Institutions

George Whitefield College NPC

Western Cape

George Whitefield College (GWC) is a private, reformed evangelical Anglican theological college founded in 1989 on the initiative of Bishop Joe Bell of the Church of England in South Africa (CESA), with Dr David Broughton Knox (formerly of Moore Theological College) as founding Principal. Originally based in Kalk Bay, it relocated in 1998 to its current campus at 34 Beach Road, Muizenberg, Cape Town.

Health and Fitness Professionals Academy (Pty) Ltd

Gauteng

Health and Fitness Professionals Academy (HFPA) is a private higher education institution registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET registration number 2001/HE07/002), confirmed current on the DHET Register of Private Higher Education Institutions (last updated 06 July 2026). HFPA was founded in 1979 as one of the earliest providers of specialised fitness-industry training in South Africa and was acquired by UXi Sport in 2021.

AAA School of Advertising (Pty) Ltd

Gauteng

AAA School of Advertising is a private higher education institution founded by the Association for Communication and Advertising (formerly the Association of Advertising Agencies) and describes itself as operating for over 35 years, placing its establishment in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It has campuses in Johannesburg and Cape Town and specialises in communication, marketing and creative-industry education, offering qualifications in marketing communication, creative brand communication, visual communication and digital marketing, both via contact learning and online delivery.

Academy for Facility Management (Pty) Ltd (A4FM)

Gauteng

The Academy for Facilities Management (A4FM) is a private, specialist higher education institution based in Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria, South Africa, dedicated exclusively to formal facility management (FM) education. It grew out of the FM academic department of another higher education institution, Centurion Academy, whose staff had run that department for about five years before A4FM was incorporated (Enterprise Reg.

Academy of Sound Engineering (Pty) Ltd

Gauteng

The Academy of Sound Engineering (ASE) was established in 1997 and is based in Johannesburg at the SABC Radio Park complex, South Africa’s broadcast and media hub, with an additional campus in Cape Town. ASE specializes in audio technology, sound engineering, music production and business, live sound, broadcast, and television/screen media education.

ACT Cape Town (Pty) Ltd

Western Cape

ACT Cape Town was established in 2004 by Candice Poole as a specialist academy for acting for film, based at Sunrise House, 55 Morningside Street, Pinelands, Cape Town. It describes itself as the leading acting-for-film academy in South Africa, focusing exclusively on training actors for camera and film performance.

Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie (Die) NPC

Gauteng

Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie (AP Akademie / APA) is a private, Christian, Afrikaans-medium higher education institution based in Sunnyside/Clydesdale, Pretoria, Gauteng. It began in 1988 as a small theological school of the Afrikaanse Protestantse Kerkverband (Afrikaans Protestant Church Association) and was formally registered as a private tertiary institution under the Higher Education Act, 1997, in 1999 (DHET Registration Certificate No.

Akademia NPC

Gauteng

Akademia is a Christian, classical and independent private higher education institution established for and by Afrikaans-speaking language and cultural communities in South Africa. It began operating on 3 January 2011 with an initial intake of 42 students across four programmes, and received full registration as a private higher education institution from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) on 30 May 2017, under registration number 2011/HE08/005 (operated by Akademia MSW, company registration number 2005/024616/08), in terms of the Higher Education Act, 1997.

Akademiese Reformatoriese Opleiding en Studies (AROS) NPC

Gauteng

Akademie Reformatoriese Opleiding en Studies (Aros) is a private, Christian higher education institution based in Montana Park, Pretoria, with a secondary office in George, Western Cape (opened February 2025). Aros was established in 2003, originating from an initiative connected to the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education to offer teacher training in Pretoria following the restructuring of South African higher education.

Varsity College (The IIE)

Now: Emeris

Johannesburg, Gauteng

Varsity College was established in 1991 as a private higher education brand and grew to operate 8 campuses across South Africa (including Cape Town, Durban North, Durban Westville, Pretoria, Waterfall-Midrand, Sandton, Pietermaritzburg and Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth). It operated as an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd (The IIE), which is registered with South Africa’s Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as a private higher education institution under the Higher Education Act, 1997 (registration number 2007/HE07/002; company registration 1987/004754/07).