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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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Journal for Contemporary History handed over

2005-06-10

The Department of History at the University of the Free State (UFS) handed a special edition of the Journal for Contemporary History to Prof Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Academic Operations and Prof Gerhardt de Klerk, Dean: Faculty of the Humanities at the UFS.

Most of the articles in the journal, which appeared earlier this year, are about facettes of the first decade of democracy in South Africa.

The Department of History has the highest research output in the Faculty of Humanities at the UFS for the period 2002-2004 and also boasts with the highest number of research articles appearing in accredited journals.

From left: Prof Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Academic Operations; Prof Gerhardt de Klerk, Dean: Faculty of the Humanities; Prof Leo Barnard, Head: Department of History and Prof André Wessels from the Department of History

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