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21 July 2021
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Story Rulanzen Martin
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Photo Charl Devenish
Even after her premiership, Helen Zille has remained a powerful force within the South African political landscape. Here she is pictured during a workshop hosted by the Department of Political Science and Governance in February 2020.
Zille will be talking to
Prof Hussein Solomon in the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State.
You can join this interesting discussion on:
Date: 29 July 2021
About the author:
Helen Zille is a South African journalist, activist, and politician who served as the national leader (2007-2015) of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the official opposition party in South Africa. She was also Premier of the Western Cape from 2009 until 2019. Zille’s autobiography, Not without a Fight, was published in 2016.
UFS shines at ASSAf award ceremony
2009-10-13
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Prof. Frans Swanepoel, Director of Research Development and Prof. Johan Henning, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) were inaugurated as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) during the award ceremony recently held at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. Prof. Esta van Heerden from the Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology was the recipient of the 2009 Young Scientist of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), the Department of Science and Technology and ASSAf. Prof. Jonathan Jansen Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS is Vice-President of ASSAf. Here are, from the left: Prof. Swanepoel, Prof. Van Heerden, Prof. Jansen, Prof. Henning and Prof. Neil Heideman, Vice-Dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
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