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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.
Kovsie-Alumni Trust awards bursaries to the top matriculants
2006-05-13
Every year, the Kovsie-Alumni Trust of the University of the Free State (UFS) awards bursaries to the top matriculants from each province who study at the UFS. The top matriculants in the Free State and Northern Cape are studying at the UFS this year.
At the awarding of the bursaries were from the left Ms Liné Morrison (top matriculant in the Free State in 2005), Ms Frances Hoexter (Chairperson of the Kovsie-Alumni Trust) and Ms Liesl-Barbara Muller (top matriculant in the Northern Cape in 2005). Me Morrison matriculated from the Secondary School Witteberg in Bethlehem and studies B Sc (Physiotherapy). Ms Muller is a MB Ch B student who matriculated from the Secondary School Diamantveld in Kimberley.