South Cape TVET College is a public technical and vocational education and training college serving the Garden Route and Central Karoo from George. It runs a central office and six campuses, each with its own switchboard. Applications, registration and academic queries are handled at the campus you want to study at, not at the central office.
Central office
- Telephone: 044 884 0359
- Address: 125 Mitchell Street, George, 6530
- Email: [email protected]
The college publishes a single mailbox for the whole institution rather than one per campus, so put the campus name and your student number in the subject line of any email.
Campus switchboards
- George Campus: 044 874 2360, 46 Hibernia Street, George, 6530
- Mossel Bay Campus: 044 693 2613, corner of Essenhout and Kreupelhout Streets, Heiderand, 6500
- Oudtshoorn Campus: 044 272 2110, Adderley Street, Oudtshoorn, 6620
- Hessequa Campus: 028 713 4775, Varkevisser Street, Riversdale, 6500
- Bitou Campus: 044 533 2388, Hillview, Kwanonkuthula, Plettenberg Bay, 6600
- Beaufort West Campus: 023 449 1140, corner of van Schalkwyk and de Vries Streets, Rustdene, Beaufort West, 6970
What to ask the campus
- Which programmes that campus actually offers, since NC(V) and Report 191 or NATED programmes are split across campuses
- The application window and whether walk-in applications are being taken
- Whether the programme has a workplace or practical component and who arranges the placement
- Residence availability, which only some campuses have
Fees and funding
Most students at a public TVET college qualify for NSFAS bursary funding, which covers tuition and, for qualifying students, an allowance. NSFAS is applied for separately from the college application and has its own deadline, so do both. Confirm with the campus which bursary cycle your programme falls under, because trimester and semester programmes do not open at the same time. The college itself cannot approve or release an NSFAS payment.
Complaints and escalation
- Raise an academic or administrative complaint with the campus manager first, then with the central office on 044 884 0359
- Public TVET colleges fall under the Department of Higher Education and Training, which handles unresolved complaints about a college
- For an NSFAS funding or allowance dispute, NSFAS runs its own appeals process and the college cannot decide it