University of the Free State

Food insecurity in the country is increasing, and with the dire impact of COVID-19 on the economy, the population faces high levels of hunger. As a result, many students in institutions of higher learning struggle to get meals, which…

After putting together a multicentre-controlled clinical trial for a plant-based product to confirm it as a treatment for COVID-19 and to be registered as a medication for this condition, Prof Motlalepula Matsabisa – Professor and…

From socio-political dynamics and creativity in the Basotho language, to the improvement of water conditions in the upper Tugela River and antifungal studies of Cydonia oblonga extracts (known as kwepere in Sesotho) – these are just some…

South Africa has a great future, and we have a lot to be optimistic about. Great futures don’t fall from heaven – it has to be fought for. This is according to Moeletsi Mbeki, Chairperson of the South African Institute of International…

Teachers from across the country and representatives of six other universities recently gathered at the University of the Free State (UFS) to celebrate the achievements of the Science-for-the-Future (S4F) Teacher Professional Development…

The University of the Free State (UFS) has cemented its place as a leading institution on the continent and in the world, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023. The UFS emerged in the 801-1 000 range…

Biological expeditions to the unexplored central highlands of Angola between 2016 and 2019 led to the discovery of a new tiny, white-thumbed bat species from Eswatini by Prof Peter John Taylor from the UFS Department of Zoology and…

Emerging scholars from the University of the Free State (UFS) are now invited to apply to participate in the third cohort of the Emerging Scholars Accelerator Programme (ESAP) that starts in January 2023. The closing date for applications…

In celebration of Heritage Month, the Faculty of the Humanities at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently hosted a round-table discussion on ‘Public History, Heritage, and Culture’ during an online Engaged Scholarship webinar.…

“The history of the church, profiting from the enslavement of Africans, colonialism, and racial segregation, is documented. These legacies of the past, which also found justification in church doctrine, are the root cause of racism and…