Fort Hare University is located on the Tyhume river in a South African town known as Alice in English or as eDikeni in the local isiXhosa language. It is in the Eastern Cape Province about 50 km west of King Williams Town (or eQonce) in a region that for a while was known as the "independent" Bantustan of Ciskei. Alice, a city in South Africa, is named after Princess Alice, daughter of the British Queen Victoria. ... Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. ... The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. ... Map of the black homelands in South Africa as of 1986 Bantustan refers to any of the territories designated as tribal homelands for black South Africans and Namibians during the apartheid era. ... Ciskei Flag of Ciskei Ciskei was a Bantustan in the south east of South Africa. ...

Originally, Fort Hare was an English fort in the wars between British and the amaXhosa of the 19th century. Some of the ruins of the fort are still visible today. Missionary activity (James Stewart) led to the creation of a school for missionaries from which at the beginning of the 20th century the University resulted. It was the second university in South Africa (after Cape Town) and the first tertiary educational facility open to Africans in the whole of the continent. The University can count a number of famous people amongst its alumni - see below. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... The Xhosa people live in South Africa. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Cape Town is a major tertiary education institution in Cape Town, South Africa, located on the Rhodes Estate on the slopes of Devils Peak. ...

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Unfortunately, the end of apartheid has not been kind to the University, as is indeed the case for other historically disadvantaged institutions in South Africa. A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ...

The student numbers dropped greatly, because black students could now go to other (historically white) institutions. In addition, the first black Vice Chancellor (Sibusiso Bengu) proclaimed that 'the halls of learning would now be opened to all'. The result was that the students stopped paying their tuition fees. Once Bhengu was promoted to minister of education, however, he insisted that the university was responsible for the resulting budget deficit. His successor, Mbulelo Mzamane was locally known as the Visiting Chancellor, because he was not present very often. Once impending bankruptcy resulted in the refusal of the banks to honor UFH paychecks, staff and students joined forces and expelled managers by force. The new management under Derrick Swartz imposed a restructuring program that has given the university a future rather than just a glorious past. Currently, however, South Africa's government is still considering merging the institution with others in the Eastern Cape. Sibusiso Bengu (8 May 1934) is a South African politician. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, administration - see text) in the UK. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ... The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. ...

Notable alumni

• Z.K. Mathews (1901-1968) - lectured at Fort Hare from 1936 to 1959
• Archibald Campbell Jordan (30 October 1906 - 1968) novelist, pioneer of African studies
• Govan Mbeki (1910 - 2001) - South African politician
• Yusuf Lule (1912 - 1985) - Interim president of Uganda 1979
• Oliver Tambo (October 27, 1917 - April 24, 1993) - member, African National Congress
• Joshua Nkomo (1918 - July 1, 1999) - founder of the ZAPU.
• Nelson Mandela (July 18, 1918 - ) - Former President of South Africa
• Lionel Ngakane (July 17, 1920 - November 26, 2003) - South African filmmaker
• Seretse Khama (July 1, 1921 - July 13, 1980) first President of Botswana.
• Julius Nyerere (July 19, 1922 - October 14, 1999) - President of Tanzania
• Herbert Chitepo (June 15, 1923 - March 18, 1975) - ZANU leader
• Robert Sobukwe (1924 - 27 February 1978) - founder of the Pan African Congress
• Robert Mugabe (February 21, 1924 - ) - President of Zimbabwe, attended 1949-1951
• Kenneth Kaunda (April 28, 1924 - ) - first President of Zambia
• Allan Hendrickse (October 22, 1927 - March 16, 2005) politician, preacher, and teacher
• Mangosuthu Buthelezi (August 27, 1928 - ) - leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party
• Desmond Tutu (October 7, 1931 - ) - Archbishop, South African peace activist
• Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (18 September 1937 - ) - Communications Minister, South Africa
• Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (9 October 1940 - ) - Health Minister of South Africa
• Chris Hani (June 28, 1942 - April 10, 1993) - leader of the South African Communist Party
• Bulelani Ngcuka (May 2, 1954 - ) - South Africa's director of Public Prosecutions

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See also: List of universities in South Africa In 2004 South Africa started reforming its higher education system, merging and incorporating small universities into larger institutions, and renaming all higher education institutions university (previously there had been several types of higher education institution). ...

External links

• Official Homepage
• Promotional site
• Some Fort Hare Alumni