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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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Two from UFS win FAMSA’s Secretary of the Year Competition
2012-09-11
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Dirkelien de Beer and Zita Strydom.
11 September 2012. |
Two of the university’s secretaries showed their mettle at a function at Somerton Estate outside Bloemfontein. Dirkelien de Beer of the Centre for Accounting was named Families South Africa’s (FAMSA) Secretary of the Year 2102, while Zita Strydom of the Office of the Vice-Rector: Operations was placed second.