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14 October 2025
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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.
Abe Bailey Travel Bursary recipient to visit Scotland
2005-11-22
A student of the University of the Free State (UFS), Ms Annelise de Kock (23), will visit the United Kingdom and Scotland for three weeks as part of the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary that was awarded to her. The bursary is awarded annually to one student or junior lecturer at each of South Africa's 16 residential universities who show exceptional leadership qualities. Ms de Kock completed the B Sc in Human Nutrition this year and was Vice-President of the UFS Main Campus Student Representative Council for 2004/2005.