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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.

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UK academic delivers lecture at the UFS
2010-02-10

At the conference were, from left: Dr Nigel Cassidy with Prof. Willem van der Westhuizen (Departmental chair of the Geology Department, UFS).
Photo: Mariëtte Erwee


Dr Nigel Cassidy from the University of Keele in England recently visited the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Departments of Geology and Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences. He was a speaker at the 2010 Combined Conference of the Soil Science, Crop Production, Horticultural and Weed Science Associations of South Africa. He delivered a lecture at the Department of Geology titled “Mars, Bars and GPRS”.

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