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17 August 2020
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Story Nitha Ramnath
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Within the next five years, 60% of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. Urban living comes with large-scale economic advantages and society benefits from economies of scale. But, COVID-19 is challenging urban living. We have introduced the term ‘social distancing’ and some policy analysts have even argued for the de-densification of cities.
Join us for a discussion where our panellists will analyse this perceived conflict.
Date: Thursday, 27 August 2020
Time: 14:00 to 15:30 (South African Standard Time – GMT +2)
Please RSVP to Elelwani Mmbadi at
mmbadiE@ufs.ac.za no later than 25 August, upon which you will receive a Skype for Business meeting invite and link to access the webinar.
Speakers:
Prof Ivan Turok
Dr Geci Karuri-Sebina
Mr Thiresh Govender
Moderator:
Lochner Marais
Staff attend international conferences
2008-07-25
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Three staff members of the Department of Business Management at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently attended two international conferences, namely the Edineb 15th International Conference in Malaga, Spain with the theme "Advances in Business Education and Training" and the 2008 ICSB World Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The theme of this conference was "Advancing Small Business and Entrepreneurship: From Research to Results". They delivered altogether seven papers at the conferences. Here are, from the left: Prof. Rudolph van Buuren, Dr Orpha Lotz and Dr Johan van Zyl.
Photo: Supplied
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