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31 March 2021 | Story Xolisa Mnukwa

 

The University of the Free State (UFS) Bloemfontein Campus conducted its first digital Campus Student Representative Council (CSCR) elections for the 2020/2021 SRC term. Elections for the 12 ex officio portfolios were conducted from 1 to 4 December 2020, while the elections for the 7 elective portfolios were conducted from 23 to 26 March 2021. 

Of the 22 941 eligible voters for the elective portfolios, 8 044 cast their votes, which accounts for 35% of the voter’s roll. The 2021 voter turnout is an increase of 9,53% compared to the 2019 elections that were conducted manually. The CSRC incumbents mentioned below were officially inaugurated on 29 March 2021 and an official handover of the outgoing to the incoming incumbents was facilitated by the Student Governance Office.  
 
The results below depict the final outcome of the CSRC elective portfolios. Elections were concluded at 21:00 on 26 March 2021. Watch video for the official inauguration.

PositionCandidate Votes
PRESIDENT Jerry Thoka 5 747 (74,6%)
Kamohelo Seleke 1 960 (25.4%)
DEPUTY PRESIDENT Loretta Mosito 5 563 (72,4%)
Esona Yapi 2 116 (27,6%)
SECRETARY Ayanda Dlova 5 988 (78,3%)
Simphiwe Zonke 1 660 (21,7%)
TREASURER Orefile Sefika 5 425 (70,7%)
Thandiwe Kula 2 246 (29,3%)
POLICY AND TRANSFORMATION Vusumzi Gqalane 4 988 (63,8%)
Thabo Duma 1 649 (21,1%)
Nompumelelo Khoza 1 178 (15,1%)
STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS Tshiamo Sebolai 4 681 (60,4%)
Fhumulani Sididzha 1 707 (22,0%)
Ofentse Ntsane 1 365 (17,6%)
COMMUTER STUDENTS Dimpho Mokhoantle 4 469 (58,1%)
Marumo Rakwata 1 643 (21,4%)
Lusanda Feleza 1 582 (20,6%)


The results below depict the outcome of the ex officio elections that took place from 1 to 4 December 2020:

Position Candidate
ASSOCIATIONS STUDENT COUNCIL Michael Mnguni
STUDENT ORGANISATIONS COUNCIL Tebogo Sako
ACADEMIC STUDENT COUNCIL Katlego Booysen
DAY RESIDENCE COUNCIL Sibongiseni Mncela
CAMPUS RESIDENCE COUNCIL Mpho Maubane
POSTGRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL Nico Janse van Rensburg
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COUNCIL Rufaro Chakanyuka
STUDENT MEDIA AND DIALOGUE COUNCIL Wandile Manqele
UNIVERSAL ACCESS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE COUNCIL Katlego Sekele
CIVIC AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COUNCIL Gert Terblanche
ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL Katleho Khaola
SPORTS COUNCIL Bongumusa Khumalo

 

 

 

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Kovsie students part of exclusive Stanford Sophomore College Programme
2012-09-14

Kovsie students Foster Lubbe (far right at the back) and Palesa Mafisa (middle front) interacting with students from Stanford University.
14 September 2012

The six students, Elri Marais, Palesa Mafisa, Goodwill Shelile, Foster Lubbe, Gabriella Schroder and Saheed Abdullah, are part of the Stanford Sophomore College Programme, a residential summer programme for second-year students. They have been at Stanford since the beginning of this month, engaging in intense academic exploration with peers and professors on a variety of innovative, multidisciplinary topics.

Writing about his experiences in San Francisco, Foster Lubbe said it has been a wonderful experience thus far. “The classes are very interactive. It is amazing to see how effectively students and lecturers make use of technological tools, especially the speedy Internet, during class,” he wrote.

Foster and Palesa have been doing a course on “Mixed Race in the New Millennium, Elri and Abdullah on, “The Meaning of Life, and Gabriella and Goodwill a course on “Ghost stories”. Highlights for the students have been a discussion with New York Times journalist, Susan Saulny, a visit to the Stanford Centre of Marine Biology and for Gabriella and Goodwill a San Francisco ghost tour.

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