Vista University

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Vista University, South Africa was established in 1981 ^[1] by the apartheid government to ensure that urban black South Africans seeking tertiary education would be accommodated within the townships rather than on campuses reserved for other population groups ^[2].

Its campuses were based in Bloemfontein[2], Daveyton (East Rand), Mamelodi, Port Elizabeth, Sebokeng, Soweto and Welkom. The Administrative head office ^[3] and the Distance Education Campus were located in Pretoria. Vista University’s Distance Education Campus (VUDEC) allowed students to study full or part-time through correspondence ^[4].

The university has since been closed. Its facilities and some members of staff have been merged into other universities, including:

• the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University ^[5],
• the University of the Free State ^[6],
• the University of Johannesburg ^[7],
• the University of Pretoria ^[8],
• the University of South Africa ^[9] and
• the Vaal University of Technology ^[10].

[edit] Prominent staff members

• Paul Avis (deceased), 1970s professional tennis player, and clinical psychologist
• Mark Behr, author
• Kagiso Chikane, wife of Frank Chikane
• Sipho Seepe, political analyst

[edit] References

1. ^ Business Day - News Worth Knowing
2. ^ http://www.careerexpo.co.za/viewinstitution.asp?code=114&con_code=33
3. ^ http://digbib.iuk.hdm-stuttgart.de/epub/volltexte/2003/317/pdf/Rincker.pdf
4. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Engaged, People-centred Tertiary Education at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
6. ^ The Times - Interact with us
7. ^ Business Day - News Worth Knowing
8. ^ Beeld, Vrydag 22 Julie 2005, p. 13: Tukkies dink oor Mamelodi se lot
9. ^ http://www.unisa.ac.za/contents/docs/vudecincorp.19112003.pdf
10. ^ South Africa's universities - SouthAfrica.info