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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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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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Government officials successfully complete leadership programme at the UFS
2008-07-25
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Thirty government officials successfully completed the Executive Management and Leadership Programme (EMLP) in the Programme: Public Sector Management at the University of the Free State (UFS). The programme is presented by the Department of Public Management at the UFS. The Premier of the Free State, Ms Beatrice Marshoff, was a guest at the certificate ceremony. She handed the certificates to the successful students who are from the Departments of Education, Local Government and Housing, and Agriculture. At the occasion were, from the left: Prof. Hendri Kroukamp, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Acting Rector, Ms Marshoff, and Prof. Moses Sindane, Head of the Department of Public Management.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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