Latest News Archive
Please select Category, Year, and then Month to display items
08 April 2020
|
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.
Read more...
A festival of schools kicks off at the UFS
2009-08-20
 |
The 2009 Sasol Schools Festival for the Free State and Northern Cape Provinces recently took place once again in the Wynand Mouton Theatre at the University of the Free State (UFS). Prof. Jonathan Jansen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS, addressed more than 300 high school learners and teachers. Pictured here is Prof. Jansen sharing a light moment with some of the learners.
Photo: Supplied |