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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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Seminar on mining exploration
2007-03-01
About 300 students and scientists from the industry attended a seminar on mining exploration and the advantages in interdisciplinary sciences in South Africa presented by the Department of Geology at the University of the Free State (UFS) on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Some of the guests were, front from the left: Mr Solly Kara (former student of the department from BHB Billiton), Ms Annegret Lombard (Lecturer), back: Mr Nico Scholtz (Lecturer), Mr Oageneg Thekisho (second-year student in Geology) and Mr Braam Jankowitz (Jankowitz and Lyons Consulting, Ventersdorp).
Photo: Lacea Loader
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