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08 May 2024
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Story Anthony Mthembu
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From left to right: Prof Philippe Burger, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) at the University of the Free State (UFS), presenting an award to Ntswaki Moshwaisi.
A cohort of esteemed academic and support staff from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) at the University of the Free State (UFS), received well-deserved accolades at the 2024 annual EMS Awards. Notable among them were Programme Coordinator Ntswaki Moshwaisi and Associate Professor Prof Liezel Massyn from the UFS Business School.
Prof Massyn was lauded in the Teaching and Learning category, while Moshwaisi garnered recognition in the Support Staff category at the awards ceremony held on 18 April 2024, on the UFS Bloemfontein campus.
Reflecting on her achievement, Moshwaisi expressed gratitude, stating, “The award serves as motivation to myself to keep working hard and to innovate methods and approaches towards my work.’’
The significance of the awards
Prof Massyn remarked that the awards serve to spotlight the remarkable contributions of both academics and support staff within the faculty. She considers the award as a testament to her dedication, acknowledged by her esteemed colleagues. Both Prof Massyn and Moshwaisi attribute their success to the support they receive from their peers.
Moreover, they emphasise that these awards transcend mere recognition. It will serve as an impetus to the way forward. Moshwaisi envisages leveraging her award to enhance the quality and efficacy of the programmes under her stewardship. Prof Massyn, echoing this statement, asserts, ’’It will strengthen my belief in the transformative power of teaching and make me work harder to provide quality learning opportunities to students. I am a firm believer in following an evidence-based approach and will continue to research learning and teaching.’’
Lighting Roses through to finals in Netball Grand Series
2011-08-03
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Claudia Basson of the Ligthning Roses and Nonthle Gwavu of the Black Diamonds in action during one of their matches earlier this year.
Photo: Jacques Cato from World of Sport Photography |
The Lightning Roses – the Free State’s first netball team, and consisting of Kovsies and former Kovsies – went through to the finals, after they had won 14 of the 14 matches played across South Africa in the Netball Grand Series.
Supporters of this sport can diarise Saturday, 6 August to come and share in netball action as never experienced before.
The final match between the Lightning Roses and the Galaxy Blues (Gauteng North) will start at 12:00. Don’t miss this match. Admission is only R20 per ticket.
Other matches that take place earlier the morning, include the schools finals between Sentraal and Menlo Park (08:30-09:20) and the match between the Starlight Jets and the Black Diamonds.
All the matches will take place in the Callie Human Centre on our Bloemfontein Campus.