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15 September 2021
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Story Lacea Loader
Ms Litemba Mpambani.
No arrest has been made in the case of culpable homicide that occurred on 24 April 2021 outside the Main Gate of the University of the Free State (UFS) Bloemfontein Campus in Nelson Mandela Drive when Ms Litemba Mpambani was fatally killed. She was a fourth-year student in BA Fine Arts.
The case is still being investigated by the South African Police Service (SAPS). The university is again appealing to the Bloemfontein community to come forward with any relevant information that can assist in the investigation.
Anyone who has information in respect of the incident or who saw something that could possibly be linked to the incident can call Sergeant Thabo Litsoane on +27 0 79 606 7820. Alternatively, +27 0 860 010111 can be called or information can be reported on the MySAPSApp. Information can also be sent to the UFS at i
nvestigation@ufs.ac.za, from where it will be communicated to the investigating officer at SAPS.
The university management has been in touch with the Mpambani family and fully supports their quest for justice in this tragic hit-and-run accident. Not only did the family lose a daughter, but the university also lost a promising and talented student who was loved among her friends, fellow students, and lecturers.
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Lacea Loader (Director: Communication and Marketing)
Telephone: +27 51 401 2584 | +27 83 645 2454
Email: news@ufs.ac.za | loaderl@ufs.ac.za
Fax: +27 51 444 6393
Ancient methods used for new sculpture
2012-05-11
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Angus Taylor sculpture “Van Hier tot Daar”
Photo: Supplied
10 May 2012
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An Angus Taylor sculpture “Van Hier tot Daar” was installed at the Agricultural Building on the Bloemfontein Campus. The sculpture is a three-metre head (14 times larger than life-size) made out of stacked Marico slate. It weighs approximately 15 tons and took two weeks, after months of preparation, to be built on site. The portrait is generic as Taylor has used various people from his studio as reference.
Ms Angela de Jesus, Curator of the Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery on campus, says the process of stacking stone refers to one of the first methods used by humans to create an object or mark a place of significance in three dimensions. The sculpture speaks not only of man’s evolutionary development, but also of how humans are physically and psychologically connected and interdependent on the land. The sculpture that emerges from the ground, although monumental in scale, becomes somewhat of an anti-monument as it is non-representative and it is without a plinth.
The sculpture is the 16th artwork to be installed on the Bloemfontein Campus by the Lotto Sculpture-on-Campus Project funded by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund.