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29 March 2021
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1. Its support of and confidence in the leadership of the Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS, Prof Francis Petersen and his team, and duly recognises the efforts and results achieved at the University during the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the current nationwide student protest on the payment of student debt.
2. In this context, the Council also distances itself and deplores the statements made by the leadership of the
Institutional Student Representative Council (ISRC), on national television on Monday 15 March 2021, as it pertained to the demand for the immediate resignation of the Rector and Vice-Chancellor, and the statements pertaining to the Chancellor, Prof Bonang Mohale, and Chairperson of the Council, Dr Willem Louw. The Council notes that Mr Katleho Lechoo, President of the ISRC subsequently retracted the utterances.
3. The Council strongly affirms its confidence in the relationship between the leadership of the UFS and the ISRC and expresses its appreciation for the University leadership’s commitment to continuously engage with students about matters of concern to them. The Council furthermore encourages positive and constructive engagement by the ISRC with the University leadership, as this contributes to shared-understanding of the challenges faced by the South African higher education sector and the governance of the UFS.
UFS unbeatable in Free State hockey league
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Lesley Anne George, captain of the UFS first hockey team.
Photo: Hannes Pieterse |
The University of the Free State’s (UFS) first as well as its second hockey teams are still unbeaten in the Free State hockey league. The Kovsies men’s hockey team boasts with victories over the UFS Blues (12-0), CUT 1 (7-0) and Brebs Rangers (5-1). The Kovsies women’s team also wiped away all opposition in its way with its victory over the UFS Blues (9-0), CUT 2 (9-0), and CUT 1 (7-0).
The Reds, the UFS’s second best, is also unbeatable. The Reds men’s team boasts with victories over Tweespruit (4-0), Brebs Rangers (2-0), Brebs 2 (14-0) and CUT Colts (5-0). The Reds women’s team compares favourably with the men and triumphed over Brebs 1 (2-0), Masters (11-0) and the UFS Blues (5-0).
According to Mr Frans van der Watt from KovsieSport at the UFS both Kovsies’ men’s and women’s hockey teams are the defending Free State champions. |