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25 November 2020

The UFS SRC Elections will be held from 01 to 04 December 2020 for the QwaQwa and South Campus. The Bloemfontein Campus SRC elections for the elective portfolios will be held in 2021. 

• The window for the nomination of candidates for the CSRC elective portfolios has closed and the final candidate list of candidates is now available on the election website.

• Candidates’ on the final list may therefore conduct their campaigns. Candidates’ campaigns must be within the prescripts of the UFS SRC Election Code of Conduct. 

• Nominations for ex-officio candidates have since closed. In this regard, the final list of candidates will be published on election website on 25 November 2020 

• Student Council Elections for the ex-officio portfolios will be held from 26 to 30 November 2020. To this effect, an invitation to respective student council meetings will be sent out via student emails. 

• Manifesto launches will take place via webinars between 25 and 30 November 2020. A detailed schedule will be made available via the election website.   

KDBS Consulting (Pty) Ltd has been appointed to oversee and manage the SRC elections 2020/2021 as the Independent Chief Elections Administrator. A website has been launched to provide up-to-date information regarding these elections and all processes related to it. The website address is https://www.ufs-srcelection.co.za.

For any queries related to the elections, you can email the Chief Election Administrator at info@ufs-srcelection.co.za  or you can call the election helpdesk at +27 0 800 061 052 toll-free.   

Please look out for election-specific notifications via SMS or your UFS4Life student emails.   

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Classes commence in the Programme in Governance and Political Transformation
2009-01-23

 
Classes for the Programme in Governance and Political Transformation in the Faculty of the Humanities commenced this week on the Main Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS). The opening address was delivered by Mr Thabo Motsohi, Director in the Department of Tourism, Economic and Environmental Affairs in the Free State. The topic of his address was: Catalytic effects of the tourism industry for transformation of the provincial economy. There are currently 35 registered first-year students and 100 second-year students in the Master's programme and five students are registered for the Ph.D. in Governance and Political Transformation. At the programme opening were, from the left: Antoinette Eyth, Pittsburg Pennsylvania in the United States of America, recipient of an Ambassadorial Scholarship from the Rotary Foundation and Master's student in the programme, Dr Choice Makhetha, Acting Dean: Student Affairs at the UFS, Dr Tania Coetzee, Director of the Programme Governance and Political Transformation, and Mr Motsohi.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

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