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  • 2026 ENTRY HANDBOOK



    LEARNER GUIDE, VIDEO TUTORIALS & FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

    2026 Entry Learner Guide

    • Click HERE to view

  • • Video tutorial on how to Upload Documents

    • Video tutorial on how to complete a Change of Mind



  • ADMIN FEE STRUCTURE

    Your single administration fee allows you to apply for a combination of up to SIX programmes at any of our member and partner institutions in KZN

    Click HERE to view the CAO Admin Structure and Ways to Pay the Admin Fee.



    POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM

    You must print and sign a Power of Attorney Form and upload onto your CAO application profile


  • EXPLAINING HOW LATE APPLICATIONS WORK

    Unlike programmes, which may all have different closing dates, there is ONE date on which LATE PAYMENTS take effect; i.e. 01 NOVEMBER

    All applications and/or administration fees received from 01 November will attract the “Late Payment” status and will be liable for the late fee applicable at the time (usually, but not always double the “On Time” administration fee).

  • Programmes that have reached or passed the advertised closing date and are advertised with the note: “No Late Applications will be considered” will receive the “Programme Close” status. This means that for such programmes no programme applications or administration fees received after the closing date will be considered by that institution. Examples are medicine, some health sciences, and some education programmes.

  • Each of the advertised programmes has a closing date. The closing date for each programme can be different; eg. B Health Science: Diagnostic Radiography (DU-D-RAD) has a closing date of 31 August while B Health Sciences in Medical Laboratory Science (DU-D-BLS) has a closing date of 30 September. Both programmes are for 2026 Entry.

    Any applications and the fully paid administration fee received ON or BEFORE the advertised closing date will receive the status “WAITING FOR A DECISION”. This status indicates that the application is “On-Time” and will receive priority consideration by the institution/s to which you have applied. The administration fee would be the advertised “On Time” fee.

    Even though the programmes’ closing date may have been reached or passed, applicants may still apply for them, but such applications will receive the “Late Application/Application Late” status and will be considered AFTER all the “On Time” applications have been considered. The administration fee remains that for “On Time” applications.



    CAO 2024 ENTRY ANNUAL REPORT

    Click to view the CAO 2024 Entry Annual Report



    COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTS

    • View or Download the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI)

    • View or Download the Promotion of Access to Information Act






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