Non-European Section of Natal University College

University College of Natal (later the University of Natal and then University of KwaZulu Natal) began to offer a separate university level education to "non-european" students in the ‘Non-European Section’ (NES) from 1936.[1] Prior to this, the Fort Hare University (UFH) had been a place of political energy and resitance. Staff and students both lived and thought through non-racialism on campus.[2] and Indian students either enrolled at Fort Hare or studied abroad at medical school. The establishment of the non-european section at Satri College extended higher education opportunities to a wider range of black South Africans and served as a model for the future apartheid state.[3] In 1948, Natal University College was incorporated into the University of Natal but the non-european section at Satri College and the “non-European” section of the university’s medical school continued. The University of Natal had institutionalised geographically and racially separated groups of students. [4]

Notable alumni

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
M. J. Naidoo South African Lawyer and NIC President

References

  1. ^ Heffernan, Anne (2024-11-01). "A Crooked Path to Apartheid Education: Segregating the University of Natal, 1936–1959". Journal of Southern African Studies. 50 (6): 859–876. doi:10.1080/03057070.2024.2509415. ISSN 0305-7070.
  2. ^ Cloete, Nico; Bunting, Ian; Bailey, Tracy (2018-09-03). "Fort Hare at its centenary: University functions in post-apartheid South Africa". Development Southern Africa. 35 (5): 611–625. doi:10.1080/0376835X.2017.1351872. ISSN 0376-835X.
  3. ^ Heffernan, Anne (2024-11-01). "A Crooked Path to Apartheid Education: Segregating the University of Natal, 1936–1959". Journal of Southern African Studies. 50 (6): 859–876. doi:10.1080/03057070.2024.2509415. ISSN 0305-7070.
  4. ^ Guest, Bill (2017). STELLA AURORAE: THE HISTORY OF A SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY. Natal Society Foundation.
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