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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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Two UFS academics appointed on the Land Bank Board
2008-03-26
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Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk (left), Dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS), and Mr Theo Potgieter from the UFS School of Management have recently been appointed on the Land Bank Board. Prof. van Schalkwyk is appointed as director and deputy chairperson and Mr Potgieter as director of the Board. The appointments were made by the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, Ms Lulu Xingwana, and is effective for a period of four years.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs |