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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.
Student wins AngloGold Ashanti Bursar competition
2009-03-11
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Donovan Pienaar, an Honours student in B.Sc. Geology at the University of the Free State (UFS), was named overall winner in the AngloGold Ashanti Bursar Presentation of the Year 2009 competition, which was recently held in Potchefstroom. All the scholars in the company's various bursary categories, namely geology, metallurgy, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering and mining took part in the competition. Donovan had to do a presentation about the projects he has done during his course and in the final round he had to do a presentation about a project given to him by the organisers.
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