Vista University

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Vista University

Established	1981 (Closed)
Type	Public
Location	Pretoria, South Africa
Campus	Urban

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 , Daveyton (East Rand), Mamelodi, Port Elizabeth, Sebokeng, Soweto and Welkom. The administrative head office^[3] and the Distance Education Campus were located in Pretoria.

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

the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,^[4]
the University of the Free State,^[5]
the University of Johannesburg,^[6]
the University of Pretoria,^[7]
the University of South Africa ^[8] (VUDEC) and
the Vaal University of Technology.^[9]

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
Kenny Kunene, businessman

References

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