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COVID-19 as a security threat: some initial perspectives

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.

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Journal for Contemporary History handed over

2005-06-10

The Department of History at the University of the Free State (UFS) handed a special edition of the Journal for Contemporary History to Prof Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Academic Operations and Prof Gerhardt de Klerk, Dean: Faculty of the Humanities at the UFS.

Most of the articles in the journal, which appeared earlier this year, are about facettes of the first decade of democracy in South Africa.

The Department of History has the highest research output in the Faculty of Humanities at the UFS for the period 2002-2004 and also boasts with the highest number of research articles appearing in accredited journals.

From left: Prof Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Academic Operations; Prof Gerhardt de Klerk, Dean: Faculty of the Humanities; Prof Leo Barnard, Head: Department of History and Prof André Wessels from the Department of History

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