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