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The Faculty of the Humanities Centre for Gender and Africa Affairs, in collaboration with the Department of Science and Innovation, Academy of Science of South Africa, and the Edith Cowan University, will be hosting a Visiting Scholar Lecture with Prof Loretta Baldassar titled: Transnational Family Care: from social death to digital kinning over a century of Australian Migration.
Staff and students are encouraged to attend. The details are as follows:
Date: 18 March 2023
Venue: Council Chambers, George du Toit Building
Time: 15:00
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Please contact Portia Gailele at gailelepb@ufs.ac.za to RSVP to this event.
Successful entrepreneur visited UFS
2005-11-28
Mr Douw Steyn (founder and chairperson of Auto & General) and Mr Gert Grobler (SA Ambassador in Spain) visited the University of the Free State (UFS). Mr Steyn is regarded as one of South Africa's most successful entrepreneurs and recently received a visiting professorship from the UFS School of Management. Mr Grobler was last year awarded a Cum Laude award from the Kovsie Alumni Association for his success in the international diplomatic world.
From the left are Judge Faan Hancke (Chairperson of the UFS Council), Mr Gert Grobler, Mr Douw Steyn and Prof Frederick Fourie (Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS). Photo: Lacea Loader