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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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Rector wishes Kovsie Bok good luck for Currie Cup final
2007-10-25
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Jannie du Plessis, one of the University of the Free State’s (UFS) six former students who were part of the Springbok team that won the Rugby World Cup in France this past weekend, visited the Main Campus today. He was welcomed by members of the UFS management and congratulated on the team's achievement. Here are, from the left: Mr De Wet Ras (former Springbok and Rugby Manager of the UFS), Prof. Frederick Fourie (Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS), Du Plessis and Dr Ezekiel Moraka (Vice-Rector: Student Affairs of the UFS). Prof. Fourie wished Du Plessis good luck with this coming Saturday's Currie Cup final in which he will be playing for the Vodacom Free State Cheetahs.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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