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.

2010 Enrolments  

Friday - 5 February 2010

Alberton Campus - space is available in the following: Finance Level 2; Hospitality Level 2;  IT Level 2; Office Admin Level 2; and also in level 3 and 4.

Tembisa Campus: Limited space is available in IT Level 2 and Finance Level 2.

 

Home

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:

11 - 29 January 2010. 
Classes commence on 21 January 2010. 
The principle of "First come first served" applies. Please note that the College reserves the right to only offer courses/programmes that are justified by student numbers, to change the location/venue of programme offering and/cancel the programme.

(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.







 

 

Quicklinks

Call For Tenders 

EWC is calling for tenders in respect of an N-computing system (for the supply of all equipment and commissioning thereof at all EWC Campuses). The tender calls for a compulsory tender briefing to be held at 10.30am on Thursday, 21 January 2010 at the EWC Corporate Centre in Germiston. The tender closes on Friday, 12 February 2010, at 11.00am. Please click on the link for information about the tender and information on how to proceed. 
Invitation to Bid

Bursaries

Special Note: Bursary funds are limited, and not all students will be successful. Bursaries are not guaranteed and they are subject to approval and availability of funds. An application for a bursary is not a guarantee that the bursary will be awarded. Class fees must still be paid and will then be refunded in the event of a bursary being awarded.

Annual Report 2008

Ekurhuleni West College's Annual Report is available for download. Click here, or click in the menu at left to access it.

Community Days

Community Days in cooperation with the Social Development division of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality took place on 10 October at the Clinic in the Winnie Mandela Section of Tembisa; on 24 October at Sam Hlalele Hall near Tembisa Mall in Tembisa; on 31 October at Tsolo Hall in Katlehong and on 14 November at the Multi Purpose Hall in Tembisa.

The idea was to convey the message about the NC(V) programmes and the College within the communities.

Field work had been done and proved to be a success due to the dedication of the Marketing team and the staff members and students of Tembisa, Kempton and Kathorus Campuses. 

The Tembisa Community Day team is seen in action below.

Mr & Ms EWC 2009

The event took place at Kempton Campus on Friday 11 September 2009 and turned out to be very successful. The following are the winners of Mr and Miss EWC 2009 beauty pageant:

Mr EWC 2009 - Tshepiso Mothiba - Germiston 
1st runner-up - Alex Phiri - Kempton 
2nd runner-up - Thulani Tshabalala - Alberton

Miss EWC 2009 - Amanda Ndiki - Kempton  
1st runner-up - Phumzile Mogale - Boksburg 
2nd runner-up - Nolitha Nkomentaba - Germiston

2009 Year End Function

The Year End function took place on Friday 16 October 2009, in the Serengeti Lapa at Birchwood Hotel. The function was well attended.

Principal's Meeting

Ekurhuleni West College for FET Germiston Campus hosted the Principals' meeting and the Department of Higher Education and Training on Wednesday 14 October. The Hospitality and Catering Services students and lecturers of Germiston Campus were responsible for the catering of the day. The Marketing department assisted with venue arrangements and the welcoming of the guests.

 

 

Copyright © 2007. Ekulrhuleni West College Web Development by Working Webs