To pay towards Alumni Events 2017, you can either do a transfer to the below bank account or you can pay with your credit card by clicking on the donate button on the top right of this page. ( MyGate)
Account Name: Rhodes University
Bank: First National Bank
Branch: Grahamstown
Branch code: 210717
Account no: 62145508894
Swift Code: FIRNZAJJ
If you choose this option, please use your Initial and Surname + Ref: ALUMNI EVENT and e-mail t.mccarthy@ru.ac.za to alert her of the payment.
I benefited from a Rhodes bursary as an undergraduate and I know the positive impact it can have on a young person’s life. Back in 1980, it was University policy that students must live in residence for their first year. I had a student loan and thought I could manage the costs, but soon discovered that I could not.
Fav quote: "Great powers of the world may have done wonders in giving the world an industrial look, but the great gift still has to come from Africa - giving the world a more human face." Steve Biko
Why donate to RU? The quote by Biko asks us concretely to demonstrate how we intend to bestow on it the gift of humanity. In this regard, we note that the world is
It was always my aspiration to go to the University when I completed and passed the Joint Matriculation Board Examination in 1969. Being the eldest of 11 children, unfortunately my parents could not afford University Fees. I however went to train as a nurse which was my second option.
