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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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Patenting handbook launched at the UFS
2008-03-20

 

The Innovation Fund's (IF) patenting handbook was recently launched at the University of the Free State (UFS). The launch of "The State of Patenting in South Africa" was attended by UFS and Central University of Technology (CUT) staff, including the UFS management. The IF team, led by Dr Eugene Lettering and Mr McLean Sibanda, shared some of the interesting findings they have come across while doing research for the handbook. At the launch were, from the left: Prof. Frans Swanepoel (Director: Research Development at the UFS), Mr Sibanda (Innovation Fund), Prof. Teuns Verschoor (Vice Rector: Academic Operations at the UFS), and Ms Dineo Gaofhiwe (Research Development Directorate, UFS).
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