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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 academics receive national award for article
2008-11-12
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Three academics from the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State (UFS) were recently awarded the Douw Greeff Prize from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. The prize in awarded to a research or summary article of high scientific quality that was published in the SA Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie during the year preceding the prize. Here are Dr Herman Booysen (left), NetGroep SA by die departement, and Prof. Giel Viljoen. The other member of the team, Prof. Gawie de Villiers, was absent when the photo was taken.
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