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THANK YOU Thank you to all our higher education members and exhibitors who supported and participated in the 2018 PURCO SA Conference and Exhibition. We had almost 600 participants at the event this year, with 94 exhibition stands - a new record for PURCO SA despite the difficult economic times.

Rector and Vice-Chancellor of UFS, Prof Francis Petersen will present the welcoming Keynote Address at the 2018 PURCO SA Conference, to be held at...

The 2018 Conference Keynote Address will be delivered by the internationally respected Rob van den Wijngaard, from Leiden University in the Netherlands.

I encourage you to support and participate in the 2018 PURCO SA Conference and Exhibition. The three day event and associated evening functions provide an unparalleled opportunity to learn, connect with your higher education colleagues, engage with suppliers, and have a little fun.

PURCO SA staff will not be in the office on Wednesday from 09:30. We will be visiting Botshabelo Babies home and Tumelo Home in Ivory Park for...

Come 1 July 2018, the University of Cape Town will have a new vice-chancellor. Professor Phakeng takes over from Dr Max Price at one of the most challenging periods in the institution’s history, following recent years roiled by student protests and fierce debates over transformation.

PURQ is the newly launched academic information platform established by PURCO SA on behalf of South African public universities to serve their interests. The state of the art platform at www.purq.co.za provides a centralised source of academic qualification data used by more than 1000 authenticated South African companies, and 44000 registered users and students. Already re

The government has set aside R67bn to fund the post-matric education system‚ which includes R33bn to be allocated to free higher education.

On 3 May 2018, Selvan Govender, CEO of the Purchasing Consortium Southern Africa NPC (PURCO SA), handed over a cheque of R1.2 million to the...