Pepperdine had built a fortune founding and developing the Western Auto Supply Company, which he started with a $5 utyalo-mali, but his prosperity led to his greater ambition to discover “how humanity can be helped most with the means entrusted to care. Considered it wrong to build up a great fortune and use it selfishly.” Mr. Pepperdine voiced his twofold objective for the college that bore his name, “Ekuqaleni, we want to provide first-class, fully accredited academic training in the liberal arts … Okwesibini, we are especially dedicated to a greater goal—that of building in the student a Christ-like life, a love for the church, and a passion for the souls of mankind.” Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away. ACCI has made a name for UKZN at institutions and universities across Africa. In the preamble to the publication, UKZN’s Vice-Chancellor and Principal Dr Albert van Jaarsveld describes the ACCI as one of UKZN’s “leading success stories”.