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04 October 2023 | Story Samkelo Fetile

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) is pleased to host the Honourable Mxolisi Dukwana, currently serving as the Premier of the Free State, who will deliver this year’s Public Management Memorial Lecture, on the topic ‘Public Administration and Management as a Method and Tool of Delivering an Ethical, Capable, and Developmental State.’

Event details:

Date: Thursday, 12 October 2023
Time: 18:00

Venue: Equitas Auditorium, Bloemfontein Campus, UFS

RSVP and additional information

Kindly RSVP on or before Friday, 6 October 2023, by visiting this link. For any enquiries, please contact Carmil Lesaoana via email at LesaoanaC@ufs.ac.za.

Refreshments will be served after the lecture.

About the speaker

Premier Mxolisi Dukwana has a rich and impactful history in public service. In 1994, during the first year of democracy, he assumed the pivotal role of Commissioner of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP). His commitment to the development of South Africa continued when he served as the Free State’s Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education from 1996 to 1998.

Premier Dukwana then became the Chief Whip of the majority party, the African National Congress (ANC), in the Free State Legislature. He served as Deputy Speaker of the Legislature from 1999 to 2001, actively participating in various committees within both the Legislature and the ANC.

He became Speaker of the Free State Legislature in 2001, and later served as MEC for Community Safety and Transport and MEC for Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Affairs. 

Premier Dukwana served as ANC Provincial Treasurer in 2005 and was re-elected in 2008. His illustrious career culminated in his election as Free State Premier on 24 February 2023.

We invite you to join us in celebrating a legacy of public service and to engage in a discourse that paves the way for a brighter and more progressive future. We look forward to your participation in this significant event.

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Opera in Odeion
2005-03-11

Nols Nieman - Volksblad
DIE eerste opera op die Volksbladkunstefees, 'n konsert van klavierduette deur die vermaarde pianiste Albie van Schalkwyk en Anneke Lamont, drie konserte deur die Nasionale Jeugsimfonie-orkes en 'n uitvoering deur die bekende Rosamundestrykkwartet.

Dit is van die hoogtepunte wat vir liefhebbers van klassieke musiek op die Volksblad-kunstefees van 12 tot 17 Julie in Bloemfontein beplan word. Op 'n kunstefeesvergadering gister op die kampus van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV), het mev. Doks Briers, hooforganiseerder, bekend gemaak dat die Nasionale Jeugsimfonie-orkes drie konserte gaan hou, waarvan twee volle simfoniekonserte gaan wees. Dié orkes hou tydens die fees 'n kamp op die Kovie-kampus.

Me. Hanna van Niekerk, sangdosent en konsertkoördineerder van die departement musiek aan die UV, het gesê die plan is om die sprokie-opera Hansie en Grietjie van Humperdinck in die Odeion op die kampus aan te bied. Die Skool vir Musiek in Potchefstroom van die Noordwes-universiteit onder leiding van Werner Nel voer dit uit.

Ook word 'n konsert deur die Rosamunde-strykkwartet beplan. Van Niekerk beskou Rosamunde as die beste strykkwartet in die land. Die vier vroue in die kwartet is Denise Sutton (viool), Suzanne Swanepoel-Martens (viool), Jeanne-Louise Moolman (altviool) en Marian Lewin (tjello)

Die beplande konsert van klavierduette deur Van Schalkwyk en Lamont behoort ook 'n vol saal te trek.

Volksblad - Woensdag 23 Februarie 2005

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