Latest News Archive

Please select Category, Year, and then Month to display items
Categories
UFS News Media Release Research
Years
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Months
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Previous Archive
05 November 2019 | Story Lacea Loader
The term of office of the current Chancellor, Dr Khotso Mokhele (who has served two consecutive terms), will expire on 03 June 2020. The University has therefore commenced with the process of nominations for the election of a new Chancellor, who will assume duties on 04 June 2020, for a period of five years.
 
Council, at its meeting held on 14 June 2019, established an Ad-hoc Committee, inclusive of representatives from University stakeholders, to facilitate the process of the nominations for the election of a Chancellor. The Ad-hoc Committee will consider all the nominations and  submit its recommendation to Council, for consideration and decision, on the advice of the Institutional Forum.
 
In terms of the Statute of the University, only Council members may submit nominations. Members of the University community (staff, students and Alumni) who wish to submit a nomination must familiarise themselves with the requirements for the position and submit any nomination via members of Council.
 
Please note that the closing date for nominations to be submitted to the office of the Registrar is Friday, 30 December 2019 at 16:30. Late or incomplete nominations will not be accepted or considered.
 
Kindly contact the Registrar at registrar@ufs.ac.za should you require any further information or clarity.

Procedures for Nomination of a Chancellor
Nomination form



News Archive

The Olympic Games – then and now
2012-05-04

4 May 2012

The first victory at the Olympic Games in the little Greek town of Olympia was recorded in the year 776 B.C. For the next 1 000 years, athletes congregated to compete at Olympia every four years in August/September.

The 27th modern Olympic Games will commence in London, England on 27 July this year. Counting from 1896, the year of the first modern Olympic Games, this year’s Games should have been the 30th. However, the Games did not take place three times: In 1916 during the First World War and again in 1940 and 1944 during the Second World War.

Prof. Louise Cilliers of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies will look at certain aspects of the ancient Olympic Games and compare them with the nature of the items and the records of today in a lecture titled “The Olympic Games – then and now” on Tuesday 8 May 2012.

Numerous questions will be discussed, such as what the nature of the records are that were held in the absence of stop watches and standard distances, why the games were held in August/September from the start, what the differences are between ancient and modern items, where all the symbols that have become associated with the Olympic Games came from, and if Baron de Coubertin was right in his glorifying of amateur sport during the ancient times.

  • Place: Senate Hall (CR Swart Building)
  • Time: 19:00 to 20:00
     

We use cookies to make interactions with our websites and services easy and meaningful. To better understand how they are used, read more about the UFS cookie policy. By continuing to use this site you are giving us your consent to do this.

Accept