The University of the North, a regional and national centre of activism

Heffernan, Anne

doi:10.18772/22016069193.13

The University of the North, a regional and national centre of activism

Heffernan, Anne

Authors

Dr Anne Heffernan anne.k.heffernan@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Contributors

Dr Anne Heffernan anne.k.heffernan@durham.ac.uk
Editor

Noor Nieftagodien
Editor

Abstract

The Extension of University Education Act of 1959 created a system of universities and colleges across South Africa that were segregated not just by race, but by ethnic group. One of these, the University College of the North, was responsible for educating students of Sotho, Tswana, Venda, and Tsonga backgrounds who, it was imagined, would become the civil servants, doctors, engineers and other professionals who would populate the surrounding “homelands” of Venda, Lebowa, Gazankulu, and Bophuthatswana. Instead, “Turfloop”, as the University College of the North was known, became a centre for anti-apartheid political activism for students and young people around...

Citation

Heffernan, A. (2016). The University of the North, a regional and national centre of activism. In A. Heffernan, & N. Nieftagodien (Eds.), Students must rise : youth struggle in South Africa before and beyond Soweto '76 (45-54). Wits University Press. https://doi.org/10.18772/22016069193.13

Online Publication Date	Jun 1, 2016
Publication Date	Jun 1, 2016
Deposit Date	Oct 12, 2018
Pages	45-54
Edition	1st ed.
Book Title	Students must rise : youth struggle in South Africa before and beyond Soweto '76.
Chapter Number	5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.18772/22016069193.13
Publisher URL	http://witspress.co.za/catalogue/students-must-rise/