Purchasing Consortium for Higher Education in Southern Africa

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...

PURQ has built an extensive centralised database of higher education qualification and enrolment data. The business was oiginally established in 2008...

News24 reported that the government has made billions available for tertiary education, but students have to fulfil strict criteria to get the money.

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Bursary and Scholarship Fund received a massive cash injection of R1 994 182 from the Purchasing...

PURCO SA is proud to announce that the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has joined our stable of members, bringing our numbers to 50.

Six major university rankings have been published in 2017, each using their own indicators and criteria, weighted to represent what each believes is the most important factor showing excellence in tertiary education.