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16 October 2025
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Story Lacea Loader
The University of the Free State (UFS) has obtained an interim court order prohibiting any individuals from engaging in unlawful activities or conduct on any of its campuses.
In terms of the order, no person may amongst others:
- Participate in or promote unlawful protest action;
- Disrupt or interfere with academic or online activities;
- Block access to or from university campuses;
- Intimidate, threaten, or harass students, staff, or visitors; or
- Damage, destroy, or tamper with university property or safety equipment.
The order applies to all UFS campuses — Bloemfontein, South, and Qwaqwa — and remains in force pending the final determination of the matter.
The University urges all members of the community to respect the order and uphold a safe, conducive environment for teaching, learning, and work.
Expert in Hebrew visits the UFS
2009-02-26
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Dr Jason Kalman, an expert in Classical Hebrew and Jewish Intellectual History, recently visited the Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the University of the Free State (UFS) to present a number of lectures. Dr Kalman is assistant professor of Classical Hebrew at the Hebrew Union College (HUC) in Cincinnati, United States of America. He and Prof. Jackie du Toit, professor at the department, have just completed a manuscript for McGill-Queen’s Press (Montreal, Kanada) about McGill University’s purchase in the 1950’s of cave 4 fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dr Kalman is a research fellow in the department. Here is Prof. Annelie Lotriet, head of the Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the UFS and Dr Kalman.
Photo: Lacea Loader |