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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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Department of Communication Science presents a copy-writing workshop
2009-09-17
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The Department of Communication Science recently presented a workshop on copy-writing on the Main Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS). Each year the department invites a professional copy-writer to present a workshop to students. This year Mr Francois de Villiers, a respected copy-writer from a Cape Town company called DRAFTFCB, was the presenter. Mr De Villiers is especially known for a number of advertisements flighted on national media. At the workshop were, from the left: Dr Dalmé Mulder (Department of Communication Science), Ms Ipeleng Moduka (student), Prof. Angeliqué van Niekerk (Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French), Mr De Villiers and Mr Neville Jeftha (student).
Photo: Mangaliso Radebe |