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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 partners with SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein
2009-06-03
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At the occasion were, from the left: Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Acting Rector and Vice-Chancellor at the UFS, Ms Justa Niemand, Chief Executive Manager, African SUN MeDIA, Prof. Driekie Hay, Vice-Rector: Academic Planning, and Mr Wikus van Zyl, Manager, SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein.
Photo: Vida Booysen |
A partnership between the University of the Free State (UFS) and SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, a company of AFRICAN SUN MeDIA Holdings, was recently launched on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. SUN MeDIA is established as an academic publishing company. This company also has a digital printing and binding plant for on-demand production of books and other products. SUN MeDIA’s technology makes it possible to publish niche and specialist research titles that would probably not have been published in the traditional publishing environment.