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08 April 2020
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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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Student Life Centre introduced
2011-09-16
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Here are Richard Chemaly, President of our Central Student Representative Council as well as the Bloemfontein Campus, and Judge Ian van der Merwe, Chairperson of the UFS Council.
Photo: Hannes Pieterse
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UFS Council members, staff and students from our university attended the launch of the Student Life Centre on the Bloemfontein Campus.