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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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Rector meets his favourite Springbok
2009-07-01
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Prof. Jonathan Jansen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently had the opportunity to meet his favourite Springbok rugby player. Here are Prof. Jansen and the flank Heinrich Brüssow in conversation about Saturday’s match against the All Blacks at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein. Heinrich is a student at the UFS and will be receiving the B.Com. Economics degree in September this year.
Photo: Hannes Pieterse |