Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

Notice No. 6999

16 January 2026

GG 53956

Department of Higher Education and Training

I, Dr Nkosinathi Sishi, Director-General of the Department of Higher Education and Training and the Registrar of Private Higher Education Institutions, in terms of Regulation 18(1) of the Regulations for the Registration of Private Higher Education Institutions, 2016  read with sections 62(1) and 63(a) and (b) of the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997), my decision to issue a Notice of Intent to Cancel the registration of City Varsity (Pty) Ltd, Damelin (Pty) Ltd and ICESA City Campus (Pty) Ltd as registered private higher education institutions since they have failed to submit Annexures B, E, F, G, H, K, M, N, O, V and Y, for the 2024 annual report, as required by Section 57(2)(b) of the Act read with the Regulation 27(1)(i)(ii), and as a consequence, they have failed to discharge the responsibilities of a private higher education institution as contemplated in Chapter 6 of the Regulations. City Varsity (Pty) Ltd and ICESA City Campus (Pty) Ltd have also ceased to meet the eligibility criteria for providing higher education as stipulated under section 1 of the Act and maintain the requirements for registration since they have suspended academic and administrative activities since January 2025.

Dr Nkosinathi Sishi

Director-General: Higher Education and Training

Date: 12/12/2025