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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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SACOMM conference presented at the UFS
2007-09-21
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The Department of Communication and Information Studies at the University of the Free State (UFS) hosted the annual conference of the South African Communications Association (SACOMM) on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein this week. The theme of the conference was "The African Landscape". At the conference were, from the left: Ms Dalmé Mulder (Lecturer at the UFS Department of Communication and Information Studies), Prof. Achille Mbembe (from the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), who delivered the keynote address) and Ms Estelle de Beer (President of SACOMM, from the University of Pretoria).
Photo: Lacea Loader
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