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of the Free State’s Department of Sport, Arts andCulture (2007).columnist for various agricultural periodicals, and hasbeen a presenter and programme advisor on nationaltelevision in respect of agricultural matters. He hasreceived numerous national agricultural awards,including a certificate of appreciation in recognition ofexceptional service to Meadow Feeds in 2005.Prof Andrew Walubo.Excellence at National andInternational Research ForumsProf Andrew Walubo, Department ofPharmacology, is a member of the United StatesPharmacopeia Experts Committee on InternationalHealth and Africa’s Regional Coordinator for theWorld Health Organisation Research and De velopmenton Tropical Diseases programme GoodLaboratory Practices training activities. In 2006, hereceived a prestigious fellowship from the AmericanCollege of Clinical Pharmacology.Dr George Weideman, Research Associate atthe Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, Germanand French, received an honorary award in 2006from the South African Academy of Science and Artfor his radio plays. He also received the Akker awardin 2006 – the annual award from Versidaba – tohonour poets promoting the poetry genrethroughout their career and acted as mentor forothers in the genre.Prof Johan Willemse, Head of the Department ofAgricultural Economics, was appointed as anindependent non-executive director of Absa Group andAbsa Bank with effect 2008. He belongs to the SouthAfrican Agricultural Writers Association, is a regularPrizes and Awards Received atInternational Conferences2005Scholtz, NDepartment of GeologyPresented the best poster at the UraniumMining and Hydrogeology ConferenceProf Moses Sindane.Sindane, AMDepartment of Public ManagementReceived the Pierre de Celles award for the bestpaper delivered at the 2003 Con ference of the75