Prof Elsabé Loots, full professor at the Department of Economics of the University of the Free State (UFS), delivered her inaugural lecture on growth and development in Africa.

Attending the ceremony were from the left: Prof Phillippe Burger (Departmental Chairperson: Department of Economics), Prof Tienie Crous (Dean: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences), Prof Loots and Prof Frederick Fourie (Rector and Vice-Chancellor). Photo: Stephen Collett