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18 March 2024
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Story VALENTINO NDABA
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Mark your calendar: The Faculty of Law's Human Rights celebration is approaching!
In commemoration of Human Rights Day, the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) is marking the occasion with a series of special events. These include a panel discussion titled Contribution of Sir Kentridge to Human Rights in South Africa and Beyond, and a public lecture titled Thirty Years of Human Rights in South Africa? Any Reason to Celebrate? – delivered by Emeritus Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs, promising a day of profound reflection and insight.
Date: 18 March 2024
Time: 10:00
Venue: Albert Wessels Auditorium, Bloemfontein Campus
Join us for an insightful panel discussion on the Contribution of Sir Kentridge to Human Rights in South Africa and Beyond. Panellists will include esteemed retired Constitutional Court judges. After the panel discussion, we will gather for a luncheon.
Don't miss the afternoon’s thought-provoking public lecture by Emeritus Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs.
Click here for the programme.
UFS's Lipid Biotechnology group attends congress in Japan
2009-06-26
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At the congress are, from the left: Prof. Lodewyk Kock, Head: Lipid Biotechnology Group; Dr Carlien Pohl-Albertyn, Lecturer; Ms Andri van Wyk, Professional Officer; Mr Ntsoaki Leeuw, Ph.D. student; Mr Desmond Ncango, Ph.D. student; Ms Chantel Swart, Ph.D. student; Prof. Pieter van Wyk, Director: Centre for Microscopy and Mr Ruan Ells, Ph.D. student. The group’s attendance was sponsored by the South African Fryer Oil Initiative (SAFOI) at the UFS.
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Four staff members and four Ph.D. students from the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology recently attended the 17th congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) in Tokyo, Japan. Five posters and one presentation were delivered.