Central Applications Office

NPC (RF)
Reg No: 2007/002819/08

‘Helping turn career dreams into reality’

Ms Owethu Nzimande CAO Number: 302396239515

P O Box 219 ID Number: 0403080479088
HIGHFLATS Amount owed to CAO: R0.00
EasyPay Number: 962503023962395152
3306
03 May 2024
Dear Ms Nzimande

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT – APPLICATION RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

Your application received on 19 Apr 2024 has been processed and is available to the institution/s to
which you have applied. As stated in clause 10 of the Terms and Conditions an application received date
is the date on which the Application AND Administration Fee are received.
All the information you have provided us in your application is included in this document. This letter is
generated before institutions have made any selection decisions and will show the default status i.e.
'waiting for a decision' for programmes before their advertised closing date and 'Late Application' for
those programmes that have passed the advertised closing date. The institutions have full and final
responsibility for selection and admission decisions, not the CAO. (See Terms and Conditions)
We advise that you monitor the progress of your application on our website www.cao.ac.za by selecting
“Check My Application”. Alternatively, see section 5 of the 2025 Entry Handbook for further
information or you can contact our Call Centre during office hours (Monday- Friday 08h00- 16h30) on
031 268 4444. From outside South Africa call +27 31 268 4444.
NOTE: To ensure protection of your personal information, our Call Centre Agents are ONLY authorised
to share your information as follows:
If you are Under 18, your application information will only be provided to your parent/guardian who
has signed the CAO Declaration and Informed Consent Form.
If you are 18 or older, your application information will only be shared with you. If you wish to give
permission to any other person to enquire on your behalf, you are required to submit a completed
'Power of Attorney' Form.
Go to our website www.cao.ac.za, click on the 'Important Notices and News' icon to download the
'Power of Attorney' Form.
Once completed and signed, you must upload the form onto your CAO application profile. To upload go
to www.cao.ac.za, click on the 'Upload My Documents' icon and select 'Power of Attorney' Form. Once
uploaded this document will be available after one hour to CAO, its administrative departments, staff or
any affiliated persons at the institutions to which you have applied.

The table below confirms the information that you have provided us on your online application. Please
review the information and should there be any corrections required or missing information to be
inserted, please update as soon as possible to ensure that we have your correct information. Ensure
that your contact details are correct as all communications will be forwarded to your latest details
provided on your application. To update your information, go to our website www.cao.ac.za, click on
'Update my Details' icon and follow the prompts onscreen.
Information required Information currently on our system
Title Ms
First names Owethu
Surname Nzimande
Identity or passport number 0403080479088
ID type SA Id
Date of birth 08 Mar 2004
Postal Address P O Box 219
HIGHFLATS
3306
Email address nzimandeowethu701@gmail.com
Cell phone number 0717612902
(To be used for SMS
messages)
Financial Aid Yes
Citizenship SOUTH AFRICA
Residence Status
(If not South African)
Gender Female
Population Group African
Exam Number 5233131090097
Next of Kin Mrs Bikwaphi Nzimande
Relationship Grandmother
Next of Kin daytime phone
Number
Next of Kin Cell Number 0836434345
Parent/Guardian Information Mother:
Ms Gugu Nzimande
8306071239084
0836434345

DOCUMENTATION STILL REQUIRED

 Certified copy of ID
 New exam results (if any)
 Proof of payment
 Academic record or certificate of conduct

 If there are any documents still outstanding, submit certified copies by uploading online at
www.cao.ac.za. Click on the "Upload My Documents" icon and follow the prompts onscreen.
Documents uploaded online, will be automatically indexed to your profile after one hour and
made available to the institution/s to which you have applied. We do not accept hard copies or
emailed documents. Upload documents using the correct label.

 If you are writing the NSC (National Senior Certificate) examination or any NSC subject/s this
 year (2024), please upload a copy of your NSC Admission Letter/Personalised Timetable that
allows you access to the exam venue (this document contains your ID Number, Examination
Number and personal details). You will receive the NSC Admission Letter/Personalised Timetable
from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) before the examination date. Once received,
immediately upload on our website: www.cao.ac.za by clicking on the “Upload my
Documents” icon. This document is used by us to match and verify the information you
provided in your application against your final results when received from the Department of
Basic Education (DBE).

PLEASE CHECK THAT YOUR PROGRAMME CHOICES ARE CORRECTLY RECORDED

You can have a maximum of six active programme choices. It is your responsibility to ensure that your
programme choice name/s and codes match and are correct. Programme choices are processed using
the programme code.

If you have applied for a programme which has been or may be discontinued during the application
cycle, you have the option of only changing this programme at no cost by going online to
www.cao.ac.za and clicking on the icon “Change of Mind”. If you make any other additions and/or
changes, you will be required to pay the COM administration fee of R140. Irrespective of when you
submit a COM request, the fee remains R140. This fee can be paid online or at an EasyPay outlet and
your changes will become effective once the administration fee is received.

The CAO only accepts ONE APPLICATION for a specific entry year and intake. If more than one
application is received, the first fully processed application with payment will be available to the
institutions and any subsequent applications will not be considered. You may, however, make changes
to your original application online by completing a Change of Mind. Click on the “Change of Mind”
icon and follow the instructions.

The programme choice/s you have applied for is/are listed below.

Choice & Progra Year/ Institution/Cam Programm Status Res

received mme Intak pus e Name **ChoicesTable** Required
date Code e

Choice 1 MN-M- 2025/ Mangosuthu Diploma in Waiting for a Decision Yes

DIT 1 University of Information
19 Apr
Technology/ Technology
2024
Main Campus
Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee you a place. Final selection is made based
on an entrance test and/or making use of a ranking system. Preference is given to students doing
Physical Science. Contact 031 819 9299 or email: info@mut.ac.za for more details. The closing
date for this programme is 30 September.

Choice 2 KN-W- 2025/ University of B Audiology Invalid Choice Yes

BPA 1 KwaZulu-Natal/
19 Apr
Westville Campus
2024
 Preference will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice applicants. The closing date for this
programme is 30 September. We regret that applications received after this date cannot be
considered.Applicants who studied/studying at a tertiary institution must submit a certified copy of
an academic record not later than 10 January 2025. Students are required to undergo clinical
training/placements at training sites outside Durban (some of which may be in rural KZN) as part
of their mandatory HPCSA/SAPC/SANC clinical training. Such placements are compulsory, non-
negotiable, may be on rotational and/or longitudinal basis and may be extended up to a year or
longer. Whilst the University/College of Health Sciences will provide clinical training in collaboration
with the KZN Dept of Health, in line with UKZN regulations, students are responsible for the cost of
travel, accommodation and the basic costs of living, as applicable to and in the placement site

Choice 3 ZU-M- 2025/ University of BA in Waiting for a Decision Yes

BTP 1 Zululand/ Drama,
19 Apr
Kwa-Dlangezwa Theatre and
2024
Performance
Preference shall be given to applicants who have selected this programme as 1st choice.
Applicants with at least a 50% pass in Dramatic Arts (and related subjects) at matric are first
priority.

Choice 4 DU-D- 2025/ Durban University Diploma in Waiting for a Decision Yes
DFN 1 of Technology/ Consumer
19 Apr
ML Sultan/Steve Sciences in
2024
Biko Food and
Nutrition
First preference will be given to applicants who never studied previously at any other university.
Meeting the minimum admission requirements does NOT guarantee selection

Choice 5 MN-M- 2024/ Mangosuthu Access Late application Yes

SVB 3 University of Course
19 Apr
Technology/ Surveying
2024
Main Campus
Contact 031 819 9299 or email: info@mut.ac.za for more details. The closing date for this
programme is 31 May. This course may not be repeated.

Choice 6 DU-D-BIT 2025/ Durban University Bachelor of Waiting for a Decision Yes
1 of Technology/ Information
19 Apr
ML Sultan/Steve and
2024
Biko Communicati
ons
Technology
First preference will be given to applicants who never studied previously at any other university.
The NSC subjects Mathematical Literacy and Technical Mathematics will NOT be accepted as a
substitute for the NSC subject Mathematics. Meeting the minimum admission requirements does
NOT guarantee selection

WHAT TO DO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO:

1. Your contact details:
1.1. All changes must be updated on the CAO website.
1.2. Go to www.cao.ac.za, click on the "Update My Details" icon and follow the prompts
onscreen.
1.3. If you do not inform the CAO of any changes to contact details, we will not be able to
communicate with you once a selection decision is made.
2. Your programme choices

2.1. If you want to change your programme choices or change the ranking of your existing
programme choices you must go to www.cao.ac.za, click on the “Change of Mind” (COM)
icon and follow the instructions to complete the process. Once payment is received your latest
programme choices will be made available to the institutions on the next business day after
your funds have been cleared.

2.2. Your new programme choices must include any previous programme choices that you wish to
retain PLUS your "new" programmes. Any programmes not included in your latest list of
programmes will be withdrawn as per your COM submission.

EXTENDING YOUR APPLICATION

If you are regretted or do not receive or take up an offer to study you may extend your application
to the following intake by completing a COM request online. Pay careful attention to the dates in
the table below. If you miss this date, you will have to make a new application and pay the full
administration fee.

If you applied you are regretted or do YOU CAN submit a Change of extend your
for: not receive or take up Mind online between: application to the
an offer to study by: following intake:
THEN TO

Jul/Aug 2024 End July 2024 1 - 31 August 2024 Jan 2025/Jul 2025
intake
Jan/Feb 2025 End Feb 2025 1 - 31 March 2025 Jul 2025/Jan 2026
intake
Jul/Aug 2025 End July 2025 1- 31 August 2025 Jan 2026/Jul 2026
intake

IMPORTANT: INSTITUTIONS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE PROGRAMME CHANGES TO A

PROGRAMME'S: i) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS; ii) CLOSING DATES, etc. ALL CHANGES WILL
BE PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE: www.cao.ac.za. INSTITUTIONS MAY ALSO
DISCONTINUE A PROGRAMME DURING THE APPLICATION CYCLE OR INTRODUCE NEW
PROGRAMMES.
FOR THE LATEST LIST OF AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES CLICK THE "AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES" ICON OR
FOR PROGRAMME CHANGES CLICK THE "NOTICE OF PROGRAMME CHANGES" ICON ON OUR
HOMEPAGE. ENSURE THAT YOU CONTINUOUSLY CHECK OUR WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE FOR
UPDATES.

For any enquiries phone our Call Centre on 031 268 4444 during office hours from 08h00-16h30 on
weekdays except public holidays. From outside South Africa call +27 31 268 4444.

We wish you every success with your application.

Yours sincerely,
Central Applications Office