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UFS defends decision to cancel 'Gangster State' event

University of the Free State spokesperson Lacea Loader says cancelling the book release was to ensure the protection of students, staff and infrastructureby author Pieter-Louis Myburgh was prompted by risk and threat assessments.

Loader was responding to a statement by the publishers of Gangster State – Penguin Random House South Africa that they are stunned that the university cancelled the event.

 

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