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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.
Students from Virginia Tech at UFS
2007-06-07
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The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) held a function on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein to welcome a group of 13 exchange students from Virginia Tech in the United States of America (USA). The group is visiting the university as part of an Ecology course. The faculty also bid farewell to the group of 16 exchange students who have been on the Main Campus since January this year. Attending the function were, from the left, front: Rockey Warren, Katie Lottinville, Ashley Wright, Prof. Leon van Rensburg (Professor in the Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences at the UFS); back: Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk (Dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the UFS).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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