The Southern African Wildlife College contributes to this important work by creating opportunities for people to truly thrive by offering education, training and skills development opportunities within the conservation and environmental sector. We thus invite you to partner with us to build our communities by helping us to train beyond boundaries whilst also impacting the biodiversity of our planet.
Should you wish to explore the possibility of the Southern African Wildlife College forming part of your B-BBEE strategy under Skills Development as a registered and accredited Higher and Further Education training provider, or under Socio-Economic Development as a receiver of donations or corporate social investments from donors, please:
As a registered Non-Profit and Public Benefit Company working to bring hope, skills and opportunities to marginalised communities, the Southern African Wildlife College is well-positioned to assist partners in meeting requirements for B-BBEE compliance in Skills Development and Socio-Economic Development. As such, we offer our partners the benefit of being able to fulfil more than one element on the scorecard, allowing organisations to better structure their contributions to achieve maximum points.
It is also important to note that while Skills Development is regarded as a compulsory activity for all South African entities that need to achieve a favourable B-BBEE rating, the amended BBBEE code states that beneficiaries do not have to be the entity’s employees, but can also be qualifying black people in general.
Here we are able to work closely with our partners to ensure efficient, recognisable skills development spend that is targeted at deserving candidates in the correct demographics. Our various training and skills development programmes equip beneficiaries with the hard and soft skills needed as they seek to progress within or to enter the job-market.
The College is a verified Socio-Economic Development (SED) partner therefore any SED donations are fully recognisable for this element. As such, we can explore the most efficient and effective way to partner recognising that education in particular has been identified as a core SED initiative.
Our education, training, and skills development models not only meet the requirements of the law but are also according to the spirit of the law, which emphasises these activities. Moreover from a governance point of view, we are a well-established recognised centre of specialisation in conservation education, training and skills development and have received clean professional audits year on year since our inception in 1996.
As a registered NPC and PBO, we may also issue S18A tax certificates for any individual, CSI or SED donations received.
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa under Section 21 of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act 61 of 1973), the College is a legal association with the registered name of the Southern African Wildlife College Registration Number 1996/005726/08). The College is registered as a non-profit public benefit company, with NPC Registration Number 046-675-NPC/ PBO Registration Number 930016093.
The SAWC is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a Private Higher Education Institution until 31 December 2027. Registration No. 2011/HE08/004. The College also offers qualifications registered on the NQF under the Occupational Qualifications Framework (OQF). Quality excellence is still maintained via CATHSSETA, the Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA), in line with the QCTO mandated requirements. The College is accredited by CATHSSETA, the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sports Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) (Accreditation no. 613/P/000001/2004), and has been appointed by CATHSSETA as an Institute of Sectoral and Occupational Excellence (ISOE) for its outstanding contribution to skills development and organisational capacity building. We are also recognised by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) South Africa as a credible and long-standing non-government conservation organisation (NGO), the SAWC is an approved project for Socio Economic Development under the Broad-based Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 and the Codes of good practice on Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE).
The SAWC is registered as a VAT vendor with the South African Revenue Services (SARS) VAT Registration No: 4370159610 and Tax Reference No: 9508059640.