VISTA UNIVERSITY

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[1], 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].

Contents

Prominent staff members

References

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

References

1. http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=236618
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. http://www.education.gov.za/teli2/policydocuments/distance7b.htm
5. http://www.nmmu.ac.za/Default.asp?bhcp=1
6. http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=1150825
7. http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=974816
8. http://152.111.1.251/argief/berigte/beeld/2005/07/22/B1/13/02.html
9. http://www.unisa.ac.za/contents/docs/vudecincorp.19112003.pdf
10. http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/education/universities.htm