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14 October 2025 | Story Lacea Loader

In the interest of the safety of the staff and students at the University of the Free State (UFS), the Executive Management assessed the current situation on the three campuses and made the following resolutions:

1. The Qwaqwa Campus is closed with immediate effect, and students are requested to leave the campus within the next 24 hours.

2. The Executive Management Committee extends an invitation to the Student Representative Councils (SRCs) of all three campuses to further engagement.

3. On the Bloemfontein and South Campuses, all lectures are suspended until further notice; however, only limited movement will be allowed on campus from 19:00 in the evening until 07:00 in the morning.

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Expert in Hebrew visits the UFS
2009-02-26

 
Dr Jason Kalman, an expert in Classical Hebrew and Jewish Intellectual History, recently visited the Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the University of the Free State (UFS) to present a number of lectures. Dr Kalman is assistant professor of Classical Hebrew at the Hebrew Union College (HUC) in Cincinnati, United States of America. He and Prof. Jackie du Toit, professor at the department, have just completed a manuscript for McGill-Queen’s Press (Montreal, Kanada) about McGill University’s purchase in the 1950’s of cave 4 fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dr Kalman is a research fellow in the department. Here is Prof. Annelie Lotriet, head of the Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the UFS and Dr Kalman.
Photo: Lacea Loader

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