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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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Judge Hefer elected as President of the UFS Convocation
2007-06-25
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Judge Joos Hefer was last week elected as new President of the Convocation of the University of the Free State (UFS). More than 100 old Kovsies and staff members were present at the meeting to elect a new president. The convocation is representative of all persons who have obtained a university qualification at the UFS, as well as a certain group of academic and support service staff members. Judge Hefer was elected in the place of Prof. François Retief, former Rector of the UFS.
Photo: Stephen Collett
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