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Come to the 2020 Human Rights Week.

16 March 2020 | Story Xolisa Mnukwa

The Free State Centre for Human Rights in the UFS Faculty of Law invites you to the 2020 Human Rights Week from 17 to 20 March 2020. The programme features a panel discussion, poetry and artistic showcase, an art walkabout, a public lecture, and film screenings. Please see the attached poster. For more information, contact +27 51 401 7216 or FSCHR@ufs.ac.za

Panel discussion: Africa / Human rights / Transformation
Judge J Froneman, Judge D Pillay, and Prof T Falola
Date: Tuesday 17 March 2020
Time: 14:00
Venue: FGG 202, Bloemfontein Campus

Poetry and artistic showcase
Date: Tuesday 17 March 2020
Time: 16:00
Venue: House Karee basement, Bloemfontein Campus

Images of Human Rights – Art walkabout
Date: Wednesday 18 March 2020
Time: 12:00
Venue: C208, Mabaleng Building, Bloemfontein Campus

Human Rights film festival: Selection of short films
Date: Wednesday 18 March 2020
Time: 14:00-16:00
Venue: C12, Mabaleng Building, Bloemfontein Campus

‘Poppie Nongena’ – screening and discussion
Date: Wednesday 18 March 2020
Time: 16:00-18:00
Venue: C12, Mabaleng Building, Bloemfontein Campus

Public lecture – ‘African cultures and human rights’ with Prof T Falola
Date: Friday 20 March 2020
Time: 12:00

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Vietnamese delegation visits UFS

2008-12-04

A delegation from the Department of Science and Technology in Vietnam recently visited the Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology at the University of the Free State (UFS) to learn from South African experiences in preservation and exploitation of genetic resources and to establish contacts for collaboration. Pictured are, from the left: Dr Dang Tung, Head: Department of Science and Technology, Vietnam, Prof. Martie Smit, UFS Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, Dr Vo Van Long, Head: Department of Scientific Planning and International Collaboration, Vietnam, Dr Vu Nguyen Thanh, Deputy Head: Department of Microbiology, Vietnam, Prof. Niel Heideman, Vice-Dean: UFS Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Mr Arthur Johnson, Co-ordinator: UFS International Research Funding, and Dr Nguyen Quang Thao, Senior Specialist: Department of Science and Technology, Vietnam. Dr Thanh was a post-doctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Smit from 1994 to 1996.

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