{"id":27845,"date":"2022-01-18T14:34:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T12:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-hosts-ussa-heads-of-sport-forum-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T12:20:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T10:20:37","slug":"suid-afrikaans-akademic-elects-dr-frederick-botha-as-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/suid-afrikaans-akademic-elects-dr-frederick-botha-as-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie Vir Wetenskap en Kuns elects Dr Frederick Botha as member"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27845\" class=\"elementor elementor-27845\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15e0e3cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15e0e3cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d99ab96\" data-id=\"1d99ab96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23f18ca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23f18ca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Frederick Botha, an Afrikaans lecturer in the School of Humanities, has been elected a member of the Council of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.akademie.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns<\/a> <\/span>(South African Academy for Science and Arts).<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Academy is a multidisciplinary organisation that promotes science, technology and literature in Afrikaans and the arts. Dr Botha has confederated to the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and the Free State Working Community.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Botha is honoured to be elected a member of the Academy and states that this is a major highlight in his academic career.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cAs an organisation that promotes the use and quality of Afrikaans, it is not only valuable to me as an Afrikaans academic to gain membership, but it is also a privilege to be part of the Academy that was founded in 1909. I hope that my involvement in the Academy\u2019s <\/em><em>activities will benefit Afrikaans and the language department in our School and the University,\u201d <\/em><em>he said. <\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Botha also serves on the editorial board of Stilet, the official journal of the Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging (Afrikaans Literature Society).<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/\">Sol Plaatje University<\/a><\/span> congratulates Dr Botha on this achievement and wishes him the best of luck during his tenure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Frederick Botha, an Afrikaans lecturer in the School of Humanities, has been elected a member of the Council of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Arts). 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