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Proclamation R88 of 2022, authorises an investigation into any alleged maladministration in connection with the affairs of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (‘NSFAS’) and…

Northlink College opens its third Centre for Specialisation (CoS)

On Thursday, 6 May 2021, Northlink TVET College opened its third Centre of Specialisation (CoS) for Boilermaker at Bellville Campus. The College prides itself on…

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A PROUD MOMENT FOR NORTHLINK COLLEGE!

The Tygerberg Heritage Festival held its annual Tygerberg Award Event as part of their 7th Tygerberg Heritage Festival on Wednesday evening, 6 November 2019. The…

NORTHLINK COLLEGE WAS AWARDED TOP PERFORMER STATUS!

THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION: STATEMENT ON MEASURES TO DEAL WITH THE COVID-19 THREAT IN THE POST-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SECTOR

DHET/NSFAS SUBSIDISED ALLOWANCES – 2020

ALL NORTHLINK STUDENTS DHET/NSFAS SUBSIDISED ALLOWANCES – 2020 In terms of the DHET Rules and Guidelines for the Administration and Management of…

NSFAS

https://twitter.com/i/status/1124192916723912704 NSFAS Squad member Cody Jansen from @northlink_college is sharing his NSFAS story #nsfasSquad

Northlink College Ranked Number 1 in the country

In the 2018 National Certificate Vocational (NC(V)) examination results, Northlink TVET College, one of the largest TVET (Technical Vocational Education and Training) Colleges in the…

Northlink College Semester 2 Applications are open

Applications for Semester 2 at Northlink College are open. You can apply now for any of the following programmes: Marketing Management Human Resource Management…

Northlink Principal and his daughter – Influencing the minds of young lives for a better tomorrow

For more than 15 years Northlink TVET College has been shaping student’s minds and preparing them for employability through education and training. This however could…

Northlink College elects SRC Executive for 2018

Northlink College Student Representative Councils from the 7 Campuses of the College went on their annual team building and planning camp at the beautiful Waterval…

Siemens – Strengthening relationships with Northlink College

Siemens, the technology giant in Europe with its expanding footprint in the African Continent, is looking to make Northlink College Belhar Campus an accredited Siemens…

Northlink College starts building Centre of Specialisation

In 2017 Northlink College broke new ground with the construction of the Centre of Specialisation in Fitting and Turning at the Wingfield Campus. The Centre…

Northlink College wishes TVET veterans well on their retirement

On Monday, 20 November, we said “Bon Voyage” to Nolan Kearns (Campus Manager: Protea) and Pierre De Waal (Campus Manager: Parow) two great giants in…

Have you applied for 2018 yet?

Have you applied for 2018 yet? Now is your time. Apply for the following programmes at the following campuses: Tygerberg Campus: Higher Certificate in Sport…

Siemens creates opportunities for future employment landscape in Western Cape

Issued by Siemens · The Internet of Things (IoT) is set to revolutionize the job market and local industries must adapt to survive · Siemens…

Northlink College has been awarded Centre of Specialisation in Fitting and Turning status

Northlink College Wingfield Campus has been awarded the Centre of Specialisation in Fitting and Turning. The College will be starting to build more workshops and…

Ex-Northlink College student wins Gold at WorldSkills International Competition in Abu Dhabi in the teams category.

GREAT NEWS coming in from Abu Dhabi: Renier Wepener (South Africa’s CNC Turning Champion) has just won a Gold Medal for the Team Challenge where…

Northern Regional College from Northern Ireland Visits Northlink

Northlink College recently had a visitor from Northern Ireland’s Northern Regional College visit the 7 Campuses of Northlink to see that the College is all…

Cape Argus Article – Partially blind actor blazes his own trail

Cape Town – He has scant vision, but 21-year old Tomley van Vuuren can already see a bright future for himself as an actor. Partially…

Northlink College honours education stalwart on 15-year celebrations

Northlink College inaugurated the new Melvyn Caroline Student Financial-Aid Centre as part of their 15 years’ celebrations that kicked-off in September 2017. This new student…

Trimester 3 Applications Now Open!

Applications for trimester 3 are now open. Wingfield Campus Part Time Studies. Engineering Studies : N1-N3 Electrical Engineering Studies : N1-N3 Mechanical …

IMPORTANT: NSFAS SEMESTER 2 APPLICATIONS

Applications for Semester 2 – Now Open

APPLICATIONS FOR SEMESTER 2 – NOW OPEN! FULL TIME: EDUCARE N4 only: Registration commences from 18 July. (First come, first serve). DISTANCE LEARNING : EDUCARE…

Meet the Northlink CEO Award Winner for 2017

Ilze Dickson, Northlink TVET College Haircare student, won the coveted CEO’s Award at this year’s Northlink TVET College Graduation Ceremony that was held at Cape…

WorldSkills SA National Competition did this Northlink College student so much for his future

Ashveer Laljith maybe did not win a medal at the WorldSkills SA National Competition but the experience that he gained, according to him, was more…

More Awards for Northlink

Northlink TVET College walked away with the Diamond Arrow award at the 2017 PMR.africa (a Professional Market Research company) awards that were recently held at…

Northlink College celebrates their partnerships with industry

Northlink College, a Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College in the Western Cape has a host of great choices of vocational and occupational programmes.…

New Innovations for Northlink College Graduation 2017

Northlink College, for the first time ever, will be streaming its Graduation Sessions on Saturday 10 June 2017 live from the Cape Events Centre (His…

Northlink College Part-Time Classes now open for applications

Northlink College, the largest TVET College in the Western Cape, is currently taking in applications for some of their Part-Time Courses available at the Tygerberg…

Northlink College Lecturer Wins Masters Athlete of the year

Michael Toll, Northlink College Sport Programme Lecturer, recently walked away with the Itheko Running Club’s Track and Field Masters Athlete of the year for 2016…

Northlink Students – Ready to take on China

Nine Northlink College students will be jetting off to China as part of a scholarship programme that will equip the students with the necessary skills…

Northlink College students part of WorldSkills SA Team

The National WorldSkills Competition was hosted in Durban last week (14-16 February 2017. 32 members represented Team Western Cape in 16 different skill areas and…

Northlink College on Expresso Show on SABC 3

Northlink College recently had the opportunity to share with South Africa the story of Fiddler on the Roof on the biggest breakfast lifestyle magazine show…

WCED’s bold initiative to fast-track learners not progressing in the schooling system onto a career path.

One of the biggest challenges we face in education across the country, and also in the Western Cape, is the number of youth dropping out…

TVET Month – Taking Colleges over in the month of August

TVET Month is one of the DHET’s pride and joys as this month plays a pivotal role in establishing the TVET Sector as one of…

Northlink College Bellville Campus – Showing they care on Mandela Day 2016

Northlink College Bellville Campus took to the streets on Mandela Day with their innovative sleeping bags and pillows that they handed to the less fortunate…

Northlink College walks away with another PMR.africa award

Northlink College walked away with the Diamond Arrow award at the 2016 PMR.africa awards that were held at the Upper East Side Hotel Double Tree…

Whitney Brown – A story of Courage

“Thank you! Thank you!” were the only words that the Northlink College Annual Student Award Ceremony Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Award Winner could say when…

#KnowYourAlumni – Jean Stemmet

Northlink College is well known for many achievements as well as sporting greats that have been asked to play a part in the development of…

#KnowYourAlumni – Eric Kombela

Born in Cape Town Ex – Professional Footballer – Amazulu FC, Manning Rangers FC, Seven Stars FC & Cape Town Spurs FC Sport Management and…

#KnowYourAlumni – Regardt Laubscher

Entrepreneur, Regardt Laubscher is an outstanding ex-student of Northlink College. From 2003 to 2005 he successfully completed the Advanced Diploma in Culinary Arts and Diploma…

#KnowYourAlumni – Lewis Gordon

When contemporary café meets boulangerie and deli, what do you get? The Bread Café. You will find this café at the historic Bromwell Boutique Mall…

#KnowYourAlumni – Dealan Fredericks

Northlink College Alumnus and Performing Arts student, Dealan Fredericks, has been nominated for a coveted Fleur du Cap award, which is seen as the…

Northlink College shows great talent against a formidable Maties team

Northlink College Soccer team played University of Stellenbosch ‘Maties’ last night in an Inter Tertiary Soccer league match at Coetzenburg stadium and drew 1-1 with…

#KnowYourAlumni- Maurice Paige

For those of you that did not know, Maurice Paige, is a Western Cape local. Born and raised in the quaint town of Heidelberg and…

Introducing Northlink College Alumnus – Theodore Jantjies

Here are some interesting facts that you might not have known about our Northlink College Alumnus Theodore Jantjies, or as MANY South Africans know him…

Northlink walks away with top awards at Provincial College Awards Function

The Northlink College students won three of the four Public Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College Provincial Top Achiever Awards that was held at…

New College Chair appointed

Recently Northlink College welcomed Alana James, the new College Council Chairperson for 2016. Her appointment followed the conclusion of the term of the previous chairperson,…

Northlink College Belhar Campus – Soon to be “Green” Centre of Excellence

The Belhar Campus of Northlink College has been offering the NC(V) Renewable Energy Technology or RET programme since 2015. The new Solar Centre at the…

Northlink College Alumnus appointed as new Worcester Tourism Manager

Barbara van Rensburg, from the quaint town of Heidelberg in the Western Cape, has been appointed as the new Worcester Tourism Manager in January 2016.

New N-former Edition available on PDF

Fans and followers, it is with great excitement that we announce that our monthly internal publication, the N-former, is not available on our blog.Click on…

IMPORTANT INFO: Registration 2016 and College closing

Important info regarding registration 2016: Registration will be from 12 January 2016 The College will be closed from Monday 14 December 2015 till 11 January…

GREAT NEWS: Northlink College Goodwood Campus now offers Distance and Part-Time learning

Courses offered by Part-time : Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (Report 191 N4-N6). Courses offered by Distance learning: Electrical, Mechanical, Building and Civil Construction Engineering(Report 191…

College invites Community to Unite Against Abuse

Northlink TVET College hosted the third Northlink Unite Against Abuse march in October. This event is an effort by the College to communicate and place…

Northlink signs agreement with the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS)

On Wednesday 14 October 2015 the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) partnered with the Northlink College in a win-win approach that…

TVET College’s International School the portal to education for International students

Northlink TVET College has been very privileged that in 2015, thus far, it has had more than 500 international students of African origins apply and…

Western Cape TVET College to start peddling in a new direction

This year saw 40 bikes shipped to the Northlink TVET College Bellville Campus as part of the Bicycle Empowerment Networks (BEN) mission “to address poverty…

Northlink College Award Ceremony – A celebration of student achievements

Northlink College Annual Award Ceremony is a one of the biggest and most anticipated events on the College calendar. Students from all over the Western…

TVET College Lecturer, adds French flair to her favourite feasts

Helga Engelbrecht, a Hospitality lecturer from Northlink TVET College Protea Campus, was recently chosen to represent the College on the Burgandy Exchange Program to France.…

Northlink College Ready to bring SARAFINA to life

Mbongeni Ngema’s musical Sarafina! was first performed in June 1987 at the Market Theatre. Twenty Eight years later almost to the day, it is the…

Northlink College wins more awards

Professional Marketing Research (PMR).africa recently awarded Northlink College with a Silver Arrow Award at a Leaders and Achievers Awards Breakfast recently held in Century City…

Northlink College International Language school still going strong

Since 2002, the Northlink College Language School has successfully assisted non-English speaking international students to improve their English skills for further education or business purposes.…

Innovative laptop e-book project

Northlink TVET College continues to show innovation by incorporating laptops into their academic programmes. Two such programmes, ICT and Tourism have seen the need for…

Some interesting facts about Social media in Higher education

Education as we all know it and have come to live with it has become an ever changing ever evolving entity that morphs and shapes…

Northlink College says “NO” to Xenophobia

A group of 30 Northlink College Tygerberg Campus hostel students made their voices heard as they protested at the Campus in solidarity with the #WeAreOne…

Northlink Students claim top spots again

Mia Crous, Northlink College Parow Campus student, Jamie de Graca from the Protea Campus took home first prizes in the annual Inter-College Competition between Northlink…

Transnet and Northlink College Partnership Proving to be a success

Since the co-operate agreement was signed between Transnet Soc Limited (a.k.a Transnet), Northlink College and two other Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges on…

BREAKING NEWS: Northlink College to launch first 3D Printing Academy in South Africa

According to Explaining The Future (www.explainingthefuture.com) 3D printing and the technology it uses is based on a technique called stereolithography that was invented by Charles…

Breaking News: Two Northlink College students chosen for the WorldSkills SA team!

On Friday 6 March 2015, Northlink College is happy to inform that Mia Crous (Hairdressing, Parow Campus) and Duwayne Davids (CNC- Turning ,Wingfield Campus) have…

Northlink College produces the most WorldSkills South Africa finalists in the country.

Northlink College, a College situated in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town, participated in the first inaugural WorldSkills South Africa competition at the Cape Town…

NEWS UPDATE: Golden Arrow delivers 7 diesel engines to Northlink College Bellville

Northlink College Bellville Campus received a very generous donation of 7 diesel engines, of which 2 is still in running order, along with other engine…

TDM students graduates at the NTIP Award Ceremony lets the tooling initiative in South Africa look bright for the future

Northlink College Wingfield Campus, home of Tooling and Die Making (TDM) students, graduated as part of the National Tooling Initiative Programme (NTIP). The celebration took…

NEWS: Northlink College to take part in SIEMENS Cyber Junkyard Competition

Good luck to our students who will participate in the Siemens Cyber Junkyard Challenge in Johannesburg on Monday, 27 October 2014.

News update: Northlink College shines in UK

NEWS UPDATE: Northlink College would like to congratulate our students that participated in the 3rd Annual UK inter-college Competition. These students did the College proud…

Essie does it again and again and again and again and…again!

At the recent WP track and field saw the WP athletes fair very well. As per usual, Northlink College’s own Essie (Mariëtte Strauss) went for…

Employers’ Day 2014 – Preparing today’s students for tomorrow’s workplace

A first in the FET Sector, Employers’ Day at Northlink, was held on all seven campuses from 12-15 May. The purpose was to give exit…

Northlink College – On the mooooove

Mobile Marketing is definitely one of the buzz words that are being mentioned in the circles of the very experienced and knowledgeable marketing gurus. Even…

New training tool for Northlink Safety in Society

The Safety in Society programme at Parow Campus acquired a new tool in their arsenal to help students in their preparation to become fitter. An…

Students recognised for exceptional hotel service

Northlink College Tygerberg Campus’s Hospitality students, Zuhandre Yslie and Lizanne Jafta, recently received an outstanding compliment from a guest who resides in Durban, who visited…

An ECD Simulation Room for Northlink College Officially opened

Northlink College’s ECD learnership and Educare courses has been given a very big training boost with the opening and unveiling of a brand new ECD…

Northlink College Parow Campus Cares

In collaboration with the Northlink Care’s Campaign, Parow Campus’ Hair Care Department’s lecturers and students heard about Denver Bester, a student who studies Office Administration…

Northlink College takes a step forward to being more “green”

[On Monday, 10 February 2014, Northlink College took another step to become a greener College. Three new refuse bins were painted and used as indicators…

Mariette Esterhuyse – “Running the class”

Mariette Esterhuyse, is a lecturer at the Northlink College Parow campus and cross country/ long distance runner athlete, featured in many newspapers articles for her…

Northlink College establishes international green energy partnership

Northlink College, a large progressive FET College in the Northern Suburbs of the Western Cape, decided at the beginning of 2011 to explore the possibility…

Northlink student – Now part of Media24 for the festival

Khoreesha Singh, Performing Arts graduate student from Northlink College Tygerberg Campus, is getting closer to her dreams and learning more about her career and the…

Northlink College Goes Green

On Wednesday, 16 October 2013 Northlink College launched the Go Green campaign at the Central Office, where the management took the liberty of blowing bio-degradable…

Northlink College Produces the 1st qualified Female Boilermaker.

Northlink College’s Lee Anne Andrew started the National Certificate (Vocational) NC(V) Programme in 2008. She schooled and lives in Mitchell’s Plain in the Southern Suburbs…

Life-Long learning for Northlink College Staff

Through conducting research into the needs analysis amongst staff, Northlink’s Management decided that there is a need for a Training facilitator who is able to…

College training for improvement of leadership in the new VCET Sector

There is no contextualised leadership programme designed specifically for leaders of VCET colleges in South Africa (previously known as the FET sector), although specially-designed leadership…

Northlink College helps Soitec empower local community

On Monday, 6 May 2013 a special Award Ceremony was held in Touwsriver to celebrate the graduation of the 18 students who completed the first…

Evolving Technology in the FET College Sector

Northlink College has seen the need to develop and expand their training in accordance with the needs of their Industry Partners within the Plastic Injection…

Experts to take College course to new level

Northlink College is proud to announce that it has gone into collaboration with the senior experts of PUM (Vehicle Programme) from the Netherlands to improve…

A world class Metrology Laboratory a first in the FET College Sector

Northlink College is proud to be the first College to have a state-of-the-art Metrology Laboratory, a first in the FET College Sector to take…

Northlink College Drama Student wins International Student of the year Award

On Tuesday, 07 May 2013 Tyron Zoutman, a former Northlink College student, dynamic performing artist and newly appointed Northlink Dance Lecturer was announced the winner…

Northlink College Top Business student wins 2013 CEO award

Parow Campus’s Legal Secretary student, Stephanie Boonzaaier, received the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Award at the Annual Northlink College Student Award Ceremony which was held…

Northlink College hosts international visitors

Northlink College, being the second biggest FET College in the country with over 16000 students, has been quite busy over the past couple of months…

Northlink College and Western Cape Government partnership starts bearing fruit

Written by Dan Plato, Minister of Community Safety Western Cape Government I am overjoyed today to share with the public the preliminary figures from the…

Northlink College Laptop Initiative – Giving students the edge

The Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) course at Northlink College Tygerberg Campus received laptops as well as laptop bags as part of their course and the…

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Electrical Light Current N1-N3 course moves to Northlink College Wingfield Campus

Attention all new students: The Electrical Light Current (Electronics) N1- N3 course will now be offered at the Wingfield Campus of Northlink College. New registrations…

Get ready for Open Day 2013 at Northlink College

Northlink College will be hosting their annual Open Days on Friday, 19 and Saturday, 20 April 2013 from 09:00-14:00. Schools and communities are invited to…

Trimester 2 and Semester 2 Registration Dates

REGISTRATION DATES FOR NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS TRIMESTER 2/2013 11 & 12 APRIL 2013 (NEW STUDENTS) AND 6 & 7 MAY 2013 (RETURNING STUDENTS) SEMESTER…

Northlink College – First College to have a lifestyle store in the FET sector

In February 2013 Northlink College opened a Lifestyle Clothing Store. The college is the first in the South African FET College sector to make such…

First Primary Health Group for Northlink College Parow Campus

Northlink College, Parow Campus started a new course called Primary Health. It is the first time that the institution has offered a course of a…

Peninsula Beverage donation takes Northlink College offering to a new level

Peninsula Beverage Company (PenBev) donated a battery operated forklift to the automotive and auto-electrical department of Northlink College Bellville Campus during November 2012 that will…

National Skills Fund a welcome boost at Northlink College

During the month of September 2012, Northlink College was awarded an amount of R17 million to improve various physical resources and other facilities of the…

45 YEAR OLD NORTHLINK STUDENT – A true inspiration

Agnesia Willemse is a forty five year old, yes…45 year old, female student, registered for the National Certificate (Vocational), NC(V), Office Administration programme at the…

Northlink College launches new learner management system (LMS)

After thorough research and investigation, Northlink College decided on Moodle as the preferred Learner Management System. Moodle is a “free, open source” system and is…