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The university is situated in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The town is famous for its numerous churches as well as its hosting of the National Arts Festival, which takes place annually in the early days of July. Rhodes is home to over 5,000 students, about 3,000 of whom live in residences on campus. Perhaps the most popular, awesome, and well-endowed student is the Rhodes Legend, "Subversion", who is rumoured to reside in Adamson House. While speculation as to his identity remains ungrounded, the few souls who have discovered his identity have subsequently had their lives destroyed by Subversion's right-hand man, "Cerberus", aka The Judge and Jury. The remaining students rent out flats or live in their own homes in the town. The university boasts six main faculties - commerce, education, humanities, law, pharmacy and science - and over 30 different academic departments. For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... Grahamstown from Fort Selwyn Grahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality. ... The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Humanities (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Pharmacy (disambiguation). ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ...

History

The Sir Herbert Baker clocktower at the heart of the Rhodes campus

Rhodes owes its unique character among South African universities to a combination of factors - historical, geographical, cultural and architectural. Its history is a chronicle of the people whose intellect, vision and courage created and sustained a university, often against seemingly insuperable odds. Successive generations of Rhodians, imbued with their independence of thought, have had an influence on southern Africa and world affairs out of all proportion to their small numbers. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 293 KB) Summary The Herbert Baker clocktower at Rhodes University. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 293 KB) Summary The Herbert Baker clocktower at Rhodes University. ...

In the beginning

University education in the Eastern Cape began in the college departments of four schools: St Andrew's College, Grahamstown; Gill College, Somerset East; Graaff-Reinet College; and the Grey Institute in Port Elizabeth. By the turn of the century only St Andrew's and Gill still prepared candidates for the degree examinations of the University of the Cape of Good Hope. Limitations in staff, laboratory equipment and libraries made tuition inadequate. It was obvious that only a central university college could provide a satisfactory standard of university education. St. ... Grey High School is a public school for boys located in the city of Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. ... Port Elizabeth is a city in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, at 33°58′ S 25°36′ E. The city is located on Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa. ... The University of the Cape of Good Hope, renamed the University of South Africa in 1916, was created by Act 16 of 1873 of the Cape of Good Hope Parliament. ...

Grahamstown, out of the mainstream of commercial and industrial life, seemed an unlikely choice for a university city, but local residents were strongly in favour of the idea. The chief obstacle was lack of funds. The South African War of 1899-1902 almost extinguished the project. Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

In December 1902 Josiah Slater, Member of Parliament for Albany and editor of the Graham's Town Journal, called a meeting to try to rekindle public interest. He succeeded beyond all expectations, but enthusiastic promises of local and financial support were not enough. The newly-formed committee applied, unsuccessfully, to the Rhodes Trustees for the financial backing they needed. Albany, South Africa (also known as Cape Borders, Cape Frontier, and Settler Country) was a district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. ... Rhodes House from South Parks Road. ...

Selmar Schonland, distinguished botanist and curator of Albany Museum, then tried a direct approach to one of the Rhodes Trustees, Dr. Leander Starr Jameson. Selmar Schonland Professor Selmar Schonland (15 August 1860 Frankenhausen, Germany – 22 April 1940 Grahamstown, Cape Province), the founder of the Botany Department at Rhodes University, was a German immigrant, who came to the Eastern Cape in 1889 to take up an appointment as curator of the Albany Museum. ... Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st Baronet, KCMG (February 9, 1853 – November 26, 1917), also known as Doctor Jim or The Doctor, was a British colonial statesman who was best known for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. ...

Jameson, soon to be elected Member of Parliament for Albany and Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, promised £50,000 without consulting his fellow Trustees. At first they refused to confirm the grant; then, persuaded by Schonland, they made over De Beers Preference Shares to the value of £50,000 to Rhodes University College, founded by Act of Parliament on May 31, 1904. De Beers, founded in South Africa by Cecil Rhodes, comprises companies involved in rough diamond exploration, diamond mining and diamond trading. ... Preferred stock, also called preferred shares or preference shares, is typically a higher ranking stock than common stock, and its terms are negotiated between the corporation and the investor. ... is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The early years

The four St Andrew's College professors, Arthur Matthews, George Cory, Stanley Kidd and GF Dingemans became founding professors of the Rhodes University College and Matthew's outstanding survey class provided the nucleus of the Rhodes student body. The new university college prepared its students for the examinations of the University of the Cape of Good Hope.

At the beginning of 1905, Rhodes moved from cramped quarters at St Andrew's to the Drostdy building, which it bought from the British Government. During 1905 seven new professors, including Schonland, joined the original four. One of the distinctive features which evolved early in Rhodes' history was the tutorial system, adapted from the Oxbridge model. Each student was assigned to a staff member who took a personal interest in his or her work and welfare. As numbers increased, students were assigned tutors and tutorial groups within academic departments, providing a forum for the lively debate characteristic of a Rhodes education. For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... Oxbridge is a name used to refer to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest in the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world. ...

Expansion

The foundations of the Rhodes residential system were founded within a decade. Steadily growing student numbers put pressure on available accommodation in school hostels and 'approved boarding houses' as well as class and laboratory space in the motley collection of military buildings housing the college.

At this point, Baker and Kendall, the firm started by an architect of growing reputation, Herbert Baker, offered their services to the Council to draw plans for a new Rhodes. Their design won the competition held by the Council in 1910. Within five years a new Chemistry-Zoology block and the first residences for men and women, College and Oriel, were built to Baker and Kendall plans. Sir Herbert Baker 9 June 1862 Cobham, Kent - 4 February 1946 Cobham, Kent, was the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, 1892–1912. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). ... Zoology (from Greek: ζῴον, zoion, animal; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ...

Moves by the South African College in Cape Town and the Victoria College in Stellenbosch to become autonomous universities began as early as 1905. The Rhodes Senate and Council quickly realised that an independent Cape Town University might threaten the still precarious existence of Rhodes. Fears were only allayed when Rhodes became a constituent college of the new University of South Africa in 1918. The South African College Schools, commonly referred to as SACS, is a prominent primary and secondary education istitution located in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. ... Victoria College is or was the name of several institutions of secondary or higher education, including: Victoria College, Alexandria, Egypt Victoria University in the University of Toronto, University of Toronto Victoria College, Texas Victoria College of Art Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne Victoria College, Jersey, Channel Islands... Note: UniSA can also refer to the University of South Australia. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

By 1917 Rhodes' finances had ebbed to the point where staff retrenchment became unavoidable. However, expansion was essential for survival. Increased postwar subsidies, a government bond on all Rhodes property and further help from the Rhodes Trustees made possible the construction of the first part of the Baker Arts Block and more residences. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Hard times

Sir John Adamson became first Master of Rhodes in 1925. Further loans and another government bond were negotiated and building continued. The first sign of trouble ahead was a sharp drop in enrolment between 1927 and 1929 and the full force of the Depression struck Rhodes amidships in 1931 and 1932. Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Government grants were drastically reduced and De Beers did not declare a dividend in 1932. At the height of the crisis, Cullen Bowles, Professor of Classics, succeeded Adamson as Master.

Sudden national economic recovery in 1933 meant restored government subsidies and an end to staff salary cuts. Armed with grants from the government and the Rhodes Trustees, and loans from various municipalities, the Council went ahead with the building of more residences and the completion of the Baker main block and tower. Bowles retired in 1937, after seven stormy years as Master and 26 years at Rhodes. Professor John Smeath Thomas succeeded him. Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

At the end of 1938 the Carnegie Corporation made a Carnegie Library Fellowship available to train the first Rhodes Librarian, FG van der Riet. A substantial grant to buy books for the Rhodes Library followed. Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Despite the outbreak of war, student numbers continued to rise. The ambitious building programme went on throughout the war and post war years with funds borrowed from the municipalities of Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, East London, King William's Town and Cape Town.

The day of reckoning

When the future of the University of South Africa came under review in 1947, Rhodes opted to become an independent university. However, £150,000 in free capital was needed for endowment. So, far from being available, Rhodes was soon forced to pledge its remaining De Beers Preference Shares to the bank as security against a soaring overdraft. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

At this critical point, Dr Thomas Alty succeeded Smeath Thomas as master of a college owing £56,015. Alty's courageous decision to ride out the storm was soon confirmed by events. Just as it seemed Rhodes was finally facing dissolution, the partners of a Grahamstown printing firm, Hugh and Vincent Grocott, knocked on Dr Alty's door one evening and, almost apologetically, handed him a cheque for a considerable sum of money. Their gift seemed to act as a catalyst.

Birth of a university

The government and the Grahamstown City Council took steps to help extricate Rhodes from its predicament, and an insurance company lent the college £200,000 on favourable terms. When the Rhodes University Private Bill was passed in April 1949 an appeal for funds was launched. Response from the Rhodes Trustees, the directors of De Beers Consolidated Mines and numerous other public and private organisations and individuals was overwhelming. Soon £100 000 had been subscribed and further £50,000 was promised, with a £1 for each £1 donation pledged by the government. Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rhodes University was inaugurated on March 10, 1951. Sir Basil Schonland, son of Selmar Schonland became the first Chancellor of his alma mater, and Alty the first Vice Chancellor. In terms of the Rhodes University Private Act, the University College of Fort Hare was affiliated to Rhodes University. March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Basil Schonland OBE CBE (2 February 1896 - 24 November 1972) was the first president of the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. ...

This mutually beneficial arrangement continued until the government decided to disaffiliate Fort Hare from Rhodes. The Rhodes Senate and Council objected strongly to this, and to the Separate University Education Bill, which they condemned as interference with academic freedom. However, the two bills were passed, and Fort Hare's affiliation to Rhodes came to an end in 1959. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Negotiations with the Port Elizabeth City Council culminated in the opening of the short-lived Port Elizabeth Division of Rhodes University in 1961. Rhodes withdrew from Port Elizabeth at the end of 1964 after the government decided to replace the Division with an independent, dual-medium University of Port Elizabeth. Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Continued growth

The old part of the Rhodes University campus -- looking across the Great Fields towards the Student Union building and the science buildings.

James Hyslop succeeded Alty in 1963, at a time of rapid expansion which continued throughout the decade. Facilities at Rhodes were strained to the limit. When the Community of the Resurrection closed the Grahamstown Training College, the University was provided with a solution to the critical shortage of space. Negotiations began in 1971 to buy the Training College buildings and grounds and a number of adjacent buildings. The Law and Divinity Departments moved into the St Peter's complex in 1975, followed by Education in 1977 and Music and Musicology in 1979. Image File history File links The old part of the Rhodes University campus -- looking across the Great Fields towards the Student Union building and the science buildings. ... Image File history File links The old part of the Rhodes University campus -- looking across the Great Fields towards the Student Union building and the science buildings. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...

Dr Derek Henderson, an Old Rhodian, succeeded Hyslop in October 1975, during the continuing development of the University.

Four St Peter's residences, Canterbury, Salisbury, Winchester and Truro, were in university use by 1979. The beautiful chapel of St Mary and All the Angels, designed by Kendall, is now the Rhodes University Chapel. It was proclaimed a national monument in 1980. This area of campus, and the four residences named above, form part of Allan Webb Hall. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

The former mother house was restored with generous outside assistance and was re-opened as the Gold Fields Centre for English during its centenary month of July, 1992. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Kimberley Hall is currently one of nine halls on campus.

New buildings linking the University's main quadrangles and the Library were formally opened in 1985. They included Geography, which completes the second quadrangle. With English, Geography and the existing Library it also forms a third quadrangle, to complete the development of the University's central area. Image File history File links Kimberley Hall at Rhodes University. ... Image File history File links Kimberley Hall at Rhodes University. ... This article is about the year. ...

Generous gifts from mining houses enabled the University to complete the Kimberley Hall complex by opening Gold Fields House in 1985 and De Beers House in 1988. A new residence, named Allan Gray House, in the Drostdy Hall complex was constructed as a result of a generous donation by Allan Gray Investments. It was opened to students in 1993. In addition, a new residence, called New House, was built in the Jan Smuts Hall complex, and was commissioned in 1994. Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Allan Gray Limited is the largest privately owned investment management firm in Southern Africa. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

A further significant expansion to the Grahamstown campus began late in 1997. The Eden Grove complex containing the Registrar's Division, Cory Library and lecture accommodation was commissioned in mid-1999.

During the 2000 construction on the Hamilton Building to house the Departments of Computer Science and Information Systems was begun. The building was commissioned in 2001. It is an ultra-modern, high-technology facility. A number of new houses and a dining hall were constructed in 2001 and 2002 in the Stanley Kidd complex. The hall was, as a result, separated from Kimberley Hall and now forms the Nelson Mandela Hall of residence. The acquisition of the Settlers Inn property at the end of 2001 led to the establishment of the Gavin Relly Postgraduate Village which was taken into use at the beginning of 2002. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

The new Eden Grove building at Rhodes University.

Student enrolments passed 3,000 in 1982, 4,000 in 1991 and exceeded 5,000 in 2001 in Grahamstown and East London. Dr David Woods, an Old Rhodian and distinguished scientist, succeeded Dr Henderson in May 1996. Despite steady growth, Rhodes is still a small university whose excellence is in part a product of its smallness. About half of the Grahamstown students live in the 43 residences. Classes are still small enough to make individual tuition in tutorial groups feasible. The future of Rhodes lies not in greater numbers, but in increasing academic excellence and building upon almost a century of academic achievement. Image File history File links Eden Grove building at Rhodes University. ... Image File history File links Eden Grove building at Rhodes University. ...

As part of the national restructuring of the higher education system, in 2002 Cabinet approved the recommendation of the Minister of Education that the East London Campus be incorporated with the University of Fort Hare. The incorporation took place on January 1, 2004. is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

2004 was Rhodes's Centenary year. The event provided the University a unique opportunity to celebrate and reflect on its considerable achievements and their impact on society - in southern Africa and all over the world. A variety of academic and reunion events were staged to mark the occasion and bring the University community closer together.

During the 2006 April graduation ceremony a new building, the African Media Matrix housing the School of Journalism and Media Studies, was officially opened by Connie Molusi, alumnus and CEO of Johnnic Communications[1].

On the 1st of June 2006, David Woods was succeeded as vice chancellor by Saleem Badat. Dr Badat came to Rhodes after several years as chief executive office of the Council on Higher Education in South Africa.

Sports at Rhodes

From rugby to rowing, cross country to cricket, and surfing to squash, Rhodes University has a large number of active sports clubs on campus. There are some 29 clubs on offer covering a wide variety of interest areas and students are encouraged to take part on a social, recreational or competitive level. Some of the facilities on campus include:

• Floodlit Artificial Hockey Surface
• Heated Swimming Pool
• Multi-user Clubhouse
• Two Floodlit Rugby Fields
• Beach Volleyball Court
• Cricket Fields
• Martial Arts Dojo
• Rowing / Sailing Clubhouse at Settlars Dam
• Floodlit Grass Hockey Field
• Weight Training Facility
• Floodlit Soccer Fields

• Aerobics & Table Tennis Hall
• 9 Tennis Courts (6 floodlit)
• Spinning Studio
• 9 Squash Courts
• Indoor Climbing Wall
• Rowing Tank
• Basketball, Volleyball & Badminton Hall
• Floodlit Athletics Track
• Outdoor Floodlit Basketball & Netball Court
• 50m Floodlit Rifle Range
• 100m Floodlit Archery Range
• 2 Floodlit Grass Netball Courts
• Midget Tossing
• Bull Fighting
• Endangered Bird Shooting

Notable Alumni: General

• Ray Carlson - Former Springbok rugby player
• Nan Cross - anti-conscription and anti-apartheid activist
• Embeth Davidtz - Actress
• K. Sello Duiker - Novelist, screenwriter
• Kenneth A. C. Elliott - Professor of Biochemistry, McGill University, 1944-1971
• Alice Krige - Actress
• Michael Roberts - British Historian
• Ian Smith - Former Prime Minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), 1965 - 1979
• William Smith - South Africa's popular television science and mathematics teacher
• Max Theiler - Virologist, Nobel prize winner (1951)
• Wilbur Smith - Novelist
• Guy Butler - Poet, writer and former staff member
• Ihron Rensburg - Vice-Chacellor of the University of Johannesburg
• Ian Roberts - Actor
• Marguerite Poland - Novelist
• Sir Basil Schonland - scientist, critically important in the development of radar
• Sir Michael Edwardes - Business Executive
• Ivan Glasenberg - CEO Glencore International AG
• Chris Hani
• Lindiwe Msengana-Ndlela - Director General of Provincial and Local Government
• Dr. Andrija (Zoran) Vujisić - Linguist
• Mandla Mandela - Chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and grandson of Nelson Mandela
• Sir Chips Keswick - Director of Investec UK
• Patrick Mynhardt - Actor
• Margaret Legum - Economist and anti-apartheid activist

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Notable Alumni: Journalists, Media Celebrities in South Africa

One of the most well known departments on the Rhodes campus is the university's school of Journalism and Media Studies, through which many of South Africa's most notable media celebrities have passed. There are also an especially high number of radio celebrities who graduated at Rhodes - many of them having spent time with the university's campus radio station Rhodes Music Radio. Rhodes Music Radio, or RMR as it is more commonly known, is the radio station of Rhodes University and one of South Africas most respected campus broadcasters. ...

Some of the important media celebrities and industry figures from Rhodes include:

• Nicole Fox - Evening DJ on 5fm.
• Reuben Goldberg - News anchor on popular radio station 5fm. (Not the popular American cartoonist).
• Graeme Joffe - Sports presenter, formerly with CNN/SI and now with Supersport and radio station 94.7 Highveld Stereo.
• Jeremy Mansfield - South African radio host, television presenter, comedian
• Anand Naidoo - News anchor on CNN.
• Dicksy Ngqula - Television presenter and weekend DJ on 5FM.
• Justin Nurse - Anti-corporate activist and owner of satirical clothing brand Laugh It Off.
• David O'Sullivan - Award winning journalist and talk-show presenter on Talk Radio 702.
• Leigh-Ann Paulick - Presenter at M-Net Supersport.
• Lindsay Walker - Scientist and broadcaster.
• Connie Molusi - Former CEO of Johncom.
• Haru Mutasa - Correspondent for Aljazeera International.
• Kyle Hannan - Director of BCFM in Bristol, national UK satellite radio presenter and manager of the UK's first combined Muslim and Jewish broadcaster Radio Salaam Shalom.
• Bruce Whitfield - Business editor and presenter on Talk Radio 702.
• Sherwin Bryce-Pease - Presenter, Weekend Live on SABC.
• Nick Grubb - Programme Manager at 5FM.
• Tove Kane - South Afircan radio host on 94.7 Highveld Stereo.
• Paul Viv - Television personality on SABC 3.
• Naveen Singh - Presenter and programme manager at East Coast Radio.
• Mlu - DJ on 5FM.

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Notable Staff

• Justin Jonas - Astrophysicist and champion of the South African Square Kilometre Array bid[2], Justin also wrote a seminal paper on The 2326 MHz radio continuum emission of the Milky Way.
• Tebello Nyokong - Professor of Chemistry as well as Shoprite/Checkers Woman of the year 2004, she was awarded the Order of Mapungbwe: Bronze by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki (2005) for her work on photodynamic therapy (a promising new cure for cancer).
• André Brink - Lecturer in Afrikaans and Dutch literature, (1961 - 1990) and one of South Africa's most famous writers. He has lectured at universities and institutions on five continents, and has honorary doctorates from the universities of Witwatersrand, Free State, Pretoria, Rhodes and Montpellier. He is currently Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Cape Town.
• Obie Oberholzer - Contemporary South African Photographer, author of several pictorial books[3]
• Avery Clare - artist (taught in Dept of Fine Art 1973-1984)
• Andrew Buckland - playwright, actor and Professor in the University Drama Department.
• Alistiar Kerr - (1955 - 1990), Leading authority on Customary law in South Africa. Currently Professor Emeritus in the University Law Faculty.
• Julian Cobbing - Professor of African History. Wrote an influential and controversial theory on the nature of the Mfecane.

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See also

• List of universities in South Africa

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External links

• Rhodes University Website
• National Arts Festival Website

	South African universities
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