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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.
UFS Child Information Centre turns 21
2007-03-28
The Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of the Free State (UFS) celebrated the 21st birthday of the Child Information Centre on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. This year the department is also celebrating Down Syndrome awareness year. Some of the children with Down Syndrome who were treated at the centre also attended the function. From the left are: Ms Dorothy Russell (Occupational Therapist and head of the Child Information Centre), Prof. André Venter (Departmental Chairperson of the UFS Department of Paediatrics and Child Health), Mr Louis Theron (Administrator of the UFS Faculty of Health Sciences) and Ms Dalene Joubert (Founding member of the centre).
Media release
Issued by: Lacea Loader
Assistant Director: Media Liaison
Tel: 051 401 2584
Cell: 083 645 2454
E-mail: loaderl@ufs.ac.za
28 March 2007