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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.
Faculty of Law presents research conference
2007-06-13
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The Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS), Rhodes University and the Potchefstroom and Mafikeng campuses of the North-West University presented a research conference on the UFS Main Campus in Bloemfontein to discuss the progress of research at the law faculties of the respective universities.
Attending the conference were, from the left: Mr Bradley Smith (organiser from the UFS Faculty of Law), Prof. Rob Midgley (Dean: Faculty of Law, Rhodes University); Appeals Court Judge Ian Farlam (guest speaker); Prof Johan Henning (Dean: Faculty of Law at the UFS); Appeals Court Judge Fritz Brand (guest speaker); Prof. Elizabeth Snyman-Van Deventer (organiser from the UFS Faculty of Law), Prof. Christa Rautenbach (Potchefstroom campus, University of the North-West) and Prof. Philip Iya (Mafikeng campus, University of the North-West).
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