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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.
Seminar on science in rugby
2006-05-08
About 60 rugby trainers, sports physicians and fitness experts from all over the Free State attended a seminar on science in rugby on the Main Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein. The seminar was presented by the UFS Sports and Exercise Science Medicine Clinic and Life Healthcare. Useful information on scientific exercising methods, fitness testing, monitoring of under and over exercising and the practical planning of a match day were given.

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Some of the people attending the seminar were from the left Dr Louis Holtzhausen (Director: UFS Sports and Exercise Medicine Clinic), Dr Pieter Fischer (general practitioner from Jan Kempdorp), Col Peet Kleynhans (former trainer of the Cheetah Rugby Team) and Mr Gerhard van Rensburg rugby trainer of Grey College Primary School).