Institutions

The Swiss Hotel School SA (Pty) Ltd (Previously Turaco Hospitality (Pty) Ltd)

Gauteng

The Swiss Hotel School SA (SHS) is a private higher education institution based at Turaco House, 33-35 Bond Street, Ferndale, Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was established in 1995 by Jurg Vontobel, a Swiss hospitality educator, with its curriculum modelled on the Hotel School Belvoirpark in Zurich, where Vontobel had previously served as Director.

TSIBA Education NPC

Western Cape

TSIBA (originally the Tertiary School in Business Administration) is a private, non-profit business school based in Cape Town, South Africa, founded in 2004. It operates as a social enterprise comprising a Business School, Ignition Academy and Education Trust, with a mission to invest in purpose-driven people and emerging businesses that lead social change.

Union Bible Institute NPC

KwaZulu-Natal

Union Bible Institute (UBI) is an interdenominational, private higher education institution offering theological and ministry training, located at 45 Dennis Shepstone Drive, Sweetwaters, Hilton, in the hills above Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Founded in 1942 with an initial cohort of 21 students drawn from fourteen different denominations, the institute grew from the merger of the original men’s training school with a Women’s Division established in Swaziland in 1947 (relocated to the main campus in 1964), unifying into a single co-educational institution.

Villioti Fashion Institute (Pty) Ltd

Villioti Fashion Institute is a private higher education institution in South Africa specialising in fashion education, covering design, garment construction, pattern making, and fashion business/entrepreneurial theory. It was founded by Spero Villioti, who has run a fashion brand for over 30 years, and the company was formerly registered as the Spero Villioti Elite Design Academy (company registration no.

Academic Institute of Excellence (Pty) Ltd

Gauteng

AIE (Academic Institute of Excellence) is a private South African higher education group founded in 2013 and headquartered at 1 Oracle Close, Halfway Gardens, Midrand, Johannesburg, with an additional Cape Town site and course delivery also branded under a Hatfield (Pretoria) location for music programmes. In 2026 AIE unified four legacy brands (Greenside Design Center, Emendy Multimedia Institute, Concept Interactive and Learn3D) into one institution offering 80+ qualifications across eight schools spanning engineering, IT, business, architecture, art and design, draughting, beauty, and artisan trades, delivered full-time (on-campus/hybrid), full-time online, and part-time flexi-online.

Academy For Environmental Leadership SA (Pty) Ltd

Northern Cape

The Academy for Environmental Leadership (AEL) is a small private higher education institution based at the Uizip Campus, a 21-hectare farm on the Orange River roughly 25 km outside Upington in the Northern Cape. The site was formerly known as the Uizip Outdoor Education Centre, hosting church and youth group outdoor education seminars, before becoming AEL’s campus; the website does not state a specific founding year.

Academy for Organisational Change (Pty) Ltd

Gauteng

Academy for Organisational Change (AOC) is a private South African higher education institution specialising in Organisational Development (OD) and change management education. It originated in 2013 as a subsidiary of WorldsView Academy (Johannesburg), which developed what it describes as South Africa’s first NQF Level 5 qualification in OD; in 2024 WorldsView sold AOC to new ownership committed to growing it as an independent, publicly-facing higher education institution, and AOC now operates its own site at organisationalchange.co.za.

AFM Theological College NPC

Gauteng

AFM Theological College (AFMTC) is a private higher education institution affiliated with the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM), a Pentecostal Christian denomination. Its lineage traces back to a theological correspondence course begun within the AFM in the mid-20th century, which developed into the AFM Bible College (1956) and later the Apostolic Faith Mission Theological College (1970); that original institution was renamed Auckland Park Theological Seminary in 1997 and now operates as a separate, independently accredited entity.

African Academy of Cinematic Arts

Gauteng

The African Academy of Cinematic Arts (AACA), also marketed as “AACA Film College”, is a private film and cinematic arts training institution based in the Maboneng Precinct, Johannesburg, South Africa (Unit 127, Market UP, 10 Van Beek Street, Maboneng, Johannesburg, 1401). It describes itself as offering training in filmmaking, screen and theatre acting, journalism, advertising, graphic design, interactive media and photography, delivered through campus, online, business, youth and AI-focused divisions.

Alpvest Institute for Futuretech (Pty) Ltd.

KwaZulu-Natal

Alpvest Institute for FutureTech (AIFT) is a private South African education provider headquartered at 9 Palm Boulevard, Umhlanga Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal, with additional campuses in Durban, Johannesburg (Braamfontein, Johannesburg CBD, Randburg), Kempton Park, Polokwane, Pretoria (Menlyn Park, Pretoria City ICT, Pretoria City Business, Pretoria TVET) and Cape Town. It traces its history to 1990, when it operated as PC Training and Business College, before rebranding as Alpvest Institute for FutureTech to focus on technology and future-skills education aligned with the 4th/5th Industrial Revolutions.