The following table is a list of South African universities by endowment size.
Public universities The following are the South African universities with the largest financial endowments, expressed in South African Rands at fair value. A financial endowment is a transfer of money and/or property donated to an institution and the total value of an institution's investments is often referred to as the institution's endowment. All sources are official audited financial statements published in the respective fiscal years. For this list, short scale billions (thousand of millions) are used. Institution 2011 million ZAR 2010 million ZAR 2009million ZAR2008million ZAR University of South AfricaR4,925http://www.unisa.ac.za/happening/docs/AnnualReport_2011.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2012R4,526http://www.unisa.ac.za/happening/docs/AnnualReport_2011.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2012R3,884http://www.unisa.ac.za/happening/docs/AnnualReport_2011.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2012R3,481http://www.unisa.ac.za/happening/docs/AnnualReport_2011.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2012University of PretoriaR2,470 University of Pretoria Annual Review 2010 Retrieved 20 May 2012R2,166 University of Pretoria Annual Review 2010 Retrieved 20 May 2012R1,641 http://web.up.ac.za/sitefiles/file/Annual_Review/2009/Annual%20Review%20Financials.pdf University of Pretoria Annual Review 2009 Retrieved 11 August 2012University of Cape TownR2,548 R2,365 R2,173 R1,896 University of the WitwatersrandR1,612http://www.wits.ac.za/files/11deq_490532001344327610.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2012R1,588http://www.wits.ac.za/files/11deq_490532001344327610.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2012 University of StellenboschR1,483http://www.sun.ac.za/annualreport/verslag2010/pdfs/eng/consolidated_annual_financial_statements.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2010 Retrieved 11 August 2012 University of KwaZulu-NatalR0,844http://www.ukzn.ac.za/publications/AnnualReport2010.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2010 Retrieved 11 August 2012R0,769http://www.ukzn.ac.za/publications/AnnualReport2010.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2010 Retrieved 11 August 2012R0,659http://www.ukzn.ac.za/publications/AnnualReport2010.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2010 Retrieved 11 August 2012 North-West UniversityR0,534http://www.nwu.ac.za/webfm_send/28478 Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2010 Retrieved 11 August 2012R0,390http://www.nwu.ac.za/webfm_send/28478 Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2010 Retrieved 11 August 2012Rhodes UniversityR0,310http://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/content/finance/documents/Rhodes%20Annual%20Report%2031%20December%202011.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2012R0,296http://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/content/finance/documents/Rhodes%20Annual%20Report%2031%20December%202011.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2012R0,429 Cape Peninsula University of Technology Central University of Technology Durban University of Technology University of Fort Hare University of the Free State University of Johannesburg University of Limpopo Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Tshwane University of Technology Vaal University of Technology University of Venda Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science University of the Western Cape University of Zululand
See also List of universities in South Africa Lists of institutions of higher education by endowment size
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