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14 October 2025 | 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.

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Faculty celebrates growth in research outputs
2007-06-21

 

The Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) has achieved more than a third of the growth in accredited research outputs of the entire university for 2006. The faculty's average accredited outputs for 2006 increased remarkably as compared to the period 2000-2005. Nine of the research articles were presented as papers during a research day held recently to celebrate this achievement. Some of the people attending the celebrations, were from the left, front: Prof. Frikkie Booysen (Department of Economics), Prof. Doreen Atkinson (Centre for Development Support), Ms Marina Marinkov (Department of Economics), Ms Ekaete Samson-Akpan (Department of Business Management), Prof. Helena van Zyl (Director: School of Management), Ms Igna du Plooy, (Research Co-ordinator); back:Prof. Frederick Fourie (Rector and Vice-Chancellor), Prof. Moses Sindane (Departement of Public Management), Prof. Rudolph van Buuren (Department of Business Management), Prof. Lucius Botes (Director: Centre for Development Support), Prof. Coen Bester (Department of Industrial Psycology), Prof. Lochner Marais (Centre for Development Support) and Prof. Cobus Rossouw (Centre for Accounting).
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