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24 August 2021
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Story Amanda Tongha
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In a year marked by a global pandemic, the University of the Free State (UFS) has made great strides in research, teaching, and impactful engagement.
Our 2020 journey has seen many staff members providing services to advance public knowledge of COVID-19 for the greater good of South Africa. We have produced top-rated scientists, boasting six SARChI research chairs and three A-rated scholars in our world-class workforce. Our various initiatives to ensure student success continue to bear fruit, with current and former students making their mark in the world. One such example is Qinisani Qwabe, a PhD student in the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Development and Extension, who was selected in the education category of the Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans. He was also chosen to represent South Africa at a BRICS conference in Russia.
You can read these and other facts and figures in ‘Our 2020 Journey’ publication.
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Well-known political commentator presents lecture at UFS
2009-10-12
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Prof. André Duvenhage, a political scientist and well-known political commentator from the University of North-West, recently presented a lecture at the University of the Free State on current South African political affairs and the road ahead. He talked about “A strategic scenario-orientated analysis of the South African political environment in the next five years (2009-2014)”. Prof. Duvenhage is a keen student of South African politics and a regular commentator on radio and television on current political developments in the country. The lecture was jointly organised by the Department of Political Science and the Programme for Governance and Political Transformation in the Faculty of the Humanities. At the lecture were, from the left: Prof. Theo Neethling (Chairperson: Department of Political Science), Dr. Tania Coetzee (Director: Programme of Governance and Political Transformation) and Prof. Duvenhage.
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