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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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Academic receives Stals Prize
2007-05-17
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The Stals Prize for Economic and Management Sciences was awarded to Prof. Dave Lubbe from the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Centre for Accounting by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. Prof. Lubbe is the first chartered accountant to receive this prestigious award. Over and above this achievement, Prof. Lubbe is also the writer of the first Afrikaans hand book for Auditing and is the first person in South Africa to obtain a doctorate in Auditing. He specialises in corporate management and business ethics and has acted as chairperson of various auditing committees in the private and government sector.
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