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Welcome, Class of 2023! Ready to register?

26 January 2023 | Story Valentino Ndaba

UFS Registration 2023 — Ready to register? Get informed on the registration process.

The University of the Free State is excited to welcome you in 2023. Curriculum advice and registration are from 30 January to 17 February for senior students, and from 3 to17 February for first-year students.

All first-year students are encouraged to download the first-year student registration guide to get more information about the registration process. Senior students need to read the senior student registration guide. The postgraduate student registration guide outlines the enrolment process for all programmes and modules available to postgraduate students.

Before starting the registration process, you must speak to your faculty to request curriculum advice. Read the registration activity guide, a user manual created to give you the support you need if you require technical assistance. The service request management user manual will direct you on how to receive the assistance you need if you run into technical problems.

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Kovsies help SA Badminton win gold at 2013 AFCON

2013-08-27

Elmé de Villiers, Andries Malan, Wiaan Viljoen and Sandra le Grange.
Photo: Supplied
27 August 2013

A former Kovsie and the current captain of the South African Badminton team, Olympian Wiaan Viljoen, won two gold medals at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Individual events that concluded in Mauritius on 20 August 2013.

South Africa proved their dominance in the 2013 Continental Championships by winning three gold, two silver and three bronze medals in the Individual events. Combined with the gold medal for the team, South Africa won four out of the six gold medals up for contention, with the other two going to Mauritius in the ladies’ singles and to Seychelles in the ladies’ doubles respectively.

Kovsies’ Elmé de Villiers and Sandra le Grange also carried the ladies’ side of the South African team through every match of the AFCON and De Villiers won the deciding match in the final against Nigeria. De Villiers has been included in the 2016 Road to RIO BWF Project of Excellence. Both De Villiers and Le Grange are players to watch closely en route to the 2016 Olympic Games.

De Villiers and Le Grange also won the doubles title at the Mauritius International, which was held in the week after the AFCON. This was the first international title for both De Villiers and Le Grange.

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