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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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UFS receives a visit from the UK Parliament
2008-09-15
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The Department of Political Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently hosted Sir Alan Hazelhurst, Deputy Speaker of Parliament in the United Kingdom, during his official visit to the South African Parliament in Cape Town. During his visit to South Africa he also made some time to visit the UFS and to deliver a lunch hour lecture on public participation in governance and how parliament communicates with the public. Pictured here are Prof. Gerhardt de Klerk (left), Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities, and Sir Hazelhurst.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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