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Whether you are upskilling, meeting CPD goals, or training your team:
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Our short courses are practical, flexible, and designed for real-world impact.

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View February–March Programmes
March 2026
SLP Name Duration of SLP Mode of Delivery System Link Description
Infection prevention & Control5 Days Online APPLY NOW An integrated approach towards the theory and practice of Infection Prevention and Control to equip health care practitioners with integrated knowledge and skills to provide holistic high quality health care through appropriate implementation, evaluation and improvement of Infection Prevention and Control practices in different work places, clinical fields and the community.
Wound care (5 Modules)1 Year Blended APPLY NOW The purpose of the short learning programmes are to enable health care practitioners to treat patients with various wounds comprehensively according to the available best practice principles to the benefit of the patients, their families, and health care providers.
Principles of patient blood management for medical doctors14 weeks 14 Weeks APPLY NOW This programme will equip medical practitioners with adequate knowledge and skills that they can implement patient blood management (PBM) in their own working environments. They will be introduced to the principles of PBM. The programme will emphasise the following main areas: the early detection and treatment of anaemia, minimising bleeding and blood loss, the use of blood conserving modalities, optimising the patient's physiological reserves, balancing risks and benefits of transfusion, patient-centred decision making and implementing PBM programmes. Interdisciplinary co-operation and ethical principles will be emphasised.
Financial Coaching12 Weeks Online Learning APPLY NOW This programme will quip successful learners to apply the Ontological Coaching Principals, with specific context of coaching clients around their financial behavior.
Financial Planning Case studies12 Weeks Face-to-Face and Distance Learning APPLY NOW The SLP deals with basic legislative and theoretical principles regulating business enterprises. It includes topics relating to sole proprietorships, partnerships, business trusts, close corporations and companies. 
Stoma care nursing6 months Face-to-Face APPLY NOW The purpose of the short learning programme is to enable professional nurses to prepare patients with a urinary or faecal diversion in the pre-operative setting, establish an effective pouching system post-operatively, and to implement an evidence based plan to prepare the patient and family for discharge from hospital..
Advanced Principles of Commercial Law6 months Face-to-Face and Distance Learning APPLY NOW The SLP deals with basic legislative and theoretical principles regulating business enterprises. It includes topics relating to sole proprietorships, partnerships, business trusts, close corporations and companies. 
Alternative Dispute Resolution 6 months Face-to-Face and Distance Learning APPLY NOW This programme deals with basic legislative and theoretical principles regulating labour conflict resolution. It includes topics relating to alternative forms of dispute resolution e.g. negotiation, conciliation, mediation, arbitration as well as conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity. 
Advanced Principles of Labour Law6 months Face-to-Face and Distance Learning APPLY NOW This programme deals with advanced legislative principles regulating the individual and collective labour law relationship. It includes topics relating to the individual employment relationship, collective labour law and resolution of labour disputes. 
Basic Principles in Commercial Law6 Months Face-to-Face and Distance Learning APPLY NOW This programme deals with basic legislative and theoretical principles regulating commercial law. It includes topics relating to contracts, delicts, agency, insurance, consumer law and credit agreements.
Basic Convesational Sesotho Course14 Weeks Online APPLY NOW In the workplace, we sometimes experience poor working relationships or some misunderstandings between colleagues due to language deficiency. This programme is intended to equip the non-Sesotho speaker with basic communication skills in Sesotho. These skills will enable the learner to acquire the communication skills to speak to a Sesotho speaker on a basic level.
Basic Principles of Labour Law 6 months Face-to-Face and Distance Learning APPLY NOW This programme deals with basic legislative principles regulating the employment relationship. It includes topics relating to the contract of employment, basic conditions of employment, dismissals, unfair labour practices, industrial action and unfair discrimination. 
April 2026
SLP Name Duration of SLP Mode of Delivery System Link Description
Employee Benefits5 weeks Online APPLY NOW The programme contains all elements that are important to giving advice related to employee benefits.  The regulatory environment of financial services forms the introduction, the core of the programme lies in the Pension Funds Act (and related Regulations) and the Income Tax Act.  A global perspective on employee benefits trends is also included. 
Principles and Processes of Mediation3 months Online APPLY NOW This programme will empower participants with an understanding of the intricacies of conflict, the theory of dispute analysis and the practical skills to resolve disputes within various contexts including employment disputes, commercial disputes, consumer disputes, neighbourhood disputes, land claims disputes, family disputes, industrial relations disputes, disputes within religious communities, medico legal disputes, construction disputes, etc.
Senior Management Development Programme10 monthsOnline APPLY NOW The main purpose of the programme is to assist participants with the development of leadership capacity and transition into executive managerial roles. The programme is divided into five main components, each focusing on a different aspect of leadership and management, namely: Leading a team, Plotting my career path, Economics, Fundamental financial accounting, and Design thinking.
Essentials of Project Management4 weeksFace to Face APPLY NOW Introduction and Concept and Initiation Phase: The programme starts with foundational project management concepts and terms, emphasising the value of effective project initiation, defining key concepts, including feasibility, scope, and scheduling, and their impact on subsequent project phases. The following themes will be covered: Planning Phase, Executing Phase, Monitoring and Controlling Phase and the Closing Phase.
Advanced Project Management6 months Online APPLY NOW Many organisations are changing in nature as many of them are accomplishing their business through projects. As the use of projects become more pervasive so more managers are entering the field of project management. With the project lifecycle as foundation, the programme establishes foundational definitions and concepts and introduces the project lifecycle, then focuses on the immense need to conceptually define good projects, the tools and techniques used in project design and development and discovers the best practices in project implementation through people management as well as formal project closure.
Spirometry (Bloemfontein)3 DaysFace to FaceAPPLY NOW The purpose of this programme is to equip persons in an occupational setting with the necessary skills to screen and evaluate the respiratory health of workers for their ability to perform certain tasks, or to detect impairment and refer when needed..
Management Development Programme7 months APPLY NOW The management development programme covers various management and leadership topics are integrated in the programme in order to expose the participant to a broad spectrum of knowledge, establishing a sound management and leadership foundation. The programme is divided into the following main components, each focusing on a different aspect of leadership and management, namely: Personal leadership, Interpersonal leadership skills, Plotting my career path, Personal financial management, Marketing, and information technology and data management.
New Managers Programme6 monthsOnline APPLY NOW The New Managers Programme covers the basic principles and theory related to management and leadership in the business context. The content and learning activities are sequenced to develop fundamental principles and competencies of management and leadership but is also designed to facilitate the personal development of each participant. The programme is divided into six main components, each focusing on a different aspect of management and leadership, namely: Self-leadership, Business and academic skills, Digital skills, Plotting my career path, General management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Introduction to Building Quantities4 WeeksOnlineAPPLY NOW Building Quantities aims to provide students with introductory knowledge on developing and using building quantities relevant to the construction industry as applied in various project stages, including Documentation and Procurement, Construction and Close-out.
Urban and Regional Economics in Africa 18 WeeksOnlineAPPLY NOW The SLP will cover essential concepts, themes and topics related to urbanisation and economic development in Africa. This includes the relationship between urbanisation and economic growth, theories of agglomeration economies from an African perspective, and key economic forces and dynamics shaping Africa’s urban transition and trajectories: industrialisation and structural transformation, local labour markets, migration, education, land and property markets, housing, transport, infrastructure, public services and municipal finance. In addition, the programme will cover innovative methodological approaches and technologies for studying African urban economies. Real-world and practical examples from different African cities will be used to unpack and illustrate critical economic development challenges and discuss alternative policy options.
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