture).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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