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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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Faculty of Law at the UFS awards first Centenary study bursary
2009-03-13
The Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) is celebrating 100 years of jurisprudence, under the theme "Iurisprudentia 100”. The celebrations are also beneficial for students. Eljo Roos, a fourth-year LL.B. student received the first centenary study bursary awarded by the faculty. It is also the first time that the faculty awards a bursary to an undergraduate student. The bursary, which is based on a student’s academic record, will now be awarded annually.
Photo: Leonie
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