University of Durban-Westville

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The University of Durban-Westville was a South African higher education institution in Durban known for serving predominantly Indian students during apartheid and later merging into the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

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Label Occurrences
University of Durban-Westville canonical 2
University of Natal 2

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former university
university
continent Africa
country South Africa
educationLevel postgraduate
undergraduate
fieldOfActivity higher education
governedBy South African higher education legislation
hadCampusType urban campus
historicalContext racially segregated higher education system in South Africa
languageOfInstruction English
locatedIn Durban NERFINISHED
Durban metropolitan area NERFINISHED
KwaZulu-Natal
mergedInto University of KwaZulu-Natal NERFINISHED
mergedWith University of Natal NERFINISHED
mergerYear 2004
notableFor role in anti-apartheid student activism
serving predominantly Indian students under apartheid
operatedDuring apartheid era
partOf South African university system
postMergerSuccessor University of KwaZulu-Natal NERFINISHED
primaryFunction research
teaching
regionServed Indian community in South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal province NERFINISHED
sector public higher education
servedPrimarily Indian students
status defunct
studentDemographic largely Indian South Africans
type tertiary education institution

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Pravin Gordhan educatedAt University of Durban-Westville
University of KwaZulu-Natal formedByMergerOf University of Durban-Westville
this entity surface form: University of Natal
University of KwaZulu-Natal formedByMergerOf University of Durban-Westville
Dumisa Ntsebeza educatedAt University of Durban-Westville
this entity surface form: University of Natal