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Main Campus

(Phuthaditjhaba)

Location

The Campus is situated on the Phuthaditjhaba main throughfare, Mampoi Street alongside the College's corporate headquarters.

Establishment

Lere la Tshepe College of Education (established 1995) was changed into a Technical College in 1998. This development swelled the number of learners who enrolled for technical subjects (NATED) now on offer. There also arose a crying need for additional classroom space.

The Directorate: FET Colleges responded to the need by making available to the College all the facilities of the ex-Boitjhorisong In -Service Training Centre. This satellite (popularly known as Lere la Tshepe: Boitjhorisong Campus) grew from strength to strength and offered an ever-growing range of NATED programmes.

Upgrading

In 2004, during his reorganization of the College, the Principal, Dr SD Manese, upgraded the Boitjhorisong Satellite Campus to the level of a full campus, viz. (Maluti FET College) Main Campus.

At the time of being upgraded, the campus was already boasting of very impressive statistics.

FTE count Teaching staff Admin. Staff Support staff

470 23 06 07

Bethlehem Campus

(Bethlehem)

Location

The Campus is located at the corner of High and Wessels Streets in Bethlehem.

Establishment

The College originated from the technical institution, which was housed at the then Handelskool. The Handelskool, which was established in 1939, later became the Witteberg High School.

Growth and Upgrading

The technical institution finally became the Bethlehem College in 1981 with Mr Steyn as its first principal. In 1988 the College moved to the buildings of the ex-President Steyn Skool. The impressive sandstone main building on the premises was erected in 1914 and declared a National Monument in 1996.

The first intake of 5 learners in 1981 has grown phenomenally to 1200 by 2005

The Campus offers programmes in Business Studies, Hair Care, short skills courses and workshops (computer and marketing related). Ballet is offered as a non-formal course and learners enroll for examinations of the Royal Academy of Dancing.

Bethlehem Campus has also established working relationships with several outside institutions the most important of which is University Free State (1year Career Preparation Programme), SASCO, Ocean Basket and eight Municipalities (LED Learnrship). The campus runs eight satellite campuses and is used as an examination center by various institutions. It is the only examination center for UNISA and the University of the Johannesburg in the Eastern Free State.

On 01 September 2002, the College was merged with five others to form Maluti FET College.

Bonamelo Campus

(Phuthaditjhaba)

Location

The Campus is situated at the corner of Moabi and Stadium Streets in the township of Phuthaditjhaba.

Establishment

Bonamelo Campus was first established under the name: Monnafeela Mota Teacher Training College in 1975. The name was changed to Bonamelo Teacher Training College in 1976. This training college was offering the Primary Teachers' Certificate.

Upgrading

10 years after its establishment (1985) Bonamelo Training College was upgraded to a College of Education offering a 3- year post-school teachers' diploma. Over the years the College continued to attract ever-growing numbers of students.

On 01 September 2002 Bonamelo was merged with other colleges to form Maluti FET College. At the time of writing (2005) the campus has 241 FTE's, 20 lecturers, 04 administration staff and 09 support staff members.

Harrismith Campus

(Harrismith)

Location

Harrismith Campus is located in the Omega Building, Warden Street, Harrismith

Establishment

The Campus started as a part- time satellite of Bethlehem College in 1996. The satellite campus was first situated in New Horizon (Secondary School) premises, before it moved as a full- time satellite campus in June 1998 to the New Horizon Primary School's premises, situated in the well known "KLIPSKOOL" building. In June 2002 the satellite campus moved to the Omega Building, due to increased facility needs. The satellite campus is now recognized as a full campus.

Growth and Upgrading

In the years following the establishment, the Campus experienced growth from 38 FTE's in 1996 to our current count of 300 FTE's.

Currently the Campus has 16 lecturers, 2 support staff and 3 administration staff members.

Itemoheleng Campus

(Phuthaditjhaba)

Location

Itemoheleng Campus is in Mampoi Street, Phuthaditjhaba.

Establishment

The Campus first came into being as Itemoheleng Trade School, popularly known as Ambag in 1972

Growth and Upgrading

In 1973, the then Qwaqwa Department of Education introduced two courses, viz.: Motor Mechanics and Carpentry. Soon thereafter Electricity and Plumbing followed.

The introduction of the N1 - N3 streams in 1979 was accompanied by a name change: Itemoheleng Technical Institute. 1988 saw further improvements when an electrical workshop and a Fitting and Turning workshop were added to the existing infrastructure.

After steady growth over the years the institute was finally upgraded to the status of a fully-fledged Technical College (State- aided). The offering of N streams up to N6 level came in the wake of the upgrading.

Itemoheleng became a campus of Maluti FET College on 01 September 2002 when the MEC gazetted the merger of colleges in the Province.

At the time of preparing this brief historical sketch, the campus had a staff complement of 10 full-time, 15 part-time lecturers; 10 support and 04 administration staffers. Our FTE count is 320.

Kwetlisong Campus

(Phuthaditjhaba)

Location

Kwetlisong Campus is located in the Riverside suburb of Phuthaditjhaba.

Establishment

Kwetlisong was established by the DoL (for the ex-Qwaqwa Government Service) as a MANPOWER CENTRE in 1977. The old (first) campus was alongside the grounds of Makabelane High School. The first intake numbered 5 trainees who were following

Growth and Upgrading

In the years following establishment the center experienced a phenomenal growth in programme diversification so much so that by 1997 the center was upgraded to the status of a TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

As of now the campus has 19 lecturers, 12 support staff, 4 administration staff members and + 500 FTE's.

Lere la Tshepe Campus

(Phuthaditjhaba)

Location

The Campus is situated in the Tseki area of Qwaqwa about 8km from Phuthaditjhaba.

Establishment

In the late 70's Anglo American provided the then Qwaqwa homeland authorities with physical infrastructure (offices, lecture halls, etc.) for the then envisaged Lere la Tshepe polytechnic for the Qwaqwa communities. Due to some technical problems the project never took off the ground.

Growth and Upgrading

Tshiya College of Education used the premises for teacher training (Senior Secondary Teachers' Certificate) in the early 80's. Later the University of the North used the campus for its Qwaqwa-based branch. When the University moved to its own buildings, the site was left unused for about 10 years.

In 1995 the FET Directorate opened a satellite campus of Tshiya College to accommodate learners who could not be enrolled at Bonamelo and Sefikeng. The satellite operated until 1998 when the teacher training programme was phased out and the campus became a fully-fledged Technical College offering Business Studies; N4 - N6.

As a result of the merger of FS Colleges (after the rationalization process), Lere la Tshepe became a campus of the new Maluti FET College on 01 September 2002.

Management has selected the campus for development as a sports and recreation center through the FET recapitalisation programme. The center will be fully operational in 2006. The Campus is still offering Business Studies and has a staff complement of 07 lecturers (including Campus Manager) and 08 support staff members.

Sefikeng Campus

(Phuthaditjhaba)

Location

Sefikeng Campus is located in Tsheseng Village. The road leading to this campus branches to the left from the Mountain Resort's route at Koos Mota Shopping Complex and is about 2km from the shopping complex.

Establishment

The Campus was first established as a teacher training school offering the Primary Teachers' Certificate Higher Primary in 1979. In 1985 the training school was upgraded to a College of Education with the same name.

Growth and Upgrading

Over the years the student population increased as more students enrolled for the 3-year Primary Teachers' Diploma Senior Primary. Better-qualified staff were also attracted to the College because of the prestige factor (tertiary programmes).

In 2001 the College was declared a Further Education and Training Institution (FETI) and on 01 September 2002 was merged with five other ex-colleges to form Maluti FET College.

In the post-merger phase the campus was selected to offer agricultural studies. To this end the FSDoE provided the campus with state- of- the- art farming implements to prop training in agriculture.

The Campus has 14 lecturers, 10 support staff and 03 administration staff members.