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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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Draft Defence Review Policy discussed
2012-06-01
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Attending the public consultation on the Bloemfontein Campus were, from the left: Prof. Theo Neethling, Head of the Department of Political Studies and Governance; Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Institutional Affairs; Mr Roelf Meyer; and Prof. Hussein Solomon, Senior Professor in the Department of Political Studies and Governance.
Photo: Johan Roux
1 June 2012
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The university hosted members of the South African Defence Review Committee who consulted on the Draft Defence Review with interested parties. Representatives from the Department of Defence and Military Veterans, the South African National Defence Force, academics, politicians and members of the public attended the public consultation on the Bloemfontein Campus.
The Defence Review Committee coordinates and facilitates a draft Defence Review Policy for the country and public consultations have been held countrywide. The committee is chaired by Mr Roelf Meyer, a former Defence Minister and chief negotiator for the National Party government during the multiparty negotiations in 1993.