The Act was to provide for the establishment, maintenance, management and control of unoiversity colleges for non-white persons; for the admission of students to and their instruction at university colleges; for the limitation of the admnission of non-white students to certain university institutions; and for other incidental matters
Archive record
Extension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959

- Origin date
- August 1995
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Extension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113214
South African History Online (2016) 'Extension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959 ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113214 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Extension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113214, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Extension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959 ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113214. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Extension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959 ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113214.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →