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08 April 2020 | Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon

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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Unique first for UFS theology students
2007-08-20

 

Students at the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Faculty of Theology will be departing shortly on the first academic tour arranged by the faculty. The students will attend a workshop at the University of Cambridge in England, as well as a short learning programme at the University of Mûnster in Germany. In front, from the left are: Debrah Murley (third-year Theology student), Kenneth McKenzie (fourth-year Theology student), Pieter Nel (third-year Theology student) and Hanno Visser (second-year Theology student); back: Prof. Dolf Britz (Department of Ecclesiology at the UFS) and Rev. Johannes Kofa (from the Faculty of Theology).
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