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Update: Resolutions by the Executive Management Committee of the University of the Free State (UFS) effective on 14 October 2025

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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World class hockey at the UFS

2010-12-09

Gilles Bonnet, the South African coach, has roped in international specialist trainers to help with the preparations for the test series against Argentina, the current world champions. These trainers are Andrew Meredith, Assistant Coach National Men's Hockey Team at Deutsche Hockey Bund, Adel Fuentes, Assistant Coach of Argentina’s Men's Hockey Team, Frank Stofmeel, a Technical Director of SportWays and Martijn Drijver, Spanish and Dutch National Goalkeeper Coach from 2003 to 2009.

The test series against Argentina kicked off on Sunday 12 December at 17:30 on the UFS astros, where all the matches will be played.

The test matches will be played on the following days:

Sunday 12 December at 17:30
Monday 13 December at 17:30
Tuesday 14 December at 17:30
Thursday 16 December at 15:00
Friday 17 December at 10:00

The entrance fee is R15 per person and season tickets can be bought for R45 per ticket. For more information, contact Frans van der Watt at 083 283 9611 or 051 401 2540 or Spvdw@ufs.ac.za.

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