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12 June 2024
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Story Lunga Luthuli
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Richard Molefe, a final-year BCom Investment Management and Banking
student at the University of the Free State (UFS), was recently elected uncontested as the National Chairperson of the Black Management Forum (BMF) National Student Chapter. The BMF aims to empower managerial leadership among black individuals in South Africa. Molefe's election signifies a step towards inclusive leadership structures that reflect wider societal values.
In an exclusive interview, Molefe shares his vision for youth empowerment and his plans for the Student Chapter's endeavours.
“The Black Management Forum’s programmes of development and advancement of managerial leadership and socio-economic transformation have exposed me to leadership opportunities that enhance my potential and aspirations. The opportunity is an indication that I have done something right, but I must constantly remind myself that I have not arrived,” said Molefe.
In his one-year term of office, Molefe wants to ensure that national structures of the Student Chapter exist and are functional, key pillars – promoting leadership, managerial leadership development skills, and entrepreneurial skills development in higher education institutions.
UFS leads workshop on African agricultural education
2010-04-08
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A workshop aimed at the restructuring and revitalisation of agricultural education and training in Africa, supported by the WK Kellogg Foundation, was recently held in Cape Town. National and international delegates attended the workshop with the purpose to conceptualise and discuss the preliminary work pertaining to a book to be published later this year. Representing the University of the Free State (UFS) were Proffs Driekie Hay, Frans Swanepoel, Aldo Stroebel, Izak Groenewald, Dr Glen Taylor, Ms Sonja Loots and Ms Claudine Macaskill. Prof. Monty Jones, the 2004 World Food Prize Laureate and Chairperson of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) was also present.
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