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16 October 2025
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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.
UFS establishes a medical museum
2007-07-31
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The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) has opened a museum to conserve medical instruments that had become obsolete. The museum, situated in the François Retief Building on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein, contains equipment used by medical staff in the faculty. At the opening ceremony were, from the left: Prof. Hendrik de Klerk Grundlingh (Chairperson of the Museum Committee), Prof. Letticia Moja (Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the UFS), Prof. Philip Badenhorst (Department of Haematology and Cell Biology, who donated R1 million to the establishment of the museum) and Prof. François Retief (Head of the Medical History Club and member of the museum committee). The museum is open to the public weekdays from 09:00-16:00.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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