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The artist Willem Boshoff was inspired by the history of Driekopseiland when he made his sculpture "Thinking Stone" for the University of the Free State.
The team at the University of the Free State is working with the Mayo Clinic to use the technology as a part of their cancer research.
In the 1980s he worked as a journalist at Die Volksblad, at the public relations office of the University of the Free State, and began work as advertising copy writer at Sanlam.