Important Notice - Telephone Lines

Monday - 1 February 2010

Ekurhuleni West College wishes to apologise for the disruption of telecommunications at the Tembisa and Kathorus Campuses, and sincerely regrets any inconvenience caused.
Until further notice, please use:

• 0861 392 111 (the Marketing enquiry line) or 079 490 7033 (Campus Manager) for the Tembisa Campus;

• 082 768 5180 (Campus Manager) for the Kathorus Campus.

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Ekurhuleni West College (EWC) for Further Education and Training (FET) is a public institution regulated by the FET Colleges Act no 16 of 2006. It was established in terms of the Further Education and Training Act, Act No .98 of 1998, and it was declared as such by the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education (Gauteng Province) in terms of a Provincial Gazette Extraordinary (dated 7 December 2001).

EWC operates within a broad band and diverse communities and comprises of the following 6 campuses: Alberton, Boksburg, Germiston, Kathorus, (in Katlehong/ Vosloorus/ Thokoza), Kempton (in Kempton Park) and Tembisa.

The name "Ekurhuleni West College" originated from the geographical and municipal areas in which the College is situated. "Ekurhuleni" was taken from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and "West" from the Western Belt within the Municipal area, where all the campuses are situated.

2010 Enrolment Dates

For all courses and programmes:

(Please note that these dates are subject to change.)

EWC Hosts Minister

6 November 2009

Ekurhuleni West College for FET, Kempton Campus, was honoured to host the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, the Director General for Higher Education, Prof Mary Metcalfe, as well as the SACPO Executive Committee on Friday, 6 November 2009.

In the photo, Ms Nomazwe Nzima, Campus Manager of Kempton Campus, is standing to the left of Minister Nzimande.

Caterpillar & Barloworld at Kempton & Germiston Campuses

27 October 2009

Kempton and Germiston Campuses were privileged to be visited by an overseas group from Caterpillar and local representatives of Barloworld Equipment, on Tuesday 27 October.

The visitors paid a visit to the workshops where lecturers explained their specific curriculum.

Afterwards the visitors enjoyed refreshments in the staff room of Kempton Campus.

The visiting group is pictured above, accompanied by EWC staff.

4 November 2009

A follow up visit by EWC Management, Campus Managers and lecturers to the facilities of Barloworld Equipment took place on Wednesday 4 November 2009.

Their brand new accommodation facilities, technical training centre and workshops were visited amongst others.

The possibility of a future training partnership was discussed.

Mr. Hannes Wilke of Barloworld, and the Principal of EWC, Ms Manakedi Ntlatleng, are seen in the picture above.

Information Sessions With Local Pastors

Pastoral information sessions took place at Tembisa, Kathorus, Boksburg and Alberton Campuses.

The purpose of these information sessions was to inform the Pastors about the NC(V) as a high standard qualification in order for the pastors to use their influence to spread the right message to their congregations and to the communities in order to ensure that the communities are well informed.

Pictured here is the information session at Tembisa Campus.

Research was done amongst the Pastors and members of the communities, especially regarding the perception of the public regarding FET Colleges and EWC. Mr Matome Kganakga the Marketing officer was the project manager.

Ms Nedi Moabelo, who was recently promoted to Senior Marketing Officer, was the project manager of the Community Days and the Pastoral sessions.