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Makhanda, located in the Eastern Cape, is home to one of South Africa's ancient and colonial universities, Rhodes University, named after British coloniser Cecil John Rhodes. Rhodes was founded in 1904 as Rhodes University College, through a grant from the Rhodes Trust. It became a constituent college of the University of South Africa in 1918 before becoming an independent university in 1951. Rhodes currently accommodates approximately 7000 students in both under-grad and post-grad courses, with approximately 1600 new students enrolling each year.

Makhanda, located in the Eastern Cape, is home to one of South Africa's ancient and colonial universities, Rhodes University, named after British coloniser Cecil John Rhodes. Rhodes was founded in 1904 as Rhodes University College, through a grant from the Rhodes Trust. It became a constituent college of the University of South Africa in 1918 before becoming an independent university in 1951. Rhodes currently accommodates approximately 7000 students in both under-grad and post-grad courses, with approximately 1600 new students enrolling each year.

Often described as a philanthropist but also an arch-racist, Rhodes dreamt of a British Africa from Cape Town to Cairo.

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Master’s-in-waiting graduate Dr Joshua Fieggen is one of two UCT alumni to receive a 2023 Rhodes Scholarship.