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03 January 2023
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Dr Dolf van Niekerk.
The University of the Free State (UFS) would like to express its condolences to the family and friends of South African author, Dr Dolf van Niekerk, on his passing.
Dr Van Niekerk, the recipient of an
honorary doctorate from the UFS, passed away on 31 December 2022. The UFS awarded a Doctor of Letters to Dr Dolf van Niekerk during its April 2021 graduation ceremony.
Dr Van Niekerk was a celebrated author who also achieved fame as a dramatist and radio presenter. An alumnus of the UFS, he received a BA degree from the university cum laude in 1949. He also played a role in academia and was an emeritus professor at the University of Pretoria until his retirement in 1994. His work includes 27 books in philosophy, poetry, fiction, drama, and memoirs, for which he has received numerous awards. These include the
Eugene Marais Prize, the MER Prize, and the Scheepers Award for Youth Literature.
“Dr van Niekerk is a Kovsie alumnus with a deep connection to the Free State. He played a significant role in the country’s literary history, and it was an honour for the university to award him with an honorary degree. A wordsmith of note, Dr van Niekerk’s contributions to South African literature, radio, and stage will live on," says
Prof Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor.
Expert on international language legislation visits the UFS
2007-03-01
Prof Joseph Turi from Canada, the Secretary General of the International Academy of Linguistic Law, delivered a lecture as guest of the Unit for Language Management at the University of the Free State (UFS) on language rights and language legislation. He is on a visit to South Africa by invitation of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns en die Nasionale Taalliggaam vir Afrikaans.
Attending the lecture were, from the left, front: Ms Jo-Ann Scholtz (third-year student in Language Practice), Prof Turi, Prof Jackie Naudé (head of the Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the UFS); back: Prof Theo du Plessis (Director: Unit for Language Management at the UFS)
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