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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.
UFS staff train geo-hydrologists in Sri Lanka
2007-02-11
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Staff from the Institute for Ground Water Studies (IGWS) at the University of the Free State (UFS) presented a workshop on the evaluation and management of ground water resources to geo-hydrologists at the University of Peradeniya in Sri-Lanka. The South African Disaster Management Fund carried the costs of the UFS staff.
During the visit were, from the left: Dr HA Dharmagunawardhane (workshop co-ordinator), M Danie Vermeulen (researcher at the IGS), Dr Ingrid Dennis (researcher at the IGS), Mr Tikiri Kobbekaduwa (Governor of the Central Province, Sri Lanka) Prof Gerrit van Tonder (head of the IGS), Mr Kalinga Pelpola (Programme Manager), Prof H Abeygunawardhane (Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya), and Prof MAKL Dissanayake (Director: Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya).
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