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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 staff train geo-hydrologists in Sri Lanka
2007-02-11
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Staff from the Institute for Ground Water Studies (IGWS) at the University of the Free State (UFS) presented a workshop on the evaluation and management of ground water resources to geo-hydrologists at the University of Peradeniya in Sri-Lanka. The South African Disaster Management Fund carried the costs of the UFS staff.
During the visit were, from the left: Dr HA Dharmagunawardhane (workshop co-ordinator), M Danie Vermeulen (researcher at the IGS), Dr Ingrid Dennis (researcher at the IGS), Mr Tikiri Kobbekaduwa (Governor of the Central Province, Sri Lanka) Prof Gerrit van Tonder (head of the IGS), Mr Kalinga Pelpola (Programme Manager), Prof H Abeygunawardhane (Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya), and Prof MAKL Dissanayake (Director: Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya).
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