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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.
Prof Swanepoel addresses Parliament
2009-08-06
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Pictured are, from the left: Prof. Modi, Mr Mlungisi Johnson (Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee) and Prof. Swanepoel. Prof. Swanepoel is also a professor extraordinary at the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture at the UFS and an adjunct professor at the University of Fort Hare and serves on many committees and boards in South Africa and internationally.
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Prof. Frans Swanepoel, Director: Research Development at the University of the Free State (UFS), addressed the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Cape Town by invitation as part of their strategic planning. Other presenters included Prof. Albert Modi from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Prof. Mohammed Karaan, University of Stellenbosch.