Student Dean holds a public discussion

By: Lehlohonolo Tau

Student Dean of the Free State University held a discussion with students regarding the Student Interim Committee which was selected after the disbandment of the SRC. He says reasons for the disbandment of the student Parliament was the continued fuelling of racial conflict and disunity in the Varsity. However, students say, this committee is not representative of the majority of students and that the forum was not democratically selected. He concluded that the forum will come to an end as soon as consensus is reached between students and management.

Central University of Technology SRC elections 2010

Photo by: Lehlohonolo Tau, In Photo : CUT students  participating at the elections

Central University of Technology began their annual SRC elections earlier this week. Political parties present shared their views regarding the elections and party manifestos. Each party identified problems they felt needed to be addressed. Mutual problems identified by Azasko and Sasco are amongst others racism, the campus library operating hours and unavailability of prescribed textbooks in the library. Moreover both parties stressed the issue of under qualified and part time lectures within the institution. When the election results were announced it was Sasco that received the most votes. The party will hold 11 seats on the SRC body in the Bloemfontein campus and none in the Welkom campus. Azasko on the other hand will hold 3 seats in the Bloemfontein campus and 8 in Welkom.

Church members march outside Free State University

Lehlohonolo Tau

A march took place outside Free State University earlier yesterday. Church members had come to voice their displeasure about the issue of discrimination and related intolerances in the University. The President of the National Council of Churches says, the Rector Jonathan Jansen bites freedom and gives refuge to segregation. He also says the VF plus and the DA are the mouth piece of top management. He has urged the Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande to intervene.

The sod turning ceremony for the building of the new Clinical Skills Centre of the School for Allied

The sod turning ceremony for the building of the new Clinical Skills Centre of the School for Allied Health Professions at the University of the Free State has been officially announced. The project is the original initiative of Dr Santie van Vuuren, Head of the School, and is focused on presenting undergraduate students in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Nutrition Dietetics and Optometry. The new building will include three skills venues, as well as a computer laboratory. It is aimed that the building will be completed by late next year.