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17 August 2020 | Story Nitha Ramnath | Photo istock

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

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Student wins AngloGold Ashanti Bursar competition
2009-03-11

 
Donovan Pienaar, an Honours student in B.Sc. Geology at the University of the Free State (UFS), was named overall winner in the AngloGold Ashanti Bursar Presentation of the Year 2009 competition, which was recently held in Potchefstroom. All the scholars in the company's various bursary categories, namely geology, metallurgy, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering and mining took part in the competition. Donovan had to do a presentation about the projects he has done during his course and in the final round he had to do a presentation about a project given to him by the organisers.
Photo: Lacea Loader

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