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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 R500 000 from SANPAD for research
2007-10-02
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Prof. Philip Nel from the Department Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language and Language Practice at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently received R500 000 in project funding support from the South Africa-Netherlands Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD). SANPAD is financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and funds high quality, collaborative research conducted by South African researchers in partnership with researchers in the Netherlands. The title of Prof. Nel’s project is: “Communities in Communion: Religious integration in South African sacred places in forming the new South African identity”.
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