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08 April 2020
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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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Workshop on advertising copy writing
2007-10-22
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The annual advertising copy writing workshop was recently attended by students and other interested parties on the Main Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein. The aim of the workshop is to provide students with an experience in the practical aspects of copy writing. This year's presenter was Ms Linette Retief, laureate copy writer and Pendoring winner. Here are, from the left: Ms Dalmé Mulder (Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Information Studies at the UFS), Yolandie Fick (student in B.A. Language Practice), Ms Retief, Prof. Angelique van Niekerk (associate professor in the UFS Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French), and Peter Demetriades (student in B.A. Integrated Marketing Communication). Prof. Van Niekerk presented the workshop on behalf of the Department of Communication and Information Studies.
Photo: Lacea Loader
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