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03 March 2021
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Story Giselle Baillie
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Residence members who led the project, included:
Bohlokwa Rantja, the Residence Prime, and Transformation Committee members Nsuku Mutemela, Ofentse Motlakeng, Phindile Tjale, Madinku Mabala, Mmapopi Motshoso, Karabo Shuping, and Tagane Sekete.
The University of the Free State (UFS) Council approved and adopted Lehakwe House as the new name for the
NJ van der Merwe residence on the Bloemfontein Campus. The approval on 26 November 2020 followed a lengthy process of deliberation, consultation, and public engagement that has taken place since November 2019 and is aligned with the UFS Policy on Naming and Renaming. The name-change process was initiated by the Prime and Transformation Committee of the residence, guided by the
Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice and supported by a multi-stakeholder committee representative of the residence, the Housing and Residence Affairs Office, the Department of Student Affairs, the Student Representative Council, and alumni.
Lehakwe – a precious gem
Following a lengthy evaluation process of the names submitted through a public voting and recommendation platform in July 2020, ‘Lehakwe’ – a Sesotho word referring to a ‘precious gem’ – emerged as the front runner. As many current and past members of the residence attest, this womxn’s residence has come to occupy a significant space within the hearts and minds of UFS students and the UFS community, given that its spirit has always been closely aligned with the constitutional values of dignity, equality, and freedom and with the human values of ubuntu. In this vein, the new name of ‘Lehakwe’ presents a consolidation of constitutional and university values into the day-to-day thinking, learning, living, and legacy spaces of students, as well as everyone who interacts and engages with the UFS.
Student in Architecture wins two prizes for her Master's Degree studies
2009-11-27
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Tascha de Lange, an M.Arch (Prof) student at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently received two coveted awards for her studies. She received the Corobrik Regional Prize for the Best Student in the M.Arch (Prof.) programme, as well as the award for the best M.Arch (Prof.) student of the UFS’s Department of Architecture. Tascha will be participating in the National Corobrik Architecture Student of the Year Competition in March 2010.
Here she is with, to the left: Prof. Pattabi Raman, from the Department of Architecture at the UFS; Mr Gary Westwood, Area Manager of Corobrik; Prof. Jan Smit, Head of the Department of Architecture at the UFS and Mr Jan Ras, also from the Department of Architecture at the UFS. Earlier this year, a former student of the Department, Wim Steenkamp, was named National Corobrik Architecture Student of the Year 2008.
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