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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 staff member included in SA hockey practice team
2010-05-24
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Lesley Ann George.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs |
Lesley Ann George, secretary in the Office: Corporate Relations, Institutional Advancement and Sport at the University of the Free State (UFS), has been included in the South African senior women’s hockey team that are going to practise in Beijing, China from 27 May 2010 to 18 June 2010, in preparation of the World Cup in Argentina and the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India.
Lesley Ann, Vice-Captain of the team, says that they are also going to play twelve matches against China. She is currently the captain of the UFS first women’s hockey team. |