New colleges on the cards

Monday, January 4, 2016

Pretoria- Government has begun process of establishing fifteen Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges across the country, says the Presidency.

The Presidency said Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande last week announced that a TVET College was to be built in Nkandla. He said this during the Jacob G Zuma RDP Education Trust Children and Youth Christmas Outreach Event held in the area.

The Presidency said other colleges will be constructed in the Eastern Cape in Graaff-Reinet, Ingwe in Ngqungushe, Ikhala in Sterkspruit and Aliwal North.

Others will be built in KwaZulu-Natal Province in Esayidi in Umzimkhulu, Umfolozi in Bhambanana and Nkandla A and B campuses, UMgungundlovu in Greytown, UMgungundlovu in Msinga, Mthashana in Kwa Gqikazi, Mthashana in Nongoma and Mthashana in Vryheid.

Colleges will be built in Letaba in Giyani, Waterberg in Thabazimbi, while another college will be built in Mpumalanga Province in Balfour-SAnews.gov.za