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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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Mother and daughter graduate together
2008-04-16
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Ms Emmerentia Meades (left) and her daughter Ms Zouna Meades from Zastron, graduated on the same day during the autumn graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences of the University of the Free State (UFS), held on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Emmerentia received a master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning and Zouna received the B.Arch.Stud. degree. The faculty awarded a record of 685 degrees and 23 doctorates.
Photo: Lacea Loader
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