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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
Universities and language discussed
2009-05-21
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The 25th DF Malherbe Memorial Lecture, presented by the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French at the University of the Free State (UFS), was presented recently on the Main Campus by Dr Theuns Eloff, Vice-Chancellor of North-West University. The topic of the lecture was "Welkom tuis, meertalig en divers - gedagtes oor universiteite en taal". At the lecture were, from the left: Prof. Hennie van Coller, head of the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French, Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Acting Rector of the UFS, Dr Eloff and Prof. Lucius Botes, Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities at the UFS.
Photo: Stephen Collett
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