Vista University

Vista University, South Africa was established in 1981 [ [http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=236618 Business Day - News Worth Knowing ] ] 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 [http://www.careerexpo.co.za/viewinstitution.asp?code=114&con_code=33] .

Its campuses were based in Bloemfontein [http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=373337] , Daveyton (East Rand), Mamelodi, Port Elizabeth, Sebokeng, Soweto and Welkom. The Administrative head office [http://digbib.iuk.hdm-stuttgart.de/epub/volltexte/2003/317/pdf/Rincker.pdf] 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 [ [http://www.education.gov.za/teli2/policydocuments/distance7b.htm] Dead link|date=March 2008] .

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 [ [http://www.nmmu.ac.za/Default.asp?bhcp=1 Engaged, People-centred Tertiary Education at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa ] ] ,
* the University of the Free State [ [http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=1150825 The Times - Interact with us ] ] ,
* the University of Johannesburg [ [http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=974816 Business Day - News Worth Knowing ] ] ,
* the University of Pretoria [ [http://152.111.1.251/argief/berigte/beeld/2005/07/22/B1/13/02.html Beeld, Vrydag 22 Julie 2005, p. 13: Tukkies dink oor Mamelodi se lot ] ] ,
* the University of South Africa [http://www.unisa.ac.za/contents/docs/vudecincorp.19112003.pdf] and
* the Vaal University of Technology [ [http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/education/universities.htm South Africa's universities - SouthAfrica.info ] ] .

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

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