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[3], Daveyton (East Rand), Mamelodi, Port Elizabeth, Sebokeng, Soweto and Welkom. The Administrative head office[4] 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[5]. 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[6], the University of the Free State[7], the University of Johannesburg[8], the University of Pretoria[9], the University of South Africa[10] and the Vaal University of Technology[11].
