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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.
Department of Agricultural Economics: Senwes donated a computer programme
2004-11-05
Senwes donated a computer programme to the University of the Free State's (UFS) Department of Agricultural Economics. The programme will be used by undergraduate and postgraduate students to do market analyses and grain marketing. It will enable students to download market prices daily from the internet, update and analyse the prices. From left is: Prof André Jooste, head of the UFS's Department of Agricultural Economics; Prof Herman van Schalkwyk, Dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Mr Pieter Taljaard, lecturer at the Department of Agricultural Economics; Mr Christo Booyens, Manager: Grain Marketing at Senwes and Dr Kit le Clus of the UFS's Department of Agricultural Economics
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5 November 2004