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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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Staff attend international conferences
2008-07-25
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Three staff members of the Department of Business Management at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently attended two international conferences, namely the Edineb 15th International Conference in Malaga, Spain with the theme "Advances in Business Education and Training" and the 2008 ICSB World Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The theme of this conference was "Advancing Small Business and Entrepreneurship: From Research to Results". They delivered altogether seven papers at the conferences. Here are, from the left: Prof. Rudolph van Buuren, Dr Orpha Lotz and Dr Johan van Zyl.
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