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28 June 2022
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Story Nonsindiso Qwabe
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Photo ALBERT VAN BILJON
In conversation: Prof Petersen and Leanne Manas.
An outward-looking, globally competitive university that ranks among the top-tier universities in South Africa and on the continent, driven by a strong human-centred, diverse social-justice approach. This is at the heart of the vision
Prof Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS, shared with multi-award-winning
news anchor
Leanne Manas during a sit-down conversation on Friday 22 July 2022.
Prof Petersen reflected on the great strides and difficulties faced during his first term, as well as navigating the UFS through the COVID-19 pandemic to position the institution in a strategic and focused manner as a university of choice on the continent
and in other parts of the globe.
Prof Prakash Naidoo, Vice-Rector: Operations, introduced Leanne Manas
Prof Francis Petersen
Leanne Manas and Prof Petersen In conversation
Leanne Manas
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Prof Petersen with some of our staff members
From the left; Prof Prakash Naidoo, Leanne Manas, Prof Francis Petersen and Temba Hlasho, Executive Director: Student Affairs
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
From the left; Prof Prakash Naidoo, Prof Francis Petersen and Quinton Koetaan, Senior Director; HRA
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Kovsies to compete for big drama prize at the KKNK in 2009
2008-11-27
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A production of the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Department of Drama and Theatre Arts, “Spokie Snygans maak sy buiging” by Jeanne Goosen, is one of four new plays in 2009 that will again compete at the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) for the big Sanlam prize for Afrikaans theatre.
The department this year received R25 000 seed money for the production. Other participants that will compete for the prize are Rhodes University (for the first time) with “Die Bannelinge” by Bauke Snyman, Tshwane University of Technology with “Karakters” by Jané Dowd, and Stellenbosch University with “Die Wagkamer” by Frans Josias Hamman.
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| Prof. Nico Luwes, Head of the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts. |