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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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CAS welcomes its class of 2010
2010-02-03
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The Centre for Africa Studies recently held its first contact session and orientation for 2010. A vocationally and geographically diverse group of students comprising Master’s as well as Honours students, some coming from as far as Australia, attended the opening contact session. They were welcomed by the staff and lecturers involved with the Centre. In the picture are some of the students who attended the contact session and orientation.