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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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Lecturers to present papers at international conferences
2008-06-10
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Six lecturers of the Department of Industrial Psychology at the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein will deliver papers at international conferences in Germany, Canada, Italy, Turkey and France in June and July this year. The lecturers are, from the left, front: Ms Estelle Boshoff and Mrs Ronel Kleynhans; back: Prof Ebben van Zyl, Mr Lyle Markham, Dr Loura Griessel and Prof Tina Kotze.
Photo: Stephen Collett
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