The South Cape College is one of the most vibrant tertiary institutions in the country, with affiliation to major technikons and universities. Comprising five campuses throughout the region, it has close on 4000 students, both full and part time.
In addition to a wide range of diploma courses, the college also offers first year BA, BCom and BSc degree courses and is drawing students as far afield as Gauteng.
"We are achieving excellent results and believe the college presents sound opportunities for outside investors to assist in our growth," says Elsie Harmse, who is based at the Oudtshoorn campus.
Courses range from cost and financial accounting, business management, engineering studies and IT (ICDL & CISCO) to hair care, early childhood development, secretarial and National Senior Certificate.
Among the most popular courses are marketing, tourism and hotel and restaurant studies. Recently one of Oudtshoorn's final year students in tourism, Cindy Smith, became the first ever college student in the Western Cape to achieve 100% in her international Galileo course - an achievement that landed her an appointment at Nationwide Airlines in George.