TVET Colleges/Public Colleges in South Africa

Lindani Mgoduka
Sep 10, 2022
7 min read

TVET is an abbreviation for Technical Vocational Education and Training, which are higher education and training institutions which in South Africa are branded public colleges. FET colleges were converted to TVET in 2012, and this was part of a process of integrating the South African educational system with global educational trends and standards. In this eight-minute read, you'll learn of the difference between a TVET and a university of technology, whilst listing all public TVET colleges near you, the top ten best public TVET colleges in the country, and which public TVET colleges' online applications are open for the 2023/24 intake.

1. TVET vs University of technology

This brief section will explain the distinction concerning a technical vocational education and training (TVET) and a university of technology. In South Africa, the DHET refers to TVETs as public/private college education system that allows students to gain practical work skills in their work-study fields, whereas the university of technology is a public education institution that provide students with theoretical knowledge rather than practice. TVET colleges accepts students with a grade 9 education and award a national certificate and diplomas with grade 12 education upon their course completion, however, universities of technology (UTs) awards degrees and post-diplomas, and honours qualifications and entry to UTs require students to hold a grade 12 or national senior certificate.

2.1 What courses do TVET colleges offer?

By nature, TVET colleges are designed to help train youth and illiteracy people to be equipped with tools to compete in the labour market due their acquired competitive skills and practice, TVET colleges gain more job opportunities in the market. I'm sure you're wondering what courses you can take with a grade 9 diploma. According to the bridge.org website, TVET colleges offer various types of career-focused vocational programs, which enable students to enter the labour market or become entrepreneurs. Typically, TVET colleges only offer two qualifications (see those highlighted below) though they have grown to gradually offer may more qualifications:

· National Certificate (Vocational) qualifications (NCVs)

· National Accredited Technical Education Diploma (NATED) programs

· Selected UNISA qualifications registered on the NQF (certain TVETs)

· Occupational work-integrated programs: leadership/apprenticeships/trade tests (certain TVETs)

· Skills programs and non-formal short courses

· National Senior Certificate (Matric)

2. List of public TVET Colleges near you

TVET colleges are designed to meet the growing demand of artisans, entrepreneurship, and that of the hospitality sector in the country. In South Africa, there are 50 public TVET colleges located in all 9 provinces; in this section, you will learn where is the nearest TVET colleges located near you and how you can enrol to further your education. This list includes all 50 public TVET college specific locations in their provinces.

TVET Colleges in Eastern Cape

1. Buffalo City TVET College

Located in Cnr Lukin Road & King Street, East London, Southernwood, 5200

Tel: 043 704 9262/01

Web: www.bccollege.co.za

2. Eastcape Midlands TVET College

Located at Edison Str, Uitenhage, 6230

Tel: 041 995 2000

3. Ikhala TVET College

Located at Zone D, Gwadana Drive, Ezibeleni, Queenstown, 5326

Tel: 047 873 8800

Web: www.ikhala.edu.za

4. Ingwe TVET College

Located at Badibanise Village, Mount Frere

Tel: 039 940 2142

Web: www.ingwecollege.edu.za

5. King Hintsa TVET College

Located at 218 Mthatha Road, Butterworth, 4960

Tel: 047 401 6400

Web: www.kinghintsacollege.edu.za

6. King Sabata Dalindyebo TVET College

Located at R61 Queenstown Road, Cicira Village, Mthatha

Tel: 047 505 1000

Web: www.ksdcollege.edu.za

7. Lovedale TVET College

Located at 1 Amatola Row, King William’s Town, 5600

Tel: 087 238 2223

Web: www.lovedale.edu.za

8. Port Elizabeth TVET College

Located at 139 Russell Road, Port Elizabeth Central, Gqeberha, 6001

Tel: 041 509 6000

Web: www.pecollege.edu.za

9. South Cape TVET College

Located at 125 Mitchell Street, George, 6530

Tel: 044 884 0359

Web: www.sccollege.co.za

TVET Colleges in the Free State

1. Flavius Mareka TVET College

Located at Cnr Hertzog & Frazer Streets, Hertzog Street, Sasolburg, 9570

Tel: 016 976 0829/15

Web: www.flaviusmareka.net

2. Goldfields TVET College

Located at 36 Buren Street, Flamingo Park, Welkom, 9459

Tel: 057 910 6000

Web: www.goldfieldstvet.edu.za

3. Maluti TVET College

Located at Mampoi Road, Phuthaditjhaba, QwaQwa, 9866

Tel: 058 713 6100

Web: www.malutitvet.co.za

4. Motheo TVET College

Located at Cnr St Georges & Aliwal Streets, Bloemfontein, 9300

Tel: 051 406 9300

Web: www.motheotvet.co.za

TVET Colleges in Gauteng

1. Central Johannesburg TVET College

Located at 5 Ubla Avenue (off Princess of Wales Terrace), Parktown, Johannesburg

Tel: 011 351 6000

Web: www.cjc.edu.za

2. Ekurhuleni East TVET College

Located at Plantation Road, Springs

Tel: 011 730 6600

Web: www.eec.edu.za

3. Ekurhuleni West TVET College

Located at Cnr Flag & Rose-Innes Roads, Driehoek, Germiston

Tel: 011 323 1600

Web: www.ewc.edu.za

4. Sedibeng TVET College

Located at 37 Voortrekker Street, Vereeniging

Tel: 016 422 6645

016 420 2520

Web: www.sedcol.co.za

5. South West Gauteng TVET College

Located at 1822A Molele Street, Cnr Koma Road & Molele Street, Molapo, Soweto

Tel: 011 527 8300

010 140 7942

Web: www.swgc.co.za

6. Tshwane North TVET College

Located at Cnr Kgosi Mampuru & Pretorius Streets, Pretoria

Tel: 012 401 1600

Web: www.tnc.edu.za

7. Tshwane South TVET College

Located at 85 Frances Baard, Pretoria, 0001

Tel: 012 401 5000

Web: www.tsc.edu.za

8. Western College for TVET

Located at 42 Johnstone Street, RANDFONTEIN

Tel: 011 692 4004/82

Web: www.westcol.co.za

TVET Colleges in Kwa-Zulu Natal

1. Coastal TVET College

Located at 50051 Mfundi Mngadi Dr, KwaMakhutha, Durban, 4300

Tel: 031 905 7000/1

Web: www.coastalkzn.co.za

2. Elangeni TVET College

Located at 15 Portsmouth Road, New Germany, Durban, 3610

Tel: 031 716 6700

Web: www.elangeni.edu.za

3. Esayidi TVET College

Located at 12 Commercial Road, Oslo Beach, Port Shepstone

Tel: 039 685 5482/3

Web: www.esayidifet.co.za

4. Majuba TVET College

Located at 83 Allen Street, Newcastle, 2940

Tel: 034 326 4888

Web: www.majuba.edu.za

5. Mnambithi TVET College

Located at 77 Murchison Street, Ladysmith, 3370

Tel: 036 638 3800

Web: www.mnambithicollege.co.za

6. Mthashana TVET College

Located at 266 South Street, Vryheid, 3100

Tel: 034 980 1010

Web: www.mthashanacollege.co.za

7. Thekwini TVET College

Located at 262 D’Aintree Avenue, Asherville, Durban 4100

Tel: 031 250 8200

Web: www.thekwini.edu.za

8. uMfolozi TVET College

Located at Naboomnek Street, Arboretum, Richards Bay

Tel: 035 902 9501

Web: www.umfolozicollege.co.za

9. Umgungundlovu TVET College

Located at 44 Burger Street, Pietermaritzburg, 3201

Tel: 033 341 2100/2214

Web: www.utvet.co.za

TVET Colleges in Mpumalanga

1. Ehlanzeni TVET College

Located at Corporate Centre, 29 Bell Street Nelspruit, 1200

Tel: 013 752 7105

Web: www.ehlanzenicollege.co.za

2. Gert Sibande TVET College

Located at No. 18a Dr. Beyers Naudé Street, Standerton, 2430

Tel: 017 712 9040/58

Web: www.gscollege.edu.za

3. Nkangala TVET College

Located at Cnr Haig & Northey, Witbank

Tel: 013 685 4700

Web: www.ntc.edu.za

TVET Colleges in Northern Cape

1. Northern Cape Rural TVET College

Located at 1 Steve Naude Street, Blydeville, Upington, 8800

Tel: 054 332 4711

Web: www.ncrtvet.com

2. Northern Cape Urban TVET College

Located at 35-39 Long Street, Albertynshof, Kimberley, 8301

Tel: 053 839 2063

Web: www.ncutvet.edu.za

TVET Colleges in Western Cape

1. Boland TVET College

Located at 85 Bird Street, Stellenbosch, 7599

Tel: 021 886 7111/2

Web address: www.bolandcollege.com

2. College of Cape Town for TVET

Located at 334 Albert Road, Salt River, Cape Town, 8000

Tel: 021 404 6700

Web: www.cct.edu.za

3. False Bay TVET College

Located at 131 Main Road, Muizenberg, 7945

Tel: 021 787 0800

Web: www.falsebaycollege.co.za

4. Northlink TVET College

Located at 80 Voortrekker Road, Bellville, 7530

Tel: 021 970 9000

Web: www.northlink.co.za

5. West Coast TVET College

Located at 2 Loedolf, Malmesbury

Tel: 022 482 1143

Web: www.westcoastcollege.co.za

TVET Colleges in Limpopo

1. Capricorn TVET College

Located at 16 Market Street, Polokwane, 0699

Tel: 015 230 1800

Web: www.capricorncollege.edu.za/main

2. Letaba TVET College

Located at 1 Claude Wheatley Street, Tzaneen, 0850

Tel: 015 307 5440

Web: www.letcol.co.za

3. Lephalale TVTET Collge

Located at Cnr Nelson Mandela & Ngwako Ramatlhodi Street, Onverwacht, 0557

Tel: 014763 2251/1014

Web: www.lephalalefetcollege.co.za

4. Mopani South TVET College

Located at Cnr Combretum & Haarlem Street, Phalaborwa, 1391

Tel: 015 781 5725

Web: www.mopanicollege.edu.za

5. Vhembe TVET college

Located at Stand No. 203, Unit A, Sibasa, 0970

Tel: 015 963 7000

Web: www.vhembecollege.edu.za

6. Waterberg TVET college

Located at 36 Hooge Street, Mokopane, 0600

Tel: 015 491 8581/8602

Web: www.waterbergcollege.co.za

7. Sekhukhune TVET College

Located at Stand 676, Motetema, Groblersdal, 0470

Tel: 013 269 0278

Web: www.sekhukhunetvet.edu.za

TVET Colleges in Northwest

1. Orbit TVET College

Located at Fatima Bhayat Street, Rustenburg, 0300

Tel: 014 592 7014

014 597 5500

Web: www.orbitcollege.co.za

2. Taletso TVET College

Located at Kgora Building, Dr Albert Luthuli Drive, Mmabatho, 2735

Tel: 018 384 2346

Web: www.taletso.edu.za

3. Vuselela TVET College

Located at 8 Bram Fischer Street, Klerksdorp, 257

Tel: 018 406 7800

Web: www.vuselelacollege.co.za

4. Best top 10 public TVET colleges in South Africa

It is critical to understand that there are no official national rankings of South Africa's higher education sector. As a result, it has been difficult to establish any analysed college ranking data for the South African public TVET college rankings. The top ten public TVET colleges in the country are determined by the number of students enrolled, pass rate, institutional effectiveness in reviving artisan training, building partnerships between educational institutions and employers (SETAs), number of qualifications, and the number of vocational training courses.

1) False Bay TVET college

2) Ekurhuleni West TVET college

3) Port Elizabeth TVET college

4) Central Johannesburg TVET college

5) Northlink TVET college

6) Vhembe TVET college

7) Northern Cape Urban TVET college

8) Umfolozi TVET college

9) Flavius Mareka TVET college

10) Umgungundlovu TVET college

5. TVET colleges online application open for the 2023/24 Intake

In many cases, the start of the higher education academic year in South Africa, prospective university or college students will still be seeking college admission; in turn the DHET in South Africa deemed it appropriate that public TVET colleges open their application processes early. This section will inform you of TVET colleges that have opened their online applications for the 2023 academic year. Many of these public TVET colleges applications will be closed between September and November 2022.

List of TVET colleges opened for 2023 online applications

1. Vuselela TVET College study online application for 2023 open from 5-30 September 2022

2. Lephalale TVET college 2023 NCV online application is open from 1-30 September 2022

3. Umfolozi TVET college online application is open all year round for different semesters and Trimester intake

4. Westcol TVET college 2023 online application will open from 1-30 September 2022

5. West Coast TVET college online application for 2023 open from the 2nd semester and will close on 30 November 2022

6. Boland TVET College online application for 2023 opened on the 1st of August 2022 and will close on the 30th of September 2022.

7. College of Cape Town for TVET 2023 online applications are open and will close on 30 September 2022

8. South West Gauteng TVET College online applications are open for 2023 and will close on

9. False Bay TVET College online applications for full-time/part-time/distance learning is open for 2023

10. Waterberg TVET college online applications are open for 2023

11. Port Elizabeth TVET College online applications for 2023 are open from the 1st of September 2022 and will close on 30 September 2022.

12. King Sabata Dalindyebo TVET College 2023 admission intake is open from the 1st of September 2022 and will close on 30 September 2022

13. Mnambithi TVET College online pre-enrolment applications for the 2023 academic year opened on 18 August 2022 and will close on the 16th of September 2022.

14. King Hintsa TVET college 2023 online applications will open on the 1st of September 2022 and will be due on 30 September 2022.

Conclusion

This article will explain what TVET colleges are and what role they play in South Africa's higher education and training sector. You will also learn of the nearest TVET colleges near you, the article lists all public TVET college’s locations specifically by province. This article will also inform you of the top ten best public TVET colleges in South Africa, and about public TVET colleges that have their online applications opened for the 2023 student intake and their closing dates.