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15 March 2022
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Story Rulanzen Martin
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The keynote speakers are Dr Khabele Motlosa (right), Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at NUL, and leading Pan-Africanist scholar Prof Molefi Kete Asante(left).
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Centre for Gender and Africa Studies (CGAS) at the University of the Free State (UFS), together with the
National University of Lesotho (NUL) and the Academic Forum for Development of Lesotho, is hosting an online think tank on the transnational communities of the Lesotho-South Africa border from 19 to 21 March 2021. The theme of the conference is
Lesotho and South Africa: a clarion call for a Pan-Africanist future.
Dr Munyaradzi Mushonga, Programme Director: Africa Studies Programme in CGAS, is the convenor of the conference and is also leading the UFS borderlands panel. The borderlands project is jointly funded by the Office of the Dean: Faculty of the Humanities at the UFS, and the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS).
For more information and to register for the conference, click here
UFS community rooting for Elizabeth Molapo
2015-11-20
 Kovsies’ own beauty queen, Elizabeth Molapo |
Miss South Africa recently announced its Top 12 finalists. Among them is the beautiful, vibrant, and passionate Elizabeth Molapo, a final-year BCom Economics student at the University of the Free State (UFS).
The 23-year-old will represent Bloemfontein and Kovsies at the most prestigious beauty pageant in the country. As she embarks on this exciting journey, the UFS community is fully behind her and wishes all the best in her endeavours.
Other Kovsies who have made strides in the beauty pageant realm, include Rolene Strauss, who was crowned Miss SA 2014 and Miss World 2015. Earlier this year, Relebohile Kobeli was also crowned Miss Lesotho 2015 and is now en route to Miss World International 2015 in China.