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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.
Society for Agriculture Students receives sponsorship from PPS
2007-06-15
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The Society for Agricultural Students at the University of the Free State (UFS) received a sponsorship from PPS for the upgrading of the society’s facilities on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. The upgrading included among others the installation of a plasma screen in the southern entrance of the Agricultural Building and the building of a lapa in the courtyard of the building. Attending the handing-over of the sponsorship were, from the left: Messrs Jannie Myburgh (Chairman of the Society for Agriculture Students for 2006/07), Dirkie Strydom (Chairman of the Society for Agriculture Students for 2005/06), Barry Pretorius (representative from PPS), Stefen Shultz (representative from PPS) and Pieter Taljaard (Lecturer in the UFS Department of Agricultural Economics).
Photo: Stephen Collett
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