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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.

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Astro hockey project one of the university’s biggest sport investments
2007-02-13

A group of hockey players of the University of the Free State's (UFS) men and ladies first teams recently played on the new astro fields on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein for the first time. The R16 million astro hockey project is one of the university’s biggest sport investments. The project, in which five schools are partners, commenced eighteen months ago. The fields will be used by students and learners.
 

 

Attending the first hockey game were, from the left: Simone Hugo (student), Mr Frans van der Watt (Hockey Manager at the UFS), Prof Frederick Fourie (Rector and Vice-Chancellor at the UFS), Mr James Letuka (Director of KovsieSport) and Jaques du Toit (student).

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