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31 October 2023
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Story Mosa Mofokeng
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To inform, inspire, motivate, and connect!
These are the outcomes that the UFS Department of Alumni Relations wants to achieve through its Alumni Career Connect engagement series.
The series connects pre-alumni with leading alumni who have experience as leaders in various careers, entrepreneurship, personal and professional success.
The content and themes further aim to prepare pre-alumni for the world of work and life beyond graduation.
Dr Roy Jankielsohn is the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Free State Legislature and the DA Free State Provincial Leader. Formerly a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at UFS (1995-2000), he was a Member of Parliament (2000-2006) during which he served as the DA’s Spokesperson on Defence and Safety and Security (Policing).
Join us as we experience Dr Jankielsohn’s personal and professional success.
Date: Thursday, 09 November 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00
Venue: Multilingualism Building (Bloemfontein Campus) and Senate Hall (Qwaqwa Campus)
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. |