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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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Draft Defence Review Policy discussed
2012-06-01
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Attending the public consultation on the Bloemfontein Campus were, from the left: Prof. Theo Neethling, Head of the Department of Political Studies and Governance; Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Institutional Affairs; Mr Roelf Meyer; and Prof. Hussein Solomon, Senior Professor in the Department of Political Studies and Governance.
Photo: Johan Roux
1 June 2012
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The university hosted members of the South African Defence Review Committee who consulted on the Draft Defence Review with interested parties. Representatives from the Department of Defence and Military Veterans, the South African National Defence Force, academics, politicians and members of the public attended the public consultation on the Bloemfontein Campus.
The Defence Review Committee coordinates and facilitates a draft Defence Review Policy for the country and public consultations have been held countrywide. The committee is chaired by Mr Roelf Meyer, a former Defence Minister and chief negotiator for the National Party government during the multiparty negotiations in 1993.