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14 April 2022 | Story Leonie Bolleurs | Photo Lulama Lepheana
South Campus dining
The South Campus can enjoy affordable, healthy food choices in the new food establishment, Dining@Kovsies.

Since the appointment of Dining@Kovsies in January this year, the South Campus community has been enjoying affordable, healthy meals.

Dining@Kovsies also offers students a safe space to gather and relax between classes. Ilze Nikolova from Housing and Residence Affairs, who is overseeing catering on the South Campus, says they are constantly looking at new ideas. “We also offer a variety of options on the menu and incorporate new items as requested by students. It’s important for us to have a close-knit relationship with our customers.”

Some of the food choices include a selection of salads, as well as a home-cooked meal consisting of a meat, starch, and vegetable option.

Simoné Nel, the Head of Support Services and Operations on the South Campus, says she personally tasted and enjoyed the chicken salad. “It was fresh, very tasty, and very affordable,” she remarks.

Dining@Kovsies also caters for vegetarians as well as other food requirements. “If we know there is a specific client with specific requirements, the client can make a request to our head chef, Lulama Lepheana, and she will gladly assist where possible,” says Nikolova.

“Vegetarians can specifically look forward to ordering the vegetarian burger, non-meat salads, or wraps. But if you are more of a meat eater, the chicken wings and ribs are winners. And for the sweet tooth, there is always the chewy, fudgy chocolate brownie that one can enjoy,” concludes Nikolova.

 

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UFS research on yeast nanorobotics
2006-05-09

Ten members from the University of the Free State's (UFS) Lipid Biotechnology Research Group in the Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology will be presenting their research  on yeast nanorobotics (nanotechnology) at three international conferences in Europe during May and June 2006.

 

It is one of the biggest group of students from the department to present their research overseas.  

The conferences to be attended include the 2nd International Conference on Non Mammalian Eicosanoids, Bioactive Lipids and Plant Oxylipins held in Berlin, Germany; the 3rd European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM-2006) held in Lisbon, Portugal and the 25th International Specialised Symposium on Yeasts (ISSY 2006) held in Helsinki, Finland.  The UFS Lipid Biotechnology Group is also co-organising the conference in Berlin.

The group members are in front from the left Ms Chantel Swart (M Sc student), Ms Ntsoaki Leeuw (M Sc student) and Ms Monique Goldblatt (M Sc student).
Middle from the left Mr Olihile Sebolai (Ph D student and recipient of the Free State Premier Excellence Award), Ms Ané van Heerden (M Sc student) and Dr Catrine Strauss (post-doctoral student).
At the back are from the left Mr Desmond Ncango (M Sc), Dr Carlien Pohl (Senior Researcher), Prof Pieter van Wyk (Head: UFS Center for Confocal and Electron Microscopy) and Prof Lodewyk Kock (Head: UFS Lipid Biotechnology Group).
Photo: Stephen Collett

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