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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.
Student from Malawi obtained his doctorate in Plant Breeding
2006-04-30
The University of the Free State (UFS) awarded 35 doctorate degrees during its recent graduation ceremony. Among the guests attending the doctorandi's congratulatory dinner were in front from the left Dr Liezel Herselman (senior lecturer at the Division Plant Breeding of the UFS Department of Plant Sciences), Dr Ibrahim Benesi (a student from Malawi, who obtained his doctorate in Plant Breeding), Dr Everina Lukonge (a student from Tanzania, who obtained her doctorate in Plant Breeding) and Prof Maryke Labuschagne (head of the Division Plant Breeding of the UFS Department of Plant Sciences). Dr Herselman is the co-promotor and Prof Labuschagne is the promotor of the two students.