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14 October 2025
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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.
Geology under spotlight as part of UFS's Darwin lecture series
2009-03-05
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Two staff members of the University of the Free State's (UFS) Department of Geology recently presented lectures in the UFS's Charles Darwin lecture series entitled "The story of life and survival" on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Prof. Marian Tredoux presented a lecture on "The origin of our solar system" and Mr Johan Loock spoke about "The geological evolution of our planet: The first billion years". Here are, from the left: Danita Hohne, Honnours student in Geology at the UFS, Mr Loock, Prof. Tredoux, Pierre Louw, student in Environmental Health at the Central University of Technology, and Ms Janine Kottke-Levin, Ph.D. student in Geology from Germany.
Photo: Stephen Collett |