Campus Details
| Campus Name | : Chris Hani Baragwanath |
| Location | : Diepkloof (Inside Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital) |
In the 1930s the plot with a Hotel and a farm belonged to a gentleman by the name of Orlando Baragwanath. In the 1940s an Imperial Military Hospital was opened to treat troops from the British Command.
The South African government purchased the hospital from the British Government, the area that was initially a soldier barracks is where the Hospital and College are now situated. In 1948, the hospital opened the then Baragwanath Nursing College. Some of the hospital wards were converted and used as classrooms and offices for the Teaching Sisters. The training was under the hospital Superintended. He would appoint the Principal and staff.
The new political dispensation introduced in 1994, ordered the renaming of all public institutions. A committee was formed with representatives from the college, hospital, community and the ruling party. In 1997 it was decided that both the hospital and college be renamed after the late Chris Hani.The name changed to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in honour of the slain Communist party leader (assassinated in 1993).
The College in their input, insisted that the name Baragwanath must be included, because his contribution was immeasurable. It was a difficult fight, but finally it was agreed to rename the college to Chris Hani Baragwanath Nursing College.
In 2019, with the establishment of a single provincial nursing college, the Chris Hani Baragwanath Nursing College became a campus of the Gauteng College of Nursing.
