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11 July 2022 | Story Andre Damons | Photo Stephen Collett
Jacques Nienaber and Prof Francis Petersen

Welcome home, coach. Prof Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State (UFS), met with the current Springbok coach and UFS alumnus, Jacques Nienaber, at the team’s hotel in Bloemfontein on Sunday (10 July 2022). 

Prof Petersen showed his support for the Springboks and Nienaber during the meet-and-greet. The Springboks were narrowly beaten by Wales (13-12) on Saturday. This was Nienaber’s first time back in Bloemfontein after taking over in 2020 as head coach of the Springboks from Rassie Erasmus, who is also an alumnus of the UFS. 

“Kovsies has been a leading institution in shaping and producing sports stars and administrators in various sporting codes, including rugby. We are proud of Jacques and wish him all the best with the important role as Springbok head coach,” says Prof Petersen.

Nienaber was born in Welkom and attended school at Grey College in Bloemfontein before studying at the UFS. He was previously also a physiotherapist for the Cheetahs rugby team.

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SMS service for exam results
2005-05-24

Students at the University of the Free State (UFS) can now also receive their exam results via SMS. 

“The service will be implemented with the mid-year exams, which started this week,” said Mr Vernon Collett, Registrar:  Academic Student Services at the UFS.

“The exam results will, as always, be made available by the department involved and the SMS service will be updated on a daily basis by means of computers,” said Mr Collett.

According to Mr Collett the service is quick and easy and results are sent within seconds.  He explains that a students will be able to obtain their module results during the exam by sending the word UFS and their student number to 35606. 

“Although students could already obtain their exam results from the UFS web page, this service provides them the opportunity to obtain their results at any time and place,” said Mr Collett.

The service is applicable to MTN, Vodacom and Cell-C users at a cost of R3 per SMS.

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