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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.
Centre awards the most master's degrees in its faculty
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The Centre for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) honoured students in the Master's in Sustainable Agriculture during this week's autumn graduation ceremony. The centre this year boasts with the most graduandi of all the faculty's centres. Here are, from the left: Prof. Hennie Snyman, professor in the Department Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences at the UFS, Ms Poppy Makabanyane, Agricultural Research Council's (ARC) Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Mr Phillip Maake, Department of Agriculture, Limpopo, Ms Makhosi Buthelezi, ARC in Rustenburg, and Prof. Izak Groenewald, Director of the centre.
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