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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.
Annual Theological day
2006-02-17
The annual Theological day of the University of the Free State's (UFS) Faculty of Theology took place recently. The subject, Does the Bible still provide moral guidance about issues such as homosexuality?, drew wide interest.
Some of the speakers included from the left Prof Francois Tolmie (Head: Department New Testament at the UFS), Prof Hermie van Zyl (Dean: Faculty of Theology at the UFS), Dr Fanus Erasmus (Chairperson: Curatory of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Free State), Prof Ettiene De Villiers (Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics at the University of Pretoria) and Dr Marius Terblanche (senior lecturer from the UFS Department of Old Testament).