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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.
Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk honoured for his contribution to Agricultural Economics
2009-11-27
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Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk (left), Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently received the Leopard Award from the Agricultural Economics Society of South Africa’s (LEVSA) agricultural economics work group for the Free State. With this award he is honoured for his contribution to Agricultural Economics in the Free State. The award was presented to Prof. Van Schalkwyk at a dinner to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Department of Agricultural Economics. On the photo the award is handed to Prof. Van Schalkwyk by Prof. Klopper Oosthuizen, member of the working group and associated with the Department of Agricultural Economics at the UFS.
Photo: Stephen Collett |