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28 June 2021
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The announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 27 June 2021 that the country will move to an adjusted Level 4 of the national lockdown for the next two weeks – as from 28 June 2021 until 11 July 2021 – was welcomed by the management of the University of the Free State (UFS).
The Senior Leadership Group (SLG) of the university met today, and
measures were implemented with immediate effect and until further notice.
Lecturers conduct research in Malawi
2006-09-05
Prof Maryke Labuschagne (left), lecturer at the University of the Free State's (UFS) Department of Plant Sciences, and Dr Irene Kamara (right), lecturer at the UFS Department of Chemistry, visited the University of Malawi where they are involved in the International Programme in the Chemical Sciences (IPICS) of the Uppsala University in Sweden. The project focuses on the study of the genetics and chemistry of tropical roots and tuber crops in Malawi. One student from the UFS has already completed a Ph D on the project, and in 2007 two Ph D students and one M Sc student will be trained in this project.