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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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Universities and language discussed
2009-05-21
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The 25th DF Malherbe Memorial Lecture, presented by the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French at the University of the Free State (UFS), was presented recently on the Main Campus by Dr Theuns Eloff, Vice-Chancellor of North-West University. The topic of the lecture was "Welkom tuis, meertalig en divers - gedagtes oor universiteite en taal". At the lecture were, from the left: Prof. Hennie van Coller, head of the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French, Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Acting Rector of the UFS, Dr Eloff and Prof. Lucius Botes, Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities at the UFS.
Photo: Stephen Collett
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