Founded in 1873 as the University of the Cape of Good Hope, the University of South Africa (or Unisa as it is commonly known) spent most of its early history as an examining agency for Oxford and Cambridge universities and as an incubator from which most other universities in South Africa are descended.
E tlhomilwe ka ngwaga wa 1873 e le Yunibesithi ya Cape of Good Hope (University of the Cape of Good Hope), Yunibesithi ya Aforika Borwa (kgotsa Unisa jaaka ka setlwaedi e etsegala) e weditse hisitori ya yona ya seseng e le agency ya ditlhatlhobo ya diyunibesithi tse, Oxford le Cambridge universities le jaaka bobeatsetse (incubator) moo mo go yona diyunibesithi di le dintsi mo Aforika Borwa e leng matlhogedi a yona.