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TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Ingwe TVET College

Eastern Cape

Ingwe TVET College is situated in a rural part of the Eastern Cape, with its administration based in KwaBhaca (Mount Frere) and campuses spread across the Alfred Nzo, Joe Gqabi and OR Tambo district municipalities. Its official site does not give an establishment date or merger history, but it operates five campuses – Mount Frere, Maluti, Mount Fletcher, Ngqungqushe and Siteto – with a new Agricultural Campus planned for Ntabankulu.

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

King Hintsa TVET College

Eastern Cape

King Hintsa TVET College was formed through the merger of the former Centane Technical College, Teko Technical College, H.B. Tsengwa Technical College and the Idutywa Satellite (formerly Idutywa Community College) in the South Eastern Region of the Eastern Cape.

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

King Sabata Dalindyebo TVET College

Eastern Cape

King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) TVET College was established in 2002 through the merger of three former technical colleges – Mapuzi, Mthatha and Ngcobo. Its central administration occupies the former Cicira College of Education site in Mthatha, within the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality.

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Lovedale TVET College

Eastern Cape

As of this research (August 2026), Lovedale TVET College’s official website (https://www.lovedale.edu.za) is still an under-construction placeholder. The homepage and every internal page checked — /about, /alice-campus.php, and a mail-subdomain history page — display only the message “Get Ready!

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Capricorn TVET College

Limpopo

Capricorn TVET College in Limpopo was formed from three predecessor institutions with different histories: the Northern Province Community College, Bochum College of Education, and the former Pietersburg Technical College, following adoption of the FET Act of 1996. It operates four campuses — Polokwane (main administrative and academic hub), Seshego, Ramokgopa and Senwabarwana — serving the Capricorn District and surrounding rural areas of Limpopo.

TVET College Accredited Not Confirmed

Lephalale TVET College

Limpopo

Lephalale TVET College, formerly known as Ellisras TVET College, is described on its own site as “a product of a merger of two colleges with very distinct and diverse historical backgrounds,” though the merger date and the names of the constituent colleges are not stated on the site itself. It operates in Limpopo’s Waterberg District with two delivery sites: the main Lephalale Campus, serving the mining and energy sector communities of that town, and a Modimolle Campus serving the southern Waterberg region.

University Accredited Not Confirmed

University of Fort Hare

Eastern Cape

The University of Fort Hare was established in 1916 as the South African Native College at Alice, Eastern Cape, and is one of Africa’s most historically significant institutions of higher learning. From 1916 to 1959 it was the primary site of higher education for black South Africans and students from across the continent, producing a remarkable roster of anti-colonial and anti-apartheid leaders including Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Govan Mbeki, Desmond Tutu and Robert Sobukwe (South Africa), as well as Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe), Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia), Julius Nyerere (Tanzania) and Seretse Khama (Botswana) — leading Tambo to describe it as representing “Oxford and Cambridge, Harvard and Yale, all rolled into one.” Today it is a public university with campuses in Alice (main), Bhisho and East London, enrolling roughly 13,000–15,000 students across six faculties.

University Accredited Not Confirmed

University of the Free State

Free State

The University of the Free State (UFS) was founded in 1904 as Grey College School (later Grey University College) in Bloemfontein, initially with just six students. It became an independent Afrikaans-medium university in 1950 as the University of the Orange Free State, and was renamed the University of the Free State in 2001 as it transitioned to a dual/multi-medium institution.

University Accredited Not Confirmed

University of Limpopo

Limpopo

The University of Limpopo traces its roots to the University College of the North (nicknamed ‘Turfloop’), established on 1 August 1959 near Polokwane under apartheid-era legislation for Black South African students; it became the University of the North in 1970. In 2005 it merged with the Medical University of Southern Africa (MEDUNSA) to form the University of Limpopo, before the MEDUNSA campus split off in 2015 to become Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University.

University Accredited Not Confirmed

North-West University

North West

North-West University (NWU) was formed on 1 January 2004 through the merger of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (dating back to 1869) and the University of North-West (formerly the University of Bophuthatswana). It is a public university operating as a unified multi-campus institution with a single council, chancellor, vice-chancellor and senate, spread across three campuses: Potchefstroom (main campus, North West province), Mahikeng (North West province), and Vanderbijlpark (Gauteng).