SACOB (South African College of Business (Pty) Ltd) is a specialist private business college based in Claremont, Cape Town, offering professional business qualifications and short courses via a blended distance/online and face-to-face delivery model. SACOB is provisionally registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as a private higher education institution in terms of section 54(3) of the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997, as amended) and Regulation 14(4)(b) of the Regulations for the Registration of Private Higher Education Institutions, 2016. It also holds registration as a private Further Education and Training college under section 31(3) of the Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006. SACOB is accredited/affiliated as a tuition provider by professional and quality-assurance bodies including the Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (FASSET SETA), and is a registered learning provider for international professional bodies such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). The college focuses on fields including accounting, bookkeeping, business management, office administration, marketing, entrepreneurship and financial analysis, aimed at working adults and career-changers seeking flexible, part-time or full-time study options. Specific founding date and current student enrolment figures could not be verified from available sources.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Higher Certificate in Business Practice – NQF Level 5, 120 credits (SAQA ID 124609); 1 year full-time or 2-3 years part-time
- Higher Certificate in Applied Accounting – NQF Level 5, 120 credits (SAQA ID 122248)
- ICB Financial Accounting: Advanced Level – NQF Level 6
- ICB Business Management: Advanced Level – NQF Level 6
- AT(SA) Level 5 Certificate: Accounting – NQF Level 5
- CIMA Diploma in Management Accounting, Operational Level
- CGISA Professional Qualification Programme 1: Management & Administration / Governance & Administration – NQF Level 6, with a Professional Advanced Qualification in Governance & Administration at NQF Level 7
- Occupational Certificate: Marketing Coordinator – NQF Level 5
- National Occupational Certificate: Occupational Health and Safety Officer – NQF Level 4
- Human Resource Management Administrator qualification (business/HR administration focus)