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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 receives book from authors
2009-09-29
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The authors and editor of the book, Leadership in the African Context, have handed over a copy of the book to the Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State, Prof Jonathan Jansen. Prof Jansen wrote the foreword for the book. Pictured handing over the book are, from the left: Mr Maarten du Plessis (author), Prof Lizel Lues (author), Prof Jansen, Prof Ebben van Zyl (editor and author) and Ms Emmie Pieterson (author).
Photo: Mangaliso Radebe |