The RFET supports the Ruth First Scholarship at Durham University for students from southern Africa. We award one scholarship per year for a taught Masters degree. A South African undergraduate scholarship was set up by staff and students at Durham University in 1964, the year in which Nelson Mandela was imprisoned and the anti-apartheid campaigner, journalist and researcher Ruth First was forced to go into exile in England. The scholarship was named in honour of Ruth First after she was murdered by South African police in 1982. She was a Lecturer in Sociology at Durham University and had been seconded to Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique. Since the end of apartheid, the Scholarship has been awarded for postgraduate study, and in 2007 we widened its scope to include applicants from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. We choose people who show evidence of both academic promise and community leadership. People who have been active in voluntary and charity work, community initiatives, health and educational projects. Ruth First Scholars make the most of the amazing opportunity of enhancing their skills and knowledge at a leading UK university to benefit not only themselves but their communities and countries. The Ruth First Scholarship is supported by Durham University, Durham County Council and other sponsors, as well as by individual donations from staff and alumni of the University and people from the Durham area. However, we urgently need to increase the Trust's income in order to ensure that this small but powerful contribution to development in southern Africa can continue. Please make a one-off or regular donation, or support one of our fundraising events through this website.
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