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03 September 2021 | Story Burneline Kaars
The University of the Free State invites students and staff to a webinar titled, ‘The COVID vaccine and YOU’. Dr Samantha Potgieter, infectious disease expert at the Universitas Academic Hospital and affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine, will answer questions from staff about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it affects them. The webinar will address questions such as the following: 

• what vaccination is and how it works
• how vaccines are developed and how we know they are safe and effective
• how the COVID-19 vaccine works and how it can protect you
• the side effects of the vaccine 
• the risks vs benefits of the vaccine.

You can also forward questions prior to the webinar to grimbeekl@ufs.ac.za
Date: Friday 10 September 2021
Time: 11:00-12:00

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Lecture at UFS focuses on language debate at the US
2007-05-18

Prof. Leopold Scholtz, Extraordinary professor in the Department of History at the University of Stellenbosch (US), was the speaker at this year's D.F. Malherbe memorial lecture. The lecture, entitled: Aan wie behoort dié universiteit? ‘n Analise van die taaldebat op Stellenbosch, was presented on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. At the lecture were, from the left: Proff. Magda Fourie (Vice-Rector: Academic Planning), Gerhardt de Klerk (Dean: Faculty of The Humanities), Scholtz and Hennie van Coller (Head of the Department Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French at the UFS).
Photo: Stephen Collett

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