The University of Canterbury (UC) is a public research university based in Christchurch,New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbury College,the first constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is New Zealand's second-oldest university,after the University of Otago,itself founded four years earlier in 1869.
The University of Auckland (UoA) is a public research university based in Auckland,New Zealand. It is the largest,most comprehensive and highest-ranked university in New Zealand and consistently places among the top 100 universities in the QS World University Rankings. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Originally it was housed in a disused courthouse. Today,the University of Auckland is New Zealand's largest university by enrolment,hosting about 40,000 students on five Auckland campuses. The City Campus,in the Auckland CBD,has the bulk of the students and faculties. There are eight faculties,including a law school,as well as three associated research institutes.
Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey,better known as Koos de la Rey,was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War. De la Rey also had a political career and was one of the leading advocates of Boer independence.
The Afrikaner Broederbond (AB) or simply the Broederbond was an exclusively Afrikaner Calvinist and male secret society in South Africa dedicated to the advancement of the Afrikaner people. It was founded by H. J. Klopper,H. W. van der Merwe,D. H. C. du Plessis and the Rev. Jozua Naudéin 1918 as Jong Zuid Afrika until 1920,when it was renamed the Broederbond. Its influence within South African political and social life came to a climax with the 1948-1994 rule of the white supremacist National Party and its policy of apartheid,which was largely developed and implemented by Broederbond members. Between 1948 and 1994,many prominent figures of Afrikaner political,cultural,and religious life,including every leader of the South African government,were members of the Afrikaner Broederbond.
Vryheid is a coal mining and cattle ranching town in northern KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa. Vryheid is the Afrikaans word for "freedom".
Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is a non-profit consortium of 24 research-intensive universities founded in 2000. It provides financial and infrastructural support to member universities to support international research collaboration and academic mobility.
Gerald John Pillay is a South African theologian and ecclesiastical historian. He was Vice Chancellor and Rector of Liverpool Hope University in England from 2003 until the end of 2022.
Transvaal University College was a multi-campus public research university in South Africa which gave rise to the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Pretoria.
The Dutch Reformed Church in Africa is a Reformed Christian denomination based in South Africa. It also has congregations in Namibia,Botswana,Zambia and Zimbabwe. Along with the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK) and the Reformed Churches in South Africa,the NHKA is one of the three Dutch Reformed sister churches of South Africa. The NHKA retains the old Nomenclature Nederduitsch,the word originally referring to the Dutch language. The word refers to the Low Saxon language today. The Dutch language remained the official language of the church until 1933 when the church started functioning almost exclusively in Afrikaans.
University of Pretoria Library Services serves the students,faculty and researchers of the University of Pretoria. The library of the University of Pretoria is regarded as one of the top university libraries in South Africa. It provides a comprehensive information service for the university's approximately 38 161 undergraduate students,16 805 postgraduates and 8 843 full-time staff members.
The University of Pretoria Faculty of Law was established in 1908. It consists of six academic departments,six centres,two law clinics,and the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP). This faculty ranked best in Africa for the fourth year in a row with leading Departments of Jurisprudence;Mercantile Law;Private Law;Procedural Law;Public Law;and Centre for Human Rights. The faculty offers the undergraduate LLB degree,and postgraduate LLM/MPhil and LLD/PhD degrees.
Jotello Festiri Soga was South Africa's first black veterinary surgeon who played a leading role in eradicating rinderpest. The library at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria is named for him.
Martin Andre Breytenbach was a South African Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of the Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist,a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) from 2000 to 2019.
Anne-Marie Sharon Brady is a New Zealand academic and Professor of Political Science at the University of Canterbury. She specialises in Chinese domestic and foreign politics,Antarctic and Arctic politics,Pacific politics,and New Zealand Foreign Policy.
Tawana Kupe is a Zimbabwean-South African academic. He is the vice-chancellor of the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Prior to this appointment he held several senior positions at the University of Witwatersrand where he also founded the Media Studies Department. He also lectured at Rhodes University. Before Rhodes,he worked in various academic capacities at the University of Zimbabwe.
Giselle Margaret Byrnes is a New Zealand historian. She is the provost and assistant Vice-Chancellor of Massey University,New Zealand. Previous employment included the Waitangi Tribunal and as lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington.
Bill Buenar Puplampu is a Ghanaian academic,occupational psychologist and the current Vice Chancellor of the Central University.
