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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 Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences meets with SAATA
2007-03-28
The annual congress of the South African Agricultural Teachers Association (SAATA), held on the Paradys Experimental Farm of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS), was attended by principals and deputy principals of agricultural schools across the country. From the left are: Messrs Gerrit Viljoen (Chairperson of SAATA), Jannie van den Heever (representative from Limpopo), Bennie Trollip (Department of Education, Free State) and Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk (Dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the UFS). Discussions also took place between the faculty and SAATA. One of the decisions was that participation in the annual national Youth Show will in future be part of the practical marks in the final exam of Grade 12 learners. The Youth Show is presented on the Paradys Experimental Farm.
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28 March 2007