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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 hosts the directors forum of IEASA
2007-05-21
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The University of the Free State (UFS) recently hosted the Directors Forum of the International Educators' Association of South Africa (IEASA). The forum provides strategic recommendations and support to IEASA, which serves as a strategic support mechanism for Higher Education South Africa (HESA). It consists of all the heads of internationalisation of South African higher-education institutions and was established in 1997 for universities and universities of technology to respond to international educational trends. Pictured here are some of the delegates from the universities of the Free State, Cape Town, Fort Hare, Limpopo, UNISA, Western Cape and Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Photo: Supplied
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