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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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Shimla players in the Springbok practice team
2005-06-03
The University of the Free State (UFS) boasts with five current and former Shimla players in the practice team of the Springbok Rugby Team that practiced on campus the past two weeks.
FRONT FROM LEFT: Mr CJ van der Linde; Mr Tonderai Chavanga; Mr Guthrö Steenkamp
BACK FROM LEFT: Dr Sherylle Calder, sport vision scientist and former Kovsie; Mr Juan Smith; Prof Frederick Fourie, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS; Mr Gerrie Britz and Dr Derik Coetzee, conditioning coach of the team and associated to the Department of Human Movement Science of the UFS