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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
UFS faculty signs commitment to leadership communication
2008-11-11
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The faculty committee of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) signed the commitment to leadership communication that the Executive Management committed itself to during its recent meeting. Here are, from the left: Prof. Hennie Oosthuizen, Department of Criminal Law and Medical Law, Prof. Johan Henning, Dean of the faculty, and Prof. Voet du Plessis, Department of Mercantile Law; back: Mr Brand Claassen, Department of Private Law, Prof. Martin Dednam, Department of Private Law, Mr Neels Swanepoel, UFS Law Clinic, and Prof. Shaun de Freitas, Department of Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law .
Photo: Stephen Collett |