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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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Presentation on the future of SA agribusiness sector
2005-11-07
A presentation on the future of the South African agribusiness sector was recently held by the Agribusiness Chamber at the University of the Free State (UFS) on invitation from the UFS Department of Agricultural Economics. The presentation was sponsored by First National Bank.
Some of the guests attending the presentation were from the left Mr Olu Oyewumi (M Sc-student at the UFS Department of Agricultural Economics), Mr Dirk Esterhuizen (presenter of the talk from the Agribusiness Chamber), Ms Nonophile Nkambule (M Sc-student at the UFS Department of Agricultural Economics) and Prof André Jooste (chairperson of the UFS Department of Agricultural Economics).