A technikon was a post-secondary institute of technology (polytech) in South Africa.
It focused on career-oriented vocational training.[1][2]
There were 15 technikons in the 1990s, but they were merged or restructured as universities (especially universities of technology) in the early 2000s.
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^Nico Cloete; Richard Fehnel; Peter Maassen (2006). Transformation in Higher Education. Taylor & Francis. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4020-4005-4. The intellectual agendas of these […] black technikons was similar to those of the historically white technikons. […] vocational training programmes […] They undertook no research and offered little by way of postgraduate training.
Pretoria Technikon. Likewise, Witwatersrand Technikon or Technikon Witwatersrand; Natal Technikon or Technikon Natal; Free State Technikon or Technikon Free...
comprises the former University of Port Elizabeth, the Port Elizabeth Technikon and Vista University's Port Elizabeth campus. This university has its...
into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. As the number of students registering...
Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon as well as a few other independent colleges. It was formed in January 2005 from the merger of the Cape Technikon and...
The Technikon Witwatersrand was a technikon located in Johannesburg, South Africa. On 1 January 2005, it merged with Rand Afrikaans University and the...
up to doctoral level. In January 2004, Unisa merged with Technikon Southern Africa (Technikon SA, a polytechnic) and incorporated the distance education...
existence on 1 July 2005 as a result of a merger between Border Technikon, Eastern Cape Technikon and the University of Transkei. The university is named after...
types of higher education institution). The country's universities and "technikons", which were incorporated with others and thus no longer exist, are listed...
Technikon Natal is located in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and has now merged with ML Sultan Technikon to form the Durban University of Technology...
The Eastern Cape Technikon was an institution of higher education in South Africa. It was first established as an engineering campus of the University...
Buthelezi, the man who conceived the idea of a technikon in KwaZulu. An eminently suitable site for the technikon was found in Umlazi which, while part of KwaZulu...
located in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and has now merged with Technikon Natal to form the Durban University of Technology. The institution was...
the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University...
oriented university degrees; universities of technology (formerly called technikons), which offer vocationally-oriented diplomas and degrees; and comprehensive...
which he received a medical discharge), he took drama courses at the Technikon Pretoria. Vosloo began his acting career in the South African theatre...
SuperSport United. He studied towards a degree in sports management at the PE Technikon campus in George. As of January 2024, he is co-coach of Chippa United...
South Africa. He obtained his National Diploma in Drama from the Pretoria Technikon currently known as Tshwane University of Technology. After few years,...
reported as being one of the first black graduates in Performing Arts from Technikon Natal. She is an aunt to both Lindsay Moshesh - van der Byl,an award-winning...
Africa. It was formed in 2002 following the merger of Technikon Natal and ML Sultan Technikon and it was initially known as the Durban Institute of Technology...
anti-apartheid activist. She graduated with a Diploma in Accounting from ML Sultan Technikon now known as Durban University of Technology. Her career began in 1996...
Transkei. In 2005, the University of Transkei with the Border Technikon and Eastern Cape Technikon were merged to form the Walter Sisulu University for Technology...
Transkei. On 1 July 2005, the university merged with Border Technikon and Eastern Cape Technikon to become the Walter Sisulu University, named after anti-apartheid...
Nationality South African Education St. Andrew's School for Girls Alma mater Technikon Natal Occupation Actress Known for Playing Lucy Juice on Scandal! Television...
(name has changed to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) and the Technikon Pretoria (name has changed to the Tswane University of Technology), which...
tertiary diploma in civil and structural engineering at the Peninsula Technikon. From 1974 to 1981, Manuel worked as a construction technician while maintaining...
area and surroundings from 1967 to 2004. It has since merged with the Technikon Witwatersrand and two campuses of Vista University to form the University...
when three separate universities and campuses—Rand Afrikaans University, Technikon Witwatersrand, and the Johannesburg campuses of Vista University—were...
(1990-1993) before attending Cambridge College in 1994 then studied fashion at Technikon Natal. admin (1 November 2017). "Linda Sokhulu biography". TV SA. Retrieved...
degrees, and came into being through a merger of Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. TUT caters for approximately 60,000...
Moeketsi Agricultural High where he matriculated in 1995, followed by Wits Technikon, where he graduated after a year in 1996. He claimed what he studied in...
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