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Esayidi TVET College

KwaZulu-Natal

Esayidi TVET College is a public TVET college serving the Southern KwaZulu-Natal region, with its head office in Port Shepstone. It was established in 2003 through the merger of the former Port Shepstone and Enyenyezi Technical Colleges.

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Majuba TVET College

KwaZulu-Natal

Majuba TVET College is a public TVET college headquartered in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, serving the Amajuba and Umzinyathi district municipalities. Its own site does not state an establishment date or predecessor colleges, but describes Majuba as “one of the largest Technical and Vocational Education and Training service providers in the country.” It operates multiple campuses/centres in and around Newcastle, Madadeni and Dundee, including the Majuba Technology Centre, Newcastle Technology Centre, Dundee Technology Centre, IT and Business Campus, Centre for People Development, Newcastle Training Centre and Occupational Programmes Unit.

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Mnambithi TVET College

KwaZulu-Natal

Mnambithi TVET College was formed in 2002 through the merger of Ladysmith Technical College (which traces to the early 1960s as an adult self-enrichment education provider before expanding into formal N1-N6 training), Ezakheni Technical College, the Ezakheni Ex-College of Education and the Ezakheni Skills Centre. Headquartered in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, it operates five campuses — Ladysmith (main office), Estcourt (added in 2009), and Ezakheni A, B and E — serving a wide midlands catchment including Bergville, Estcourt, Msinga, Pomeroy, Greytown and Mooi River.

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Mthashana TVET College

KwaZulu-Natal

Mthashana TVET College is a public TVET college headquartered in Vryheid, in the Northern Region of KwaZulu-Natal, serving the Zululand, uMkhanyakude and uMzinyathi district municipalities. Its own website does not publish a specific founding date or details of any predecessor technical colleges it may have merged from.

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Thekwini TVET College

KwaZulu-Natal

Thekwini TVET College is a public Technical and Vocational Education and Training institution in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, formed through the merger of three former technical colleges — Cato Manor Technical College, Durban Central Technical College and LC Johnson Technical College — established as an accredited public Further Education and Training institution per KZN Government Gazette No. 117 of 2002 (published 11 April 2002).

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Umfolozi TVET College

KwaZulu-Natal

Umfolozi TVET College is one of nine public TVET colleges in KwaZulu-Natal (one of 50 nationally), based in the Richards Bay area of northern KZN. Secondary sources indicate it operates eight main campuses — Chief Albert Luthuli, Eshowe, Esikhawini, Mandeni, Richtek, Sundumbili/Isithebe, Bambanana and Nkandla — plus several smaller skills centres (including Jininindomnyama, Nseleni, Thubelihle, Alton and Maphumulo).

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Umgungundlovu TVET College

KwaZulu-Natal

Umgungundlovu TVET College (UTVET) opened in 2002 following the merger of the former Edendale, Plessislaer, Midlands, Msunduzi and Northdale Further Education and Training colleges in the Pietermaritzburg region of KwaZulu-Natal. According to a government (SAnews) report the college operates seven teaching campuses and three skills centres, though other secondary listings cite up to eleven campus sites including Msinga, Richmond, Muden, Hlanganani and White Mountain; its administrative office is at 44 Burger Street, Pietermaritzburg.

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Buffalo City TVET College

Eastern Cape

Buffalo City TVET College was established in 2002 through the merger of East London College (including its St Marks Campus), Border Technical College and John Knox Bokwe Careers College in Mdantsane, serving the Greater East London area. It operates via four schools/campuses: East London Campus (School of Business), John Knox Bokwe Campus in Mdantsane (School of Engineering), St Marks Campus (School of Business and Engineering) and King Street Campus in Southernwood (School of Occupational Training).

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Eastcape Midlands TVET College

Eastern Cape

Eastcape Midlands TVET College (EMC) came into being on 31 March 2002 through the merger of Uitenhage Technical College, KwaNobuhle Technical College, Grahamstown Technical College and the satellite campus of Bethelsdorp Technical College in Graaff-Reinet, and was officially launched in October 2003. Its head office is in Kariega (formerly Uitenhage), and it operates nine campuses: High Street, Park Avenue, Charles Goodyear, Brickfields Road and Thanduxolo (in the Nelson Mandela Bay/Kariega area), plus Heath Park (Gqeberha), Grahamstown, Middle Street and Woeke Street (Graaff-Reinet).

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Ikhala TVET College

Eastern Cape

Ikhala TVET College was formed on 1 April 2002 through the merger of a number of former technical colleges serving the Northern Region of the Eastern Cape. Its name derives from an indigenous medicinal plant, symbolising the college as an “educational remedy” for the communities it serves across the Joe Gqabi and Chris Hani district municipalities.