The purpose of this document is to explain what it was that led to this Hope Project commitment, what it is, and how the University embodies this idea.

Remarks at a symposium on entrepreneurship for human development, Stellenbosch, 17 November 2011.

Paper presented at the President’s Forum at the 90th Anniversary of Xiamen University, People’s Republic of China, 6 April 2011.

Paper presented at Talloires Network Leaders Conference, June 2011, Madrid, Spain, author examining the role of universities in times of political transition.

The Hope Project: A rector’s view of leading a major capital campaign in Africa. Prof H Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Stellenbosch University Input at the AAU’s COREViP, 2 June 2011