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Izoshisa iKovsie Multilingual Mokete

 

“I have a voice.” | “Ke na le lentsoe.” | “Ek het ‘n stem.” | “Nginezwi."

See programme for more detail

Join in the festivities by listening to the live broadcast of the Mokete on KovsieFM and catching it live on http://livestream.ufs.ac.za




 


In support of its commitment to promoting a multilingual, multicultural environment for staff, students, and other stakeholders, the University of the Free State hosted the first Kovsies Multilingual Mokete on the Bloemfontein Campus today.

“The Mokete served as an institutional initiative aimed at promoting a coordinated and inclusive celebration of the regional languages and cultures included in the UFS Language Policy. The university wants everybody to feel that they belong, and that they can be proud of their culture and language. We also want them to know that every person counts; that everyone has a voice and that they can contribute to building a culture which inspires excellence,” says Dr Engela van Staden, Vice-Rector: Academic and Chairperson of the UFS Language Committee.

#IHaveAVoice #KeNaLeLenstoe #EkHetnStem #Nginezwi Early B


During the festival, staff and students from all three UFS campuses participating expressed this celebration in the form of visual arts, poetry, storytelling, drama, music, and song in the dominant languages spoken at the UFS, which is English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, isiZulu, and South African Sign Language.

For the duration of the Mokete, the Red Square in front of the Main Building, was renamed  the ‘Mokete Square’. The Scaena Theatre will play host to a visual-arts exhibition, a drama production called Dogg's Hamlet, as well as a screening of The Visitor.

 Well-known performers Early B (pictured) and Simple Stories,(pictured at below) entertained the crowd as the closing acts on the Mokete Main Stage. The student choirs from our South and Qwaqwa Campuses also performed.

There was multicultural food stalls which sold typical cultural cuisine, from sheep’s head and bunny chow to koeksisters.

The KovsieGear stall, sold Multilingual Mokete-branded merchandise, inlcuding a special ‘doek’ to commemorate the Mokete.

According to Dr Van Staden, the UFS is committed to creating a multilingual environment and hopes to make the Kovsies Multilingual Mokete an annual event which will rotate between the three campuses. “We are proud to host an event of this nature and believe that it will be one of the flagship events on the university’s calendar. The Mokete will furthermore present and strengthen the university’s positioning in relation to multilingualism,” says Dr Van Staden.

The Mokete is furthermore presented in support of the ITP’s work streams on Teaching and Learning, Student and Staff Experience, and the Multi-Campus Model.

Simple Stories

  

Kovsies Mokete wa Dipuo tse Ngata  - ho tla tjha lehong ho sale molora!

 

Sheba lenaneo bakeng sa dintlha tse batsi 

Kopana le rona meketeng ka ho kena ho live broadcast ya Mokete ho KovsieFM le ho le utlwa le phela http://livestream.ufs.ac.za

Ho bontsha tshehetso ya yona boitlamong le boitlhapanyong ba ho kgothaletsa tikoloho e nang le dipuo tse ngata tse fapaneng, le ditso tse ngaka tse fapaneng bakeng sa moifo, baithuti le batho ba bang ba nang le seabo, Yunivesithi ya Freistata e tla baamohedi ba mokete wa pele wa Kovsies Multilingual Mokete mona Khemphaseng ya Bloemfontein mohla la 18 Lwetse 2019. 

“Mokete o sebebetsa jwalo ka boikitlaetso ba setheo sa thuto ka sepheo sa ho kgothaletsa mokete o hokahanyang le o kenyeletsang dipuo tsa sebaka sena le ditso tse kenyeletswang Molaong wa Tsamaiso kapa yona Pholisi ya Dipuo ya UFS (UFS Language Policy). Yunivesithi e lakatsa hore motho e mong le e mong a be le boikutlo ba hore o lapeng, le hore ba ka ba motlotlo ka setso le puo ya bona. Re boela re lakatsa hore ba tsebe hore motho e mong le e mong o bohlokwa; hore motho e mong le e mong o na le lentswe le hore e mong le e mong a ka ba le tlatsetso ho hahuweng ha setso se kgothaletsang boipabolo le mesebetsi e tswileng matsoho,” ho bolela jwalo Ngaka Engela van Staden, Motlatsi wa Morektoro: Akhademiki le Modulasetulo wa Komiti ya Dipuo ya UFS. 

#IHaveAVoice #KeNaLeLenstoe #EkHetnStem #Nginezwi

Nakong ya mokete ona, moifo le baithuti ho tswa dikhamphaseng kaofela tse tharo tsa UFS ba tla kgona ho hlahisa powaneng mokete ona ka sebopeho sa mesebetsi ya bonono ba dintho tse bonahalang, mesebetsi e bopilweng ka letsopa, ho pheta dipale, diterama, le ka mmino - ka dipuo tse ka sehloohong tsa UFS e leng Senyesemane, SeAfrikaanse, Sesotho, SeZulu le ka Puo ya Matsoho ya Afrika Borwa (South African Sign Language).

Bakeng sa nako yohle ya Mokete, “Red Square” e kapele ho mohaho o Moholo, e tla rehwa lebitso jwalo ka “Mokete Square.” Scaena Theatre e tla ba moamohedi wa dipontsho tsa mesebetsi ya bonono, tlhahiso ya terama e bitswang Dogg’s Hamlet hammoho le pontsho ya filimi ya The Visitor. 

Kopana le rona le #FillUptheMoketeSquare le motshwantshisi ya tsejwang haholo wa Early B le Simple Stories jwalo ka ha ba tle be ba thabisa matshwele a tshwantshisa jwalo ka diketsahalo tse dihelang dikgala tsa Mokete Main Stage ka 19:00.  Dihlopha tsa dibini (choirs) tsa baithuti ho tswa Dikhamphaseng tsa rona tsa South le QwaQwa Campuses le tsona tse tla bina
 
Ho tla boetse ho be le mabenkele a manyenyane a dijo tsa ditso tse fapaneng tse rekisang dijo tse rothisang mathe tsa setso tse jwalo ka hlooho ya Nku, di-Bunny chow and di-Koeksisters mme ha ho potang hore sena se tla thabisa batho ba habo rona ba ratang dijo. 

Lebenkeleng la KovsieGear ho tla ba le dintho tsa meetso yohle tse ka rekwang tsa Multilingual Mokete hammoho le tuku e kgethehileng bakeng sa ho keteka Mokete, kahoo o ka sebedisa mokotlwane wa difoto o tla fumaneha lebenkleng bakeng sa ho nka difoto ka diaparo tse ntlehadi tsa setso.  Kamora moo, o ka uplouda difoto tsa hao o sebedisa #KovsiesMultilingualMokete le ho tag ho UFS at @UFSWeb ho Twitter, @ufs/uv ho Instagram. Difoto tse hlano tse nang le ditjhebahalo tse ipabolang di tla fumana meputso e itseng e hlollang. 

Ho ya ka Ngaka van Staden, UFS e itlamme hore e tla bopa tikoloho e amohelang dipuo tse ngata tse fapaneng mme e tshepa ho etsa hore Kovsies Multilingual Mokete e tla ba ketsahalo ya selemo le selemo mme e tla potolohiswa dikhamphaseng tse tharo. “Re motlotlo haholo ho ba baamohedi ba ketsahalo ya sebopeho sena mme re dumela hore e tla ba e nnete ya diketsahalo tseo re tla di thoholetsa le ho di rolela kgaebana diketsahalong tsa alamanaka ya yunivesithi. Mokete o tla boela o hlahise le ho matlafatsa boemo ba yunivesithi mabapi le dipuo tse ngata le tse fapaneng,” ho boletse jwalo Ngaka van Staden. 

Kovsies Multilingual Mokete ya pele ho ya dipakane tse fuperweng hara ITP Teaching and Learning, Student and Staff Experience, le di-Multi-Campus Model work streams. 


Dintlha mabapi le Multilingual Mokete ke tse latelang: 

Letsatsi: La 18 Lwetse 2019 
Nako: 11:00-21:00
Sebaka: Mokete Square (Red Square), UFS Bloemfontein Campus
Moaparo: Diaparo tsa setso 

Dipotso:

Ikopanye le ufsmokete@ufs.ac.za bakeng sa tlhahisoleseding e eketsehileng. 

Kovsie Veeltalige Mokete gaan kookwater wees

 

Sien hier program vir meer besonderhede

Neem aan die feestelikhede deel deur by die regstreekse uitsending van die Mokete op KovsieFM in te skakel en regstreeks daarna te luister by http://livestream.ufs.ac.za

Ter ondersteuning van sy verbintenis tot die bevordering van ’n veeltalige, multikulturele omgewing vir personeel, studente en ander belanghebbendes, gaan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat die eerste Kovsie Veeltalige Mokete op18 September 2019 op die Bloemfontein-kampus aanbied. 

“Die mokete dien as ’n institusionele inisiatief wat daarop gemik is om ’n gekoördineerde en inklusiewe viering van die streekstale en -kulture wat by die UV-taalbeleid ingesluit is, te bevorder. Die universiteit wil hê almal moet voel dat hulle behoort en dat hulle trots kan wees op hulle kultuur en taal. Ons wil ook hê hulle moet weet dat elke persoon tel; dat almal ’n stem het en dat hulle kan bydra om ’n kultuur te bou wat uitnemendheid inspireer,” sê dr Engela van Staden, Viserektor: Akademies en Voorsitter van die UV se Taalkomitee. 

#IHaveAVoice #KeNaLeLenstoe #EkHetnStem #Nginezwi

Tydens die fees sal personeel en studente van al drie UV-kampusse wat aan die fees deelneem, uiting aan hierdie viering kan gee in die vorm van visuele kuns, poësie, storievertelling, drama, musiek en sang in die dominante tale wat by die UV gepraat word, naamlik Engels, Afrikaans, Suid-Sotho, Zoeloe en Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal. 

Die Rooiplein voor die Hoofgebou sal vir die duur van die mokete herdoop word na die ‘Moketeplein’. Die Scaena-teater sal gasheer wees vir ’n visuele kunsuitstalling, ’n dramaproduksie genaamd Dogg’s Hamlet, asook ’n vertoning van The Visitor. 

Sluit by ons aan en #VuldieMoketePlein saam met die bekende kunstenaars Early B en Simple Stories; hulle sal die skare vermaak as die afsluitingsvertonings op die Mokete-hoofverhoog om 19:00.  Die studentekore van ons Suid- en Qwaqwa-kampus sal ook optree.
 
Daar sal ook multikulturele kosstalletjies wees wat tipiese kulturele disse verkoop – van skaapkop en kerriebrood (bunny chow) tot koeksisters; dit sal kosliefhebbers beslis beïndruk. 

By die KovsieGear-stalletjie sal daar Veeltalige Mokete-handelsmerkartikels beskikbaar wees, asook ’n spesiale doek ter herdenking van die mokete. Maak dus gebruik van die fotokiosk wat by die stalletjie beskikbaar sal wees om jouself in jou beste kulturele drag op film vas te lê.  Daarna kan jy jou foto deur middel van #KovsiesVeeltaligeMokete oplaai en die UV by @UFSWeb op Twitter en @ufs/uv op Instagram merk. Die vyf foto’s met die meeste ‘hou van’ sal ongelooflike pryse ontvang. 

Volgens dr Van Staden is die UV daartoe verbind om ’n veeltalige omgewing te skep en hoop om van die Kovsie Veeltalige Mokete ’n jaarlikse geleentheid te maak wat afwisselend op die drie UV-kampusse gehou sal word. “Ons is trots om ’n geleentheid van hierdie aard aan te bied en glo dat dit een van die vlagskip-geleenthede op die Universiteit se kalender sal wees. Die mokete sal verder ook die universiteit se posisie in verhouding tot veeltaligheid stel en dit versterk,” sê dr Van Staden. 

Die Mokete is ooreenkomstig aan die doelwitte soos vervat in die ITP se werkstrome vir Onderrig en Leer, Studente- en Personeelervaring en Multikampusmodel. 

Die besonderhede van die Veeltalige Mokete is as volg:
 
Datum: 18 September 2019 
Tyd: 11:00-21:00
Plek: Moketeplein (Rooiplein), UV Bloemfontein-kampus
Drag: Tradisionele drag 

Navrae:

Kontak ufsmokete@ufs.ac.za vir meer inligting. 

Izoshisa iKovsie Multilingual Mokete! 

 

Ngeminye imininingwane bheka uhlelo 

Yiba yingxenye yemigubho ngokuthi ubambe iqhaza uma sekusakazwa bukhoma iMokete kwiKovsieFM noma uyibuke bukhoma kwi-http://livestream.ufs.ac.za

Ukweseka isibophezelo sethu sokukhuthaza izilimi namasiko ehlukahlukene, kubasebenzi, abafundi nabo bonke ababambe iqhaza, iNyuvesi yaseFree State izosingatha ifestivali ye-Kovsies Multilingual Mokete ezokuba kwikhampasi yaseBloemfontein mhla ka 18 kuMandulo 2019. 

“IMokete wuhlelo oludidiyelwe ngesineke lwenyuvesi oluhlose ukukhuthaza ukugujwa kwezilimi namasiko ehlukahlukene abalulwe kwiNqubomgomo Yezilimi ye-UFS. Inyuvesi ifuna ukuba wonke umuntu ezizwe esekhaya, nokuthi abantu bangaziqhenya ngamasiko nezilimi zabo. Siyafuna futhi bazi ukuthi wonke umuntu unezwi nokuthi bangabamba iqhaza ekwakheni isiko elikhuthaza ukuphumelela,” kusho uDkt Engela van Staden, oyiPhini lika-Rector kwa-Academic aphinde abe nguSihlalo weKomidi Lezilimi e-UFS. 

#IHaveAVoice #KeNaLeLenstoe #EkHetnStem #Nginezwi

Ngesikhathi sefestivali, abasebenzi nabafundi kuwona womathathu amakhampasi ase-UFS abazobamba iqhaza, bazokwazi ukuba yingxenye yemigubho ngokukhangisa ngezithombe nemidwebo, izinkondlo, ukuxoxa izindaba, imidlalo yeshashalazi, umculo, namahubo ngezilimi ezidumile ezikhulunywa e-UFS, okuyisiNgisi, isiBhunu, IsiSuthu, IsiZulu, noLimi Lwezandla LwaseNingizimu Afrika.

Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka iMokete, iRed Square engaphambi kweMain Building izobizwa nge “Mokete Square”. I-Scaena Theatre izosingatha imibukiso yobuciko, umdlalo weshashalazi obizwa nge-Dog’s Hamlet, kanjalo nokukhonjiswa kwe-The Visitor. 

Hlanganyela kanye nathi kwi #FillUptheMoketeSquare okuzobe kukhona amaciko adumile i-Early B neSimple Stories, njengoba bezobe bejabulisa izihlwele uma sebevala umcimbi esiteji esikhulu seMokete ngo-19h00. Amakwaya abafundi ase-South Campus naseQwaqwa Campus nawo azobe eqhulula amanoni.
 
Kuzophinde kube namatafula okudla kwesintu okwehlukene azobe edayisa izibiliboco zesintu, kusukela kwinhloko yegusha, ibhanatshawe kuya kwi-koeksisters, lokhu kuzobajabulisa kakhulu abathandi bezibiliboco. 

Etafuleni leKovsieGear, kuzobe kunezimpahla ezibhalwe ngezilimi ezahlukene ezizobe zidayiswa, okubalwa kuzo amaduku akhethekile okubungaza iMokete. Ngakho-ke thatha ithuba lokuthatha isithombe endaweni yokuthatha izithombe lapho etafuleni ukhombise ngemvunulo yakho enhle. Ngemuva kwalokho, ungafaka izithombe zakho usebenzisa   i-#KovsiesMultilingualMokete, bese uxhuma i-UFS kwi@UFSWeb kwi-Twitter, ne-@ufs/uv kwi- Instagram. Izithombe eziyisihlanu ezithandwe kakhulu zizothola imiklomelo. 

Ngokusho kukaDkt Van Staden, i-UFS izibophezele ukwakha umphakathi lapho izilimi ezahlukene zemukelekile kanti wethemba ukuthi iKovsies Multilingual Mokete izokuba ngumcimbi waminyaka yonke ozobanjelwa kuwona womathathu amakhampasi ngokushintshana. “Siyaziqhenya ngokusingatha umcimbi walolu hlobo futhi sikholwa wukuthi uzokuba ngomunye wemicimbi esizigqajayo ngayo ekhalendeni lemicimbi yenyuvesi. IMokete izophinde iveze futhi iqinise umbono wenyuvesi uma kukhulunywa ngobuliminingi,” kusho uDkt Van Staden. 

Imininingwane yeMultilingual Mokete imi kanje: 

Usuku: 18 kuMandulo 2019 
Isikhathi: 11:00-21:00
Indawo: Mokete Square (Red Square), UFS Bloemfontein Campus
Ukugqoka: Imvunulo yesintu 

Imibuzo:
Ngolunye ulwazi xhumana ne: ufsmokete@ufs.ac.za

 


The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena
The first activity of the Multilingual Mokete kicked off with a canvas painting which will later become part of a bigger murial which will be on display in the Scaena

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Prof Frederick Fourie to step down as UFS rector
2008-09-08

“It is with sadness that I hereby announce my intention to step down as rector and vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State (UFS) in the 4th quarter of this year.

Obviously this decision has not been taken lightly. After careful consideration I am, however, convinced that this is as far as I can take the UFS as vice-chancellor and rector. This flows primarily from the exhausting times that I have experienced during the past nine years, first as vice-rector (since 1999) and then as rector (since 2003), in managing and implementing several complex strategic projects.

The challenges and complexities of continuous change management at a higher education institution, and specifically the demands of further dynamic development and transformation at the UFS, demand enormous amounts of emotional energy and drive. For me the stress due to, especially, the political divisions and tensions in the UFS Council and the broader university community during the past year has been extremely draining. The broader institution and its people also show signs of trauma.

I think it is time for new and fresh leadership, especially in the light of the transformation challenges of the UFS.

I have thus decided to step down in the interest of transformation and the further dynamic development of the UFS.

Having been on sabbatical leave since May, I will not return to take up my post. I will remain on leave until my official date of retirement from office. (The exact date must still be determined.)

I am grateful for the opportunity to have been at the helm of the UFS and to help the institution cross several bridges. During the past nine years I have been privileged to lead large strategic projects together with many dedicated and talented UFS colleagues. It has been a wonderful experience of thinking and working together in order to elevate the functioning of the University to new levels in several key areas.

One of the most important projects was the financial turnaround strategy of 2000-2005, which took the UFS from a financial crisis to a situation where currently it annually has almost R100 million of discretionary funding available to spend on strategic projects, and where staff remuneration and promotion opportunities have increased dramatically since 2000. In this period the UFS has also grown from approximately 10 000 students to more than 27 000 in 2008.

A second was the strategy to invest strongly in the academic core and notably research, research capacity and research apparatus. Since 2003 research outputs have increased by approximately 50% - a significant accomplishment of our researchers and faculties. In conjunction with this, the launch of the six strategic academic clusters (focus areas) should create the basis for the continued growth in the national and international stature of the UFS in future. The development of the national leadership role of the UFS with regard to community service also was a special and successful project.

A third large strategic project was the progress with regard to diversity, the balanced multilingualism policy in the academe as well as the administration, the employment equity plan, the UFS transformation plan and especially the institutional charter – which could lay the foundation for a university where one and all can experience a true sense of belonging amidst diversity. These have been important steps that we can feel proud of (although much work obviously remains with regard to non-racialism and also non-sexism).

As far as residences are concerned, it was historically significant that this time, in contrast to 1997/8, the UFS succeeded in crossing the bridge of diversity and integration in residences – with due regard to the difficulties we faced. Hopefully this will considerably ease the task of my successor and her/his management team in managing diversity and in pursuing best practice transformation.

A fourth large project was the large-scale upgrading and development of infrastructure, academic buildings and facilities as well as support service facilities, student facilities and pedestrian walkways. The objective was a campus of the highest quality and aesthetics to effect a lasting improvement in their work- and living environment for staff and students. Indeed, the UFS Main Campus today is seen as an example of sensitive and high quality campus planning.

Other initiatives which haven’t borne fruit yet are, for example, those with regard to entrepreneurial activities, sport development and sport business development, and the possible establishment of an engineering programme or faculty at the UFS.

On the whole the most important thing for me has been the progress in establishing a deep commitment to quality and equity/fairness and in boosting the national and international profile of the UFS as a high quality progressive university. Of course, justice, equity and quality intrinsically are challenges which require daily dedication to make it an ingrained habit.

I wish to thank all those people with whom I could work during the past years in tackling large and complex challenges with mutual loyalty, shared wisdom and effort – from the Financial Turnaround Team to the Exco, the Executive Management, the Faculties, the Senate, support service divisions, the University Council and several committees and task teams”.

Frederick C.v.N. Fourie
Rector and Vice-Chancellor
University of the Free State

Prof Frederick Fourie has been with the UFS since 1976. After obtaining a PhD in Economics from Harvard he was appointed professor at the age of 29 in 1982, head of the Department of Economics in 1992, Distinguished Professor in 1998, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences in 1997, Vice-rector: Academic in 1999 and vice-chancellor in 2003.

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