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Celebrate the life of Charlotte Mannya-Maxeke with a short multi-media essay

13 October 2021 | Story Dr Lentsu Nchabeleng

Charlotte Mannya-Maxeke was the first black South African woman to graduate with a university degree. She went on to become an icon in the quest for the emancipation of women. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of her birth, the University of the Free State (UFS) presents an essay writing competition, which is open to all registered students.

Share your short multi-media essay on Charlotte Mannya-Maxeke and win a book by Zubeida Jaffer titled Beauty of the Heart: The life and times of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke.

Theme

There is no human freedom without women’s emancipation.

Submission guidelines

Open to all registered UFS students. Entrants should clearly indicate the following:

• Name

• Department

• Contact details

• Year of study

Technical guidelines

• Essay may be submitted in any language that is dominant at the University of the Free State.

• Essays may be presented in writing (font: Times New Roman, size 12px, space 1.5, a maximum of 500 words)

• Audio-visual essays may be no longer than 3 minutes.

• Audio essays may be no longer than 3 minutes.

Rewards

• The top ten essays will receive a book by Zubeida Jaffer, titled Beauty of the Heart: The life and times of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke.

• The winners and the ultimate winner of the best essay will be announced during the Charlotte Maxeke Memorial Lecture.

For more information

For more information, please contact Geraldine Lengau at LengauGSK@ufs.ac.za or click on here

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Kovsie hockey achieves

2010-07-22

Gregg Clark

Three players from the University of the Free State (UFS) Womens Second Hockey Team, Theane Guthrie, Ayesha Samuels and Chantelle Deere, were selected for the South African Country Districts A Team. Theane, Ayesha and Chantelle played for Free State B Team when they participated in the recent SA Country Districts Hockey tournament. The Free State B Team also won the Tournament.

Jason Klinkradt, coach of the UFS Womens Second Team, was also the coach for the Free State B Team.

Eight Kovsies were also included in the Free State Hockey Team that will participate in the National Interprovincial Hockey Tournament in East-London from 19-24 July 2010. The players are Lesley Ann George (captain), Berne van Wyk, Jo-Nelka Swanepoel, Felicia Shongwe, Orpah Pretorius, Cardeux Nel, Nicole Kemp and Hettie Oosthuizen. The Protea under-captain, Lesley Ann is the captain of the Free State Team. Elsie Coetzer, the Kovsie womens hockey coach, is also the coach of this team.

More news from Kovsie hockey is that the national mens coach, Mr Gregg Clark, presented a very successful training camp for the Free State womens and mens teams on the Kovsie Astros. The training camp was open to all Free State coaches and was amongst others attended by Elsie Coetzer and Des Donald, Kovsies mens hockey coach.

Mr Clark was also course leader at the hockey course for schools, attended by 900 learners, presented by the Kovsie Hockey club earlier this year, said Mr Frans van der Watt from KovsieSport.

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