Vista University

Vista University

Type	Public
Active	1981–2000s
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

The university closed as part of a broader reorganisation of South African universities in the early to mid 2000s.[5] Its facilities and some members of the staff have been merged into other universities, including:

• the Nelson Mandela University,^[6]
• the University of the Free State,^[7]
• the University of Johannesburg,^[8]
• the University of Pretoria,^[9]
• the University of South Africa^[10] (VUDEC) and
• the Vaal University of Technology.^[11]

• Paul Avis, 1970s professional tennis player and clinical psychologist
• Mark Behr, author
• Alan Clark, CEO of SABMiller^[12]
• Kenny Kunene, businessman
• Mcebisi Jonas, Deputy Finance Minister
• 4 Artillery Regiment
• Roy Matube, Union Chairperson-Vista nationality
• Chief Information Technology Officer
  and businessman
• Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg
• Buyisiwe Sondezi, first woman in Africa to earn a PhD in Experimental physics
• Eastern Cape High Court