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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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UFS receives memory sticks to simplify brailling process for students
2007-03-29
The Unit for Students with Disabilities at the University of the Free State received 20 high quality memory sticks from Rectron. The sticks apparatus will be used in the intensive brailling process of material for the many blind students on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Attending the hand-over ceremony were, from the left: Ms Refiloe Seane (Director of Kovsie Counselling and Development), Mr Liebenberg, Ms Ronelle Ceronio (Head of the Unit for Students with Disabilities at the UFS) and Mr Sakkie Janse van Rensburg (Director of Computer Services at the UFS).
Photo: Stephen Collett
