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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, Medi-Clinic and ER 24 co-operate
2007-09-06
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Dr Ezekiel Moraka, Vice-Rector: Student Affairs recently signed a contract on behalf of the University of the Free State (UFS) with Medi-Clinic and ER24. The contract stipulates that the UFS will use Medi-Clinic as its main service provider for its medical services at the university’s rugby stadium (Shimla Park) and other main events on campus, such as the Volksblad annual arts festival. Medi-Clinic donated R60 000 per year over a period of three years to the UFS. The UFS also signed a contract with ER24 to utilise this institutions emergency services during emergencies on campus. The agreement is also valid for a period of three years. At the signing of the agreement were, from the left: Mr Sarel Venter (Area Manager of ER24), Mr Carl Bührmann (Hospital Manager of Medi-Clinic), Dr Moraka, Ms Vivienne Pistorius (Network Marketing Manager of Bloemfontein Medi-Clinic), and Dr Louis Holtzhausen (Director: Kovsie Health at the UFS).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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