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17 August 2020
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Story Nitha Ramnath
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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
Moderator:
Lochner Marais
UFS welcomes international students
2009-03-16
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International students studying at the University of the Free State (UFS) received a warm welcome recently from the institution at a function held at Jolkol on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. The UFS has more than two thousand foreign students from fifty countries around the globe. Among these countries are Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Iran, Korea, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. Here are, from the left: He-Yi Hang (Lotus), Chen-Lifeng (Neilson), Chen-Liyi (Lilian) and Xing-Sijiao (Joy), all from China.
Photo: Leatitia Pienaar |