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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.
Student from Malawi obtained his doctorate in Plant Breeding
2006-04-30
The University of the Free State (UFS) awarded 35 doctorate degrees during its recent graduation ceremony. Among the guests attending the doctorandi's congratulatory dinner were in front from the left Dr Liezel Herselman (senior lecturer at the Division Plant Breeding of the UFS Department of Plant Sciences), Dr Ibrahim Benesi (a student from Malawi, who obtained his doctorate in Plant Breeding), Dr Everina Lukonge (a student from Tanzania, who obtained her doctorate in Plant Breeding) and Prof Maryke Labuschagne (head of the Division Plant Breeding of the UFS Department of Plant Sciences). Dr Herselman is the co-promotor and Prof Labuschagne is the promotor of the two students.