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14 October 2022
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Story Edzani Nephalela
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On 20 October 2022, the University of the Free State (UFS) Faculty of Theology and Religion will present the distinguished Tutu-Jonker lecture in honour of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Prof Willie Jonker. These two theologians are well-known in South Africa for their emphasis on reconciliation, and the series of lectures is a tribute to their reconciliatory efforts.
This will be the first in-person Tutu-Jonker lecture since COVID-19 and the passing of Archbishop Tutu. The keynote speaker, Dr Lazarus Mokobake, Chaplain in the South African Defence Force, will deliver the lecture, themed: ‘Faltering resilience – a nation in need of conciliation’.
Registrations close on 14 October 2022.
UFS academic presents paper on peace and reconstruction in the DRC
2010-10-07
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| Prof. Theo Neethling from the Department of Political Science at the University of the Free State (UFS) attended the Second Annual Peace Studies Conference hosted in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The theme of the conference was: Conflict resolution: Challenges, successes, and failures of supranational and international organisations. Prof. Neethling delivered a paper on Peace and reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): the role of MONUC and future prospects. The paper focused on international peacekeeping challenges that remain in the DRC and the prospects for the intended withdrawal of the United Nations Peace Mission from the DRC in 2011. |