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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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Jacob, Julius, Jimmy and the dancing Monkey
2011-08-22
Veteran journalist and author Max du Preez will be at our university on Thursday, 25 August 2011 to deliver the annual CR Swart Memorial Lecture on the topic Jacob, Julius, Jimmy and the dancing Monkey.
The lecture will take place in the CR Swart Auditorium, starting at 18:00.
Please RSVP with Joan Nel at 051 401 9301 or
joan.nel@ufs.ac.za if you want to attend the lecture.