Oprah to visit 'transformed' UFS
Jun 2, 2011 11:39 PM | By RETHA GROBBELAARTalk show host and media magnate Oprah Winfrey will visit the University of the Free State this month, apparently because she is impressed by its transformation.
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He broke the news about her visit on Twitter yesterday morning.
"You heard it here first ... On 24 June Oprah Winfrey lands on the campus of the University of the Free State."
Later he tweeted: "A woman fainted before my eyes today when she heard Ms Winfrey was coming to campus."
Jansen yesterday said it was a privilege to host the former talk show queen.
"From what I've heard she is so impressed with transformation at the university that she wanted to come see it for herself," he said.
Jansen added that he could not provide more information about the visit yet, but said she would "definitely be making a big speech".
The university made headlines after a video shot by four students was leaked three years ago.
It showed five workers on their knees eating food that had allegedly been urinated on by students from Reitz hostel.
The four men - RC Malherbe, Johnny Roberts, Schalk van der Merwe and Danie Grobler - were found guilty in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court last year of crimen injuria and sentenced to 12 months in prison or a fine of R20 000 each.
Jansen, who took over as the university's rector in 2009, caused a stir when he said the four men should be forgiven and disciplinary charges against them withdrawn.
In February, the so-called Reitz Four apologised to the five workers who appeared in the video.
Oprah has visited South Africa several times and has her own school - the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls - in Henley-on-Klip, south of Johannesburg.
Last month, she taped the final episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago after 25 years on air.
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