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A. C. Jordan OIG (1906–1968), lecturer in African languages, namesake of the A. C. Jordan Building; Mahmood Mamdani, inaugural A. C. Jordan professor of African studies; Lungisile Ntsebeza, South African Research Chair in land reform and democracy in South Africa; Ernst Westphal (1919–1990), professor of African languages
The University of Cape Town was founded at a meeting in the Groote Kerk in 1829 as the South African College, a high school for young men. The college had a small tertiary-education facility, introduced in 1874 [9] that grew substantially after 1880, when the discovery of gold and diamonds in the north – and the resulting demand for skills in mining – gave it the financial boost it needed ...
The academic ranking system is roughly as follows: Associate (or assistant) lecturer (normally: contract staff) Lecturer (full-time staff) Senior Lecturer (distinguished by publications record, holding a Doctoral degree and/ or years of meritorious service) Associate professor. (Full) Professor. Professor emeritus (on retirement at the age of ...
Principals and vice-chancellors of the University of South Africa, 1953 to the present[ edit] Andries Jacobus Hendrik Johannes Van der Walt, Principal, 1953 – 1955. Andries Jacobus Hendrik Johannes Van der Walt, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1956. Samuel Pauw, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1956 – 1972.
Public universities in South Africa are divided into three types: traditional universities, which offer theoretically oriented university degrees; universities of technology ("technikons"), which offer vocational oriented diplomas and degrees; and comprehensive universities, which offer a combination of both types of qualification.
QS World University Rankings ranked the top South African universities as follows (before 2010 the ranking was known as the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings ): [34] QS World University 2006 to 2024 South Africa Rank. SA Rank. University. World Rank.
Vice-chancellor. Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Thandi Modise. Dr Chris Nhlapho. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University. Dr Zweli Mkhize. Prof Christopher De Beer. University of Cape Town. Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe.
12 [ 2 ] The 1969 Tulbagh earthquake remains the most destructive earthquake in South African history. The earthquake occurred in the Tulbagh area and measured 6.3 on the Richter scale, stronger than that of the 1809 Cape Town earthquake which destroyed a local Milnerton farm. [ 3 ][ 4 ] 14 April 1970. Tulbagh - Ceres - Wolseley area.