Here is the comprehensive list of all the accounting qualifications that are officially recognised by the South African Qualifications Authority (ideally will create an internal SAQA explainer page that we can link to here rather than to their site.)
Still undecided whether to create subpages for each qualification and link them from here, or just keep them lumped together beneath the read more. (I have already created categories for each NQF level, but that might be unnecessary.)
- Certificate: Accounting
- Diploma in Public Sector Accounting
- Higher Certificate in Accounting
- Higher Certificate in Accounting Practice
- Higher Certificate: Accounting
- Higher Certificate: Commerce: Cost and Management Accounting
- Higher Certificate: Commerce: Financial Accounting
- National Diploma: Technical Financial Accounting
- Occupational Certificate: Management Accounting Officer
- Certificate: Bookkeeping and Accountancy (Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L4)
- Higher Certificate in Accountancy (NQF Level 5)
Content below is unformatted and copied from our Google doc research. Each link will be no-followed and goes to the specific qualification’s SAQA certificate rather than the actual institutions.
Certificate: Accounting
NQF Level 05
Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) (previously AETA) (Min Credits:120)
Diploma in Public Sector Accounting
NQF Level 05
Institute for Public Finance and Auditing (IPFA) (Min Credits:137)
Higher Certificate in Accounting
NQF Level 05
Akademia NPC (Min Credits:120)
Centurion Academy (Pty) Ltd (Min Credits:120)
Regent Business School (Pty) Ltd t/a Regent Business School (Min Credits:120)
Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) (Min Credits:120)
Higher Certificate in Accounting Practice
NQF Level 05
Boston City Campus and Business College (Pty) Ltd (Min Credits:120)
Higher Certificate: Accounting
NQF Level 05
Intec College (Min Credits:160)
Higher Certificate: Commerce: Cost and Management Accounting
NQF Level 05
Intec College (Min Credits:160)
Higher Certificate: Commerce: Financial Accounting
NQF Level 05
Intec College (Min Credits:160)
National Diploma: Technical Financial Accounting
NQF Level 05
SGB HET Accountancy and Financial Management (Min Credits:251)
Occupational Certificate: Management Accounting Officer
NQF Level 05
Development Quality Partner – CIMA (Min Credits:180)