Medunsa : The Rise And Demise Of South Africa’s Second Veterinary Faculty
The Faculty of Veterinary Science of the Medical University of the Southern Africa (MEDUNSA) was a child of the ‘apartheid’ policies of the National Party governments which governed South Africa from 1948 to 1994. The cornerstone of these policies was the demographic separation of people by ‘race’ and educational separation accordingly. Black university education, including medical training, thus received early government attention. The University of Natal medical school was pivotal in establishing Medunsa and its veterinary faculty. Read the full abstract in the WAHVM 2020 proceedings https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/74425)