PMI is four different South African organisations. Before you dial anything, work out which one you actually want — they share nothing but three letters.
PMI South Africa Chapter, the Project Management Institute
- Telephone: 010 020 1900
- Email: [email protected]
- Address: Arch Collab, 3rd floor, 34 Whiteley, Birnam, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg
- Website: pmi.org.za
This is the one most people mean. It is the South African chapter of the global Project Management Institute, and it handles chapter membership, PMP and other certifications, professional development units and volunteering. Its enquiry form routes by reason — volunteering, membership registration, certification, membership renewal, PDU questions — so pick the reason rather than using Other.
Production Management Institute of Southern Africa, trading as PMI
- Head office: 031 201 1260, [email protected]
- A second number, 010 800 0000, appears in the footer of the same site
- Head office address: Adcorp Place, 102 Western Service Road, Gallo Manor Ext 6, Johannesburg
- Branches: Johannesburg, Durban (305 Musgrave Road, Strathmore Park), Bellville, Gqeberha (33 CJ Langenhoven Drive, Newton Park), Uitenhage and East London
- Website: pmi-sa.co.za
Note the two numbers — a Durban code on the head office line and an 010 number in the footer, both published by them. Try the 031 one first. This PMI is a training provider: registration number 1997/018146/07, registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a private higher education institution under registration certificate 2000/HE07/011. Its own site carries a scam warning telling people to check that a learnership or qualification is with an accredited provider — good advice, and the registration numbers above are what you check it against.
PMI Africa, balanced scorecard and KPI training
- Telephone: 012 346 7858
- Email: [email protected]
- Head office: Pretoria. Hours 08:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday
- Website: pmiafrica.co.za
A separate training business again, focused on balanced scorecard and KPI certification rather than project management. It is easy to reach this one while looking for the Project Management Institute; the giveaway is the word scorecard.
PMI Ltd, marine and construction
- South Africa: 021 880 1140, [email protected]
- Address: PMI Construction Services SA, 19 Quantum Street, Techno Park, Stellenbosch; Suite 162, Private Bag X4, Die Boord, 7613
- Ghana: +233 30 278 5796. United Kingdom: +44 753 963 8982. All three use the same mailbox.
- Website: pmi-ltd.co.za
Marine construction, engineering services, project management, and surveys and site investigations, with vessels and barges. Nothing to do with the other three.
How to tell them apart in one line
- A certification, a chapter membership or PDUs: pmi.org.za.
- A learnership, a qualification or a SETA-accredited course: pmi-sa.co.za.
- Balanced scorecard or KPI training: pmiafrica.co.za.
- A marine or construction contract: pmi-ltd.co.za.
Before you pay any of them for training
Two of the four sell qualifications, and training fraud in South Africa usually works by imitating a real accredited provider. Check the provider’s accreditation on the relevant authority’s own register — DHET for a private higher education institution, or the relevant SETA or QCTO for an occupational qualification — rather than on a certificate the provider shows you. Pay the institution, never an individual.