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📌 About this school list

South Africa has roughly 6 000 secondary schools. Applika ships with a starter set of 176 verified schools across all nine provinces, because listing thousands of schools from memory would mean inventing them, and a made-up school helps nobody. The complete, official register is published free by the Department of Basic Education. Load it below and every school in the country appears here. We store no fees, marks or phone numbers, since those would be guesses.

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Download the "Master List of Schools" from the Department of Basic Education (EMIS downloads), then select the file here. It is processed in your browser: nothing is uploaded anywhere.

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🔧 All 50 public TVET colleges

This list is complete: every public TVET college registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training. TVET colleges accept a wide range of APS scores, and NSFAS covers tuition for qualifying students, which for many families means studying at no cost. Programme offerings differ per college, so confirm directly.

Typical TVET programme streams

⚠️ Check registration before you pay

Private colleges must be registered with the DHET and their qualifications accredited. Registration status can and does change, and students have previously lost money and study time at institutions facing regulatory action. Applika takes no commission and receives nothing from any college listed here. Always confirm current registration on the DHET register and check the qualification on SAQA before signing anything or paying a deposit.

Official sources

Applika does not replace these. Everything below is free and comes straight from the authorities responsible for it. Verify anything important here before you act on it.

Why does Applika not just list everything itself?

Because school and college data changes constantly, and wrong information about a deadline, a fee or a registration status can cost a student a year of their life. Applika links you to the authority that maintains each record rather than keeping a stale copy. Where we do hold data, such as APS requirements, we tell you plainly that it is indicative and to confirm with the institution.