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January/February 2017 1 The official publicaon of Richfield Graduate Instute of Technology Khuthaza is the Voice of Richfield Graduate Instute of Technology In line with a string of International and South African awards received recently, the Rich- field Graduate Institute of Technology (Pty) Ltd was awarded the Europe Business Assem- bly (EBA) Prestigious International award for the Best Regional College (Private Univer- sity). In addition, the Institution’s CEO, Mr. Jay Ramnundlall, was awarded the title of “Inter- national Manager of the Year”. The award was presented at The Interna- tional Socrates Gala Ceremony on the 20th of December 2016 at the Oxford Town Hall, in Oxford, UK. The ceremony was the cul- mination of the traditional Oxford Summit of Leaders and is an important social event in business and creative circles around the world since the year 2000. Oxford is home to the oldest University in the English speaking world. Oxford is known as the world’s scien- tific centre, the perfect location to celebrate the worlds academic and business elite. Ox- ford has a broad economic base to match its highly acclaimed academic structure and of- fers a vibrant cultural experience for all awar- dees from around the world. The International Socrates Awards for intel- lectual development of today’s society is one of the most prestigious European Awards and is supported by the Academic Union of Oxford, UK. The Council of the Socrates Nomination Committee, represents leaders within the education and scientific interna- tional communities, has worked to establish International Awards as well-respected inter- national accolades. They, along with other se- lected leaders in education, carefully assess the nominees of International EBA Awards and determine the winners. Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology (Pty) Ltd has been recognised for consistent efforts towards developing its Higher Educa- tion and Training education system in sub-Sa- haran Africa. Based on a careful evaluation of applicants, the Analytical Department of the Europe Business Assembly has recommend- ed that Richfield’s educational establishment to be included on the EBA’s official interna- tional ‘Best Regional Institutes’ list whilst presenting the institution with the award of the ‘Best Institute’ and the title ‘Manager of the Year’ to its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Jay Ramnundlall. The main criteria of the rating, se- lection and inte- grated research of the global market of educational services which Richfield has excelled in, in- clude the following: effective management of academic programme im- plementation, original intellectual and technological innovations application, the quality of educational services, recognising the South African Regulatory Agencies and the voluntary compliance with interna- tional standards including the IMS ISO 9001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007, implementing up- to-date tech- nologies in education man- agement and delivery, increased level of social focus, including commu- nity engagement, presence of unique achievements, includ- ing interest free stu- dent loans, technology integration into the cur- riculum and effective utilisation of Moodle as a global student management system, transparency in aca- demic accomplish- ments, Investor in People SA Minister at Oxford, UK Awards with Richfield Richfield’s CEO Jay Ramnundlall, with other International recipients of Academic and Business Awards from around the world at the Oxford City Hall, Oxford, UK on 20th December 2016

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January/February 2017

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The official publication of Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology

Khuthaza is the Voice of Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology

In line with a string of International and South African awards received recently, the Rich-field Graduate Institute of Technology (Pty) Ltd was awarded the Europe Business Assem-bly (EBA) Prestigious International award for the Best Regional College (Private Univer-sity). In addition, the Institution’s CEO, Mr. Jay Ramnundlall, was awarded the title of “Inter-national Manager of the Year”.

The award was presented at The Interna-tional Socrates Gala Ceremony on the 20th of December 2016 at the Oxford Town Hall, in Oxford, UK. The ceremony was the cul-mination of the traditional Oxford Summit of Leaders and is an important social event in business and creative circles around the world since the year 2000. Oxford is home to the oldest University in the English speaking world. Oxford is known as the world’s scien-tific centre, the perfect location to celebrate the worlds academic and business elite. Ox-ford has a broad economic base to match its highly acclaimed academic structure and of-fers a vibrant cultural experience for all awar-dees from around the world.

The International Socrates Awards for intel-lectual development of today’s society is one of the most prestigious European Awards and is supported by the Academic Union of Oxford, UK. The Council of the Socrates Nomination Committee, represents leaders within the education and scientific interna-tional communities, has worked to establish International Awards as well-respected inter-national accolades. They, along with other se-

lected leaders in education, carefully assess the nominees of International EBA Awards and determine the winners.

Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology (Pty) Ltd has been recognised for consistent efforts towards developing its Higher Educa-tion and Training education system in sub-Sa-haran Africa. Based on a careful evaluation of applicants, the Analytical Department of the Europe Business Assembly has recommend-ed that Richfield’s educational establishment to be included on the EBA’s official interna-tional ‘Best Regional Institutes’ list whilst presenting the institution with the award of the ‘Best Institute’ and the title ‘Manager

of the Year’ to its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Jay Ramnundlall.

The main criteria of the rating, se-lection and inte-grated research of the global market of educational services which Richfield has excelled in, in-clude the following: • effective management of

academic programme im-plementation,

• original intellectual and technological innovations application,

• the quality of educational services, recognising the South African Regulatory Agencies and the voluntary compliance with interna-tional standards including the IMS ISO 9001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007,

• implementing up-to-date tech-nologies in education man-agement and delivery,

• increased level of social focus, including commu-nity engagement,

• presence of unique achievements, includ-ing interest free stu-dent loans, technology integration into the cur-riculum and effective utilisation of Moodle as a global student management system,

• transparency in aca-demic accomplish-ments,

• Investor in People

SA Minister at Oxford, UK Awards with Richfield

Richfield’s CEO Jay Ramnundlall, with other International recipients of Academic and Business Awards from around the world at the Oxford City Hall, Oxford, UK on 20th December 2016

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• favourable external perceptions of the Institution,

• good reputation at regional, na-tional and international levels,

• respected business and public im-age of leadership and academics,

• absence of negative reviews in mass media,

• favourable press appraisal.

Richfield Graduate Institute of Tech-nology, formerly known as PC Training and Business College, commenced operations in 1990. Richfield made the decision in 2015 to change the name of the Institute and do a com-plete rebranding. This rebranding saw better programme structures, a new Senate and Faculties that are in line with those adopted by Universi-ties around the world - allowing Rich-field Graduate Institute of Technology to compete on equal footing with various other Universities around South Africa.

Jay Ramnundlall, CEO of Richfield, indi-cated that the organization has grown from strength to strength and this can be attrib-uted to the dedication and hard work of staff around the country. The organisation continuously strives in improving the qual-ity of teaching, by integrating technology into the curriculum to improve success rates.

“Richfield is South Africa’s most afford-able Higher Education Institution and has been operating successfully for the past 27 years, with 33 Higher Education campuses and 40 TVET campuses open nationally. The Institution has earned a place in the hearts of over 280 000 graduates who have successfully completed a range of qualifications, providing a critical service to those seeking a brighter future, by educat-ing themselves for the world of work.” says Ramnundlall,

When asked by the media, Ramnundlall, responded that the effective manage-ment of the challenges faced by the In-stitution in executing its change of name from PC Training & Business College to the Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology required bold leadership actions to ad-dress, amongst others:

• By-in from Institutional Academia and Leadership

• Negotiating and approval from the many regulators in South Africa and SADC

• Responding to managerial blockages in

execution• An effective execution of Blue Ocean strategies to reach new markets• Re-alignment of lead-ership to adapt to the evolving environment• Separation of Corpo-rate Leadership from Ac-ademic Achievements and Development • Re-invention of Cor-porate Culture and re-location to a Corporate Office• New long term part-nerships with technol-ogy partners including Vodacom, Standard Bank and Edcon• Improved Working In-tegrated opportunities

for students, bridging the gap between the Institution and the world of work.

Mr Ramnundlall was quick to point out that in its 27-year history, the Institution received great accolades and awards on a regional, national and international scale. Two other significant awards received recently in-clude:

• National Business Awards – the Oscars of South African Business The 2016 South African Winner of Excel-lence in the category “Investing in Peo-ple” award

• PMR Africa, Diamond Arrow Award Richfield Graduate Institute of Technol-ogy won the IT Training Institution: Out-standing 1st overall for doing most in the education sector for stimulating economic growth and development of the KwaZulu-Natal Province in 2016.

“We live in times of exponential change,” says Ramnundlall, “so it is critical that we equip the next generation of learners in a cutting edge environment in order be com-petitive on a global scale.”

Ramnundlall goes on to quote the words of Former President Nelson Mandela: “Educa-tion is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Richfield’s CEO, Jay Ramnundlall, pursues International collaboration with Prof. Fritz H. A. Pinnock, Executive Dean, Caribbean Maritime University, Professor John Netting, Director General, Europe Business Academy and Prof. T. Jayasingam, Vice Chancellor Eastern University of Sri Lanka

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Richfield Certified with ISO 9001: 2015 and OHSAS 18001: 2007

Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology (Pty) Ltd is proud to announce that its qual-ity assurance accomplishments have been beefed up by becoming the first educational Institution on a global scale to be certified against the ISO 9001:2015 quality standard by the accredited agency known as IMS Inter-national. In addition, Richfield was also certi-fied against the OHSAS 18001: 2007 health and safety standard by the same agency.

All of Richfield’s campuses and administra-tive centres throughout South Africa and the SADC region conforms to the International quality standards. The scope of supply being defined as the Provision of Higher Education & Training, Distance Learning and Vocational Technical Studies, Professional Learning & Skills Programmes to International Organisa-tions and Individuals. Richfield has embarked on an integrated management approach sys-tem designed and implemented by Sherq-Co

SA as reported by Sherq-Co CEO, Mr. Dee-nash Singh.

The Award was presented by Rhenee Singh who is the Managing Director of IMS Certi-fication, Africa, to the senior leadership of Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology at a media briefing held at the Holiday Inn’s Gar-den Court Hotel on the 1st December 2016. The IMS International was established in 1994 and gained UKAS Accreditation in 1998. Since then the company has continued to ex-pand across the world providing certification audits and complementary services to clients from a diverse range of sectors. Rhenee not-ed that this is the internationally recognised quality management system standard. The aim of ISO 9001 is to ensure consistent qual-ity of services or products and to enhance customer satisfaction.

In responding to the execution of the ISO 9001: 2015 standard, Richfield’s CEO, Mr. Jay Ramnundlall, stated that the Institution had to improve or develop new strategies around the following:

• The general requirements for or-ganising and managing Richfield’s processes,documents and records at mul-tiple campuses, including the main cam-puses and new corporate office.

In 2015, Richfield Graduate Insti-tute of Technology received the Cen-tury International Quality ERA Award in the Gold Category. Richfield was recognized for Commitment in Quality Leadership, Technology and Innovation. Mr. Jay Ramnundlall, CEO, received the prize on behalf of Richfield Graduate Insti-tute of Technology at the InterContinental Geneva Convention Hall, from the President of BID Group, Jose E. Prieto. Richfield makes quality a core focus for continuous improvement of management and to maintain leadership in the education sector and community.

Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology was spe-cifically recognised for its impressive programmes in the field of Work Integrated Learning (WIL), which increases the rate of employability of students, as well as its commitment to promoting tech-nology by providing its students free ac-cess to high-tech devices and data networks which has the additional spin off of creating a “green” culture by encouraging students and educators to move away from the excessive use of paper.

“We pioneered introduction of Tablet PC’s in Southern Africa in 2012, when we provided our learners with free Tablet PC’s,” states Ramnundlall,“allowing us to make education more accessible both geographically with Distance Learning (ODL) and without time constraints. Over 80 000 Tablet PC’s have since been distributed to students making this initiative a pioneering one on a Global scale.”

Name CHANGE a BIG SUCCESS !!!

The most significanct event for 2016 was the im-plementation of the name change of the Institution from “PC Training and Business College” to “Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology (Pty) Ltd” abbreviated to “Richfield” and abbreviated as “RGI”. Although this constitutes a name change in a regulatory and statutory context, the Institution’s brand migration has effectively moved the “College” to become a “Pri-vate University”.

Richfield may award Degrees in South Africa, but is prevented by regulations from calling itself a “University.” Richfield’s strategic focus has remained unchanged and remain active in HET, TVET, Skills and Distance Learning.

Est. 1990

International Quality Standards

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Students registering for degrees & diplomas for the first year will re-ceive a FREE 10” Vodacom Tablet PC including Warranty, 16 gig memory card, support lectures, e-books & elibraries and 500mb monthly data for 12 months . The Tablet PC being lightweight and portable, allows students to study for the relevant qualifications wherever and whenever it suits them. Each Tablet PC is pre-loaded with relevant learning mate-rial for each student’s quali-fication. This includes global podcasts of experts’ opinions on pertinent subjects; online entry to the In-tegrated Campus Administration System and e-Library for assignments, accounts

information and examination results.

This initiative has transformed Teaching & Learning by pro-

viding a more dynamic and interactive classroom

experience that has paved the way

for a more effective

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Tablets are currently the most well-known and sought after technological devices and are in huge demand for every aspiring student. These innovative devices have created a platform for ef-

fective communication and combines ac-cess to all in one convenient, connected device..........a game changer.

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• The responsibilities of management had to be re-aligned to support the Blue Ocean Strategy execution across the en-tire organisation.

• The necessity for more effectively manag-ing resource allocation and planning to bring about greater efficiency, productivity and reduction of wasteful expenditure.

• A comprehensive review of qualifications offered, student services, technology in-terventions and alignment to the needs of students.

• Improvement in the management of sys-tems including administrative, student support, record keeping and quality as-surance.

The competitive advantages include stream-lined academic rollout and administration with improved documentation, delegation of authority, greater employee awareness and fewer student complaints.

Ramnundlall was quick to point out that in its 27-year history, the Institution received great accolades and awards on a regional, national and international scale. Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology (Pty) Ltd has been

recognised for consistent efforts towards de-veloping its Higher Education and Training education system in sub-Saharan Africa. The following are some of the main achievements for the year 2016:

• Europe Business Assembly has nominat-ed Richfield’s educational establishment to be included on the EBA’s official international ‘Best Regional Institutes’ list whilst presenting the institution with the International award of the ‘Best Institute’ and the title ‘Manager of the Year’ to its Chief Executive Officer at Ox-ford, UK.

• NationalBusinessAwards–theOscarsofSouth African BusinessRichfield was the 2016 South African National winner of Excellence in the category “Invest-ing in People”.

• PMRAfrica,DiamondArrowAwardRichfield Graduate Institute of Technology won the 2016 IT Training Institution: Out-standing 1st overall award for doing most in the education sector by stimulating economic growth and development of the KwaZulu-Na-tal Province.

• IMS International ISO9001:2015Qual-ity StandardRichfield is the first organization globally to re-ceive the revised ISO 9001:2015 certification IMS International. The standard demonstrates the ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regula-tory requirements.

• IMS International OHSAS 18001:2007Health & Safety Standard Richfield was also awarded the integrated certification for the international occupational health and safety management system OH-SAS 18001:2007. The standard helps to put in place policies, procedures and controls needed to achieve the best possible working conditions and workplace health and safety, aligned to internationally recognized best practice.

OHSAS 18001:2007; ISO14001:2004 & ISO9001:2008 Internationally Certified Company Member of SAIOSH - South African Institute of Occupational Safety and Health & IOSH – British Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Graduate Membership No 21934182)

Vodacom Powered WORLD CLASS TECHNOLOGY

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Yuven Naidoo(Bcom), TQM

Chief Strategy Officer

Siddiqah Mayet Bcom, HDip Acc, CA(SA)

Finance Director – Strategic Business Units

Professor P. BrijlallBA(Hons), M.A., D Phil

Chairperson of Senate

Dr Willem BesterMBA, DBA

Dean: Faculty of Commerce

Jay RamnundlallB.Com,MBA, TQM, SAIPAChief Executive Officer

Praveen VasalaMBA, BCom, Cert Bus Analysis

Dean : Faculty Leadership & Bus Admin.

Dr Muni KooblalB.Sc, B ED, HED, ADV DIP (PUB.AD), MPA, D.ADMINChief Academic Officer

Elaine GanasBCom Hons (Ind & org PsyCH)

Chief HRD Officer

Professor S. AdamPHd, BA, mPA, d AdmIn

Dean: Faculty of Public Administration & Local Govt.

Keegan ShunmuganHCIT, ICdL, BCom*

Chief Operations Officer

Isaka ReddymsC (ComPuTer sCIenCe)

Dean: Faculty of Information Technology

Prof S. LubbePHd(Is), mCom, BCom(Hons) Dean:Post Graduate Studies

Tapiwa NahuBsC. ComP. sC. & sTATs

Departmental Head:Mathemathics & Stats

Reason KatsanguBsC (Hons)

Departmental Head:Networks & Engineering

2017INSTITUTIONAL

LEADERSHIP Est. 1990

National Business Awards – the Oscars of South African businessThe 2016 South African Award Winner of Excellence in the category

“Investing in People”

Robinson MasonMBA, BA

Dean: Faculty of Commerce & Entrepreneurship

Prof Rosh MaharajD.Ed; M.Ed, B.Ed; B.A.; NTSD; NTD

Dean:Faculty of Education, RPL & Quality Assurance

Craig GokulMSc (Computer Science) Dean:Faculty of Computer

Applications

Mr. Emmanuel ManyBSc Hon, PHD*

Dean: Faculty of Computer Applications

Sholina DugaB.Sc, BSc Hon, ODETDP L6

Chief Director (TVET)

Molina DevarsBsC (Info sysTems)

Academic Manager (TVET)

Zane RamnundlallBsC ITm mBA*

Chief Information Officer

Eric Nyathi Adv Dip Bus Mngt

National Credit Manager

Ruwaida HoosenBA, Pd in IR/Personal Finance

Chief Director (Distance Learning)

*Incomplete

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Richfield has partnered with some of the worlds greatest digital publishers and provides free access of a range of news-papers, magazines, ebooks and reference journals to its stu-dents.

PressReader offers unlimited digital access to over 4,300 top newspapers and more than 1,000 magazines. Stu-dents choose from full-version, current-day content in 60+ lan-guages from more than 100 countries.

Students can enjoy reading the world’s newspapers and maga-zines the way they want to re-ceive them - in downloads, on-line, or on their mobile device, tablet or eReader - wherever they live, travel, work or play.

Students may also download complete issues of thousands of top newspapers and maga-zines just as they appear in print. Students can take advantage

of an incredible array of social sharing, commenting, and topic alert tools.

Emerald Publishing Limited is the world’s leading independ-ent publisher of global research with impact in education, soci-ety, public policy and business journal articles which are peer-reviewed.

Journal articles can be down-loaded and shared with stu-dents improving the overall ex-

perience. Satisfied students is a priority for Emerald.

As a result Emerald has pro-vided a new web platform, im-proved rankings and plan for in-

creases in yearly article growth and these are just the start of a journey that they have under-taken to further enhance the student experience with Emer-ald.

Springer hosts the world’s larg-est collection of Science, Tech-nology, Humanities and Social Sciences Collection of eBooks which include critical, must have content for students and contin-ual access with archival rights. Students at Richfield have no limit on user access and down-loads which may be accessed anytime, anywhere and on any device.

The portfolio of Business and Economic books comprise of science monographs, hand-

books, book series and text books in all subject areas, as well as a renowned program of professional management pub-lications targeted especially at students, practitioners, manag-

ers, consultants and research-ers.

Springer, is committed to pro-viding students, programmers, developers, researchers and tech business leaders with the information they need to solve the problems in an extensive selection of titles dedicated to Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, and Java technologies, and their Web Development.

The Microsoft IT Academy re-sources are also accessable by all Richfield students through our partnership.

DIGITAL and eLIBRARIES

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Assessments and its associated feedback are essential to student learning. However, much of a lec-turer’s time is taken up with the areas of assessment associated with quality assurance, marking and copious writing, rather than its potential to support students’ learning. A well-designed as-sessment has numerous benefits aside from the obvious one of providing a measure of students’ progress as it can be a means to engage students with their learning.

An increased focus on quality enhancement and use of tech-nology at Richfield prompted the institution to plan, prepare and imple-ment online assessments. In addition the cor-responding increase in time spent by staff on setting and marking assessments has encour-

aged interest into how technology can assist in this area. It has been established that, after the initial teething problems, technology can be used for assessment purposes at various levels ranging from the management of the

assessment information to a fully automated assessment system.

The idea of having assessments computer-ized at RGI is obviously very attractive and on-line assessment is emerging as a major driver for e−learning for both students and staff and has several advantages. However, it also has some disadvantages and associated problems.

BENEFITS OF ONLINE ASSESSMENTS• By using online assessment centers students

have access to a growing bank of Multiple choice questions for revision purposes. This bank is available at any time, through software provided free of charge by RGI and can be used for a number of purpos-es such as mock examinations, practice tests etc.

• Time management is simplified as on line assessments have a built-in count-down. This ensures each student has the

full amount of time allocated to them. Extra time can be added for students with disabilities through access arrangements.• Responses are typed, allowing candidates to easily review and edit their work, before submit-ting in the case of short essay type questions.• Marking may be reduced as a number of online assessments contain questions which are automatically marked by com-puter.• Lecturers spend limited to nil time on marking, thereby providing more time for actual teaching for learning• More frequent formative and

summative assessments can be built into the academic cycle.

• Students engage in self-assessment; in the student’s own time, at their own pace, when they are ready.

• Students can be invited to sit tests as fre-quently as they find useful.

CONCLUSION

In the final analysis, despite the initial teething problems online assessments potentially offers advantages over traditional modes of assessment, including, for example, greater speed of marking, immediate feedback to both student and examiner and a more entertaining assessment experience in keeping with current technological trends offered at most tertiary institutions globally.

ONLINE ASSESSMENTS: 1st in AFRICA

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GATEWAYCORPORATE OFFICEWest Palm Building,4 Palm Boulevard031 583 7200

BALLITOBallito BUZZ Building2 Mo�at Drive, Ballito (Behind BMW)Tel: 032 586 0358

Johannesburg & Braamfontein Campuses32 Diagonal Street,Cnr. Sauer & Jeppe St.(opp Bank City)Tel : 011595 4300

JOHANNESBURG

Carlton CentreSuite 113 (Upper Level)(Opp Bidvest Bank)Tel: 011 331 2838

37 Harrison StreetNelson Mandela Building(Adj. City Hall)Tel: 011 595 4700

33 Troye Street(Standard Bank Chambers)Cnr Troye & Commisioner StTel : 011 595 4400

BRAAMFONTEIN76 Jorissen StreetStansure House(above Standard Bank)Tel: 011 595 4100

23 De Beer StreetCnr De Beer & Jorissen(adj. Braamfontein Centre)Tel: 011 595 4600

Pretoria, Polokwane & Ekurhuleni Campuses

MIDRAND181 Moritz Road(Opp Midrand City)Tel : 011 312 7387

BENONI90 Elston Drive(ex UNISA Building)Tel: 011 420 0580

VEREENIGING20 Voortrekker StreetCnr. Voortrekker St & Kruger AvenueTel: 016 422 4511/0425

KRUGERSDORP7 Monument StreetCnr Burger St (above old Nedbank)Tel: 011 660 5671/9538

112 Bordeaux Drive(Opp. Taxi Rank)Cnr. Bordeaux & St Andrews DriveTel: 011 595 5000

RANDBURG

PIETERMARITZBURG

STEVE BIKO (DUT Campus)

21 Timber Street(next to Capitec Bank)Tel : 033 811 1615/ 811 1635

106 Steve Biko Road(Above Chicken Licken)Tel: 031 201 1056

PORT ELIZABETH135 Govan Mbeki Avenue,Tel: 041 582 4628

49 St. Georges Mall(Cnr Castle & St. Georges Mall)Tel: 021 422 2148

CAPE TOWN

13th Church SquareCnr. Bank St. & Church Sq.Tel: 012 765 1700

PRETORIA

421 Church/ Helen Joseph St.(Opp TUT Arcadia Campus)Tel: 012 765 1800

287 Struben Street(Next to National Library)Tel: 012 765 1900

165 Jacob Maree/ Je� Masemola St.(Opp. Dept of Home A�airs)Tel: 012 323 4655

336 Paul Kruger Street(Bhd Dep of Labour)Tel: 012 748 0200

KEMPTON PARK22 Voortrekker St(Opp KFC)Tel: 011 394 8004

7 Wolf StreetABSA Building(Opp Kempton Sq.)Tel: 011 591 6000

22A Aliwal Street Cnr. Elizabeth & Aliwal StTel: 051 813 2500

BLOEMFONTEIN

28 Maitland/ Sharlo�e Maxeke StreetTel : 051 430 6545

POLOKWANE52 Church Street(cnr �abo Mbeki)Tel : 015 295 8764100 Landros Mare(Absa Building, OppDept. of LabourTel: 015 295 8764

ALEXANDRA INFORMATION CENTREMPPC, Cnr 8th & Alfred Nzo StrAlexandraTel: 011 582 1476

Est. 1990

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