Northern Cape Rural TVET College

01/10/2026

Free opportunity for our students: the IBM Z Datathon.

17 and 18 October 2026. 24 hours, online. You team up with students from more than 45 countries to build AI ideas that solve real problems.

You don't need to know how to code. You need ideas and the will to stick with it for a weekend.

There's $50 000 in prize money, and it costs you nothing to enter. You must be 18 or older.

Themes:
- Real-time AI for critical decisions
- AI secured: innovation without exposure
- Wildcard: beyond the obvious

Register here: https://www.starhacks.org/ibm-z-datathon-2026
Or scan the QR code on the poster.

This event is run by the Shooting Stars Foundation, not by NCR. We're sharing it because it's the kind of thing that looks good on your CV.

21/09/2026

21/09/2026

Your future starts with one application. 🎓✨
NSFAS applications for the 2027 academic year are open! Visit www.nsfas.org.za or use the NSFAS App to apply. Make sure your details and documents are correct before submitting, then save your reference number and track your progress on myNSFAS. 📲
📅 Applications close on 31 October 2026.
Remember, applying is completely FREE—never pay anyone or share your password or OTP. 🔐

01/09/2026

Happy Spring Day!

26/08/2026

Design like a pro — for FREE.
Northern Cape Rural TVET College is opening 300 places on a 3 month free Canva design programme for our students.
Posters, CVs, presentations, class projects, social media for your own hustle — one tool, to do it all.
Open to registered students at all five campuses: Upington, Kathu, Kuruman, Namaqualand and De Aar.
⚠️ Only 300 places. First come first serve.
👉 Sign up: https://ncrtvet.com/canva/
🔒 Please do not post your ID number, student number or contact details in the comments. Everything goes through the form.
Challenge Today. Change Tomorrow.

25/08/2026

Can't find skilled staff? Let's train them together.
Northern Cape Rural TVET College is setting up an Industry Advisory Board at each of our five campuses — Upington, Kathu, Kuruman, Namaqualand and De Aar. It is a table where local employers sit down with their nearest campus twice a year and say plainly what skills the area is short of, and where our students still fall short of what you would expect on your floor.

The ask can be small. One conversation about what your sector needs. Half an hour talking to a class. Letting a group walk through your workplace with their lecturer. There is no fee, nothing to sign, and you are never expected to employ anyone.

Two minutes to put your organisation forward, and the campus nearest you will be in touch within seven working days.

ncrtvet.com/partner/

25/08/2026

Design like a pro — for FREE.

Northern Cape Rural TVET College is opening 300 places on a 3 month free Canva design programme for our students.

Posters, CVs, presentations, class projects, social media for your own hustle — one tool, to do it all.

Open to registered students at all five campuses: Upington, Kathu, Kuruman, Namaqualand and De Aar.

⚠️ Only 300 places. First come first serve.

👉 Sign up: https://ncrtvet.com/canva/

🔒 Please do not post your ID number, student number or contact details in the comments. Everything goes through the form.

Challenge Today. Change Tomorrow.

20/08/2026

The hall was full at our Upington Campus. 🧡

SAPCO and the Services SETA brought their roadshow to NCR TVET, and our students got the kind of talk you don't get from a textbook — where the real opportunities are, what employers are actually looking for, and how to go and take it.

Thank you to the SAPCO and Services SETA teams for making the trip to the Northern Cape. Our students showed up, listened, and asked good questions.

20/08/2026

Thank you, Kgolo Community Development Trust.

R300 000 worth of textbooks arrived at our Kuruman Campus, and they are already doing the job they came here to do.

Ask any TVET student what a textbook is worth. It is the difference between borrowing someone else's copy for an hour and being able to sit down on a Sunday afternoon and work through the thing properly. It is the difference between a lecturer explaining something once and a student going home to read it again.

Accepting the donation on behalf of the campus were Mr W***y Delie, Deputy Principal: Corporate Services, and Mr Leon Foutie, Campus Manager at Kuruman.

The Kgolo Community Development Trust serves the communities of Joe Morolong and the John Taolo Gaetsewe District, with education as one of its four focus areas. Those are the same villages our Kuruman students go home to on a Friday. So this is not help from somewhere far away. This is a community putting money behind its own young people.

To the trustees and the team at Kgolo, thank you. Baie dankie. Re a leboga.

18/08/2026

Celebrating the Brightest Minds at the INSPIRE Regional Entrepreneurship Competition!
What an incredible showcase of innovation and talent at the Northern Cape Rural (NCR) TVET College Upington Campus! Student entrepreneurs from across the region brought their A-game, proving that the future of business is in highly capable hands.
A massive round of applause and baie geluk to our outstanding winners who took top honours across the four categories:
💡 Category 1: Innovative Business Idea
🥇 1st Place: Siyabonga Mokao (NCR College)
🥈 2nd Place: Handroeska Du Plooy (South Cape)
🥉 3rd Place: Franco Orange (NCR College)
🛠️ Category 2: Trade / Artisan Business
🥇 1st Place: Phemelo Sebe (NCU)
🥈 2nd Place: Andisiwe Gubudela (Northlink)
🥉 3rd Place: Pelokazi Lixande (Boland)
💻 Category 3: Tech Business
🥇 1st Place: Lyle Boonzaaier (Falsebay)
🥈 2nd Place: Sethu Klasa (Falsebay)
🥉 3rd Place: Luniko Selana (College of Cape Town)
🏢 Category 4: General Business
🥇 1st Place: Lerato Morobe (NCU)
🥈 2nd Place: Shane Lawrence (West Coast)
🥉 3rd Place: Lathitha Tintelo (Boland)
Congratulations to all the participants and winners for stepping up, pitching your visions, and showing what it means to "Challenge Today. Change Tomorrow."
Here are some of the winning moments from the day!