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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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Famous mineralogists visit UFS Geology
2017-04-25

Description: Famous mineralogists visits UFS Geology Tags: Famous mineralogists visits UFS Geology

From the left: Prof Marian Tredoux, Associate
Professor at the UFS Department of Geology;
Prof Giorgio Garuti; from the University of Leoben,
Dr Federica Zaccarini, also from the
University of Leoben and Dr Freddie Roelofse,
Head of the Department of Geology at the UFS.
Photo: Rulanzen Martin


Years of academic friendship and collaboration is what makes Prof Giorgio Garuti and Dr Federica Zaccarini return to the University of the Free State (UFS) every so often.

The world-renowned academic duo from the University of Leoben in Austria were guest lecturers at the UFS Department of Geology. “We are here because we have known Professor Marian Tredoux and the Geology Department, for a long time. We are really happy to be here, and to be given the opportunity to present talks,” said Dr Zaccarini. The two are experts in platinum-group element mineralogy and each has given their surname to minerals namely, the Garutiite and Zaccariniite minerals.

Visit great advantage for research

They are acclaimed experts on very small minerals (smaller than a hundredth of a millimetre) with emphasis on platinum group elements in chrome-rich rocks. “Their visit is a great advantage for us. We also conduct research on these minerals and can learn from them,” said Prof Marian Tredoux, affiliated researcher at the Department of Geology.

Dr Zaccarini gave a lecture on Chromitites, and associated platinum-group elements, in ophiolites on Wednesday 5 April 2017 and Dr Garuti presented a lecture on Uralian-Alaskan complexes: a puzzling source of platinum, on Thursday 6 April 2017. During the talks they examined the association of the platinum-group minerals with chromite, rather than sulphide, and how this association can lead to the formation of unusual platinum-group element ores.

Collaboration on various academic papers

They and Prof Tredoux have collaborated on various research articles over the past four years, which have been published in various important international scientific journals. “These journals play an important role in calculating the H-scale which measures how important a researcher’s work is on an international scale,” said Prof Tredoux.

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