Central Applications Office

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

‘Helping turn career dreams into reality’

Miss Thuthuka Kwanele Zulu CAO Number: 302175316623

57 Anderson ID Number: 0405241052084
VRYHEID Amount owed to CAO: R0.00
EasyPay Number: 962503021753166238
3100
27 September 2023
Dear Miss Zulu

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT – APPLICATION RECEIVED AND PROCESSED

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. Your application received on 02 Sep 2023 has been
processed and is available to the institution/s to which you have applied.
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, 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. You can also
check the status of your application using our Self Help Service or see section 5 of the 2024 Entry
Handbook for further information.
Below is the information that we have for you on our system. Please correct any errors and fill in all
omissions. Let us know immediately if any of this information is incorrect and needs to be changed.
Especially check your contact details since all communications with you are via the details that appear in
this letter. Print and indicate the corrections, changes and/or additions on this letter, scan and send to
us by email to enquiries@cao.ac.za. If within one week from the date of this letter you fail to update or
correct the information recorded on this document, we shall accept that all the information in this
acknowledgement letter is correct and as complete as you want it to be.

Information required Information currently on our Corrections, Changes

system and/or additions (If any)
Title Miss
First names Thuthuka Kwanele
Surname Zulu
Identity or passport number 0405241052084
ID type SA Id
Date of birth 24 May 2004
Postal Address 57 Anderson
VRYHEID
3100
Email address zulunolwandle1@gmail.com
Cell phone number 0734225283
(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 Not Applicable
Next of Kin Mrs Zamazulu Sibuyisiwe Ngcobo
Relationship Mother
Next of Kin daytime phone
Number
Next of Kin Cell Number
Parent/Guardian Information Mother:
Mrs ZAMAZULU SIBUYISIWE NGCOBO
8301300471087
0791876960

DOCUMENTATION STILL REQUIRED

 Not Applicable

 If there are any documents still outstanding, submit certified copies by uploading online at
www.cao.ac.za. We do not accept hard copies or emailed documents.

 If you are writing the NSC (National Senior Certificate) examination or any NSC subject/s this
year (2023), 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 icon “Upload my
Documents”. This document is used by us to match and verify the information you provided on
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. This fee can be paid online or
through EasyPay 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- 2024/ Mangosuthu Diploma in Waiting for a Decision Yes

DM5 1 University of Mechanical
02 Sep
Technology/ Engineering
2023
Main Campus (ECP)
Contact 031 819 9299 or email: info@mut.ac.za for more details. Recommended Subject:
Mechanical Technology 4. The closing date for this programme is 30 September.

Choice 2 ZU-M- 2024/ University of Bachelor of Waiting for a Decision Yes

FPT 1 Zululand/ Education in
02 Sep
Kwa-Dlangezwa Foundation
2023
Phase
Teaching
Preference will be given to applicants who rank this programme as choice number 1 or 2

Choice 3 DU-P- 2024/ Durban University Diploma in Waiting for a Decision Yes
DTM 1 of Technology/ Tourism
02 Sep
Pietermaritzburg Management
2023
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 4 ZU-M- 2024/ University of B Tourism: Waiting for a Decision Yes

BTT 1 Zululand/ Tourism
02 Sep
Kwa-Dlangezwa Studies
2023
Preference shall be given to applicants who have selected this programme as 1st - 3rd choice

Choice 5 KN-H- 2024/ University of B Social Waiting for a Decision Yes

BSX 1 KwaZulu-Natal/ Work
02 Sep
Howard College
2023

Choice 6 DU-D- 2024/ Durban University Bachelor of Waiting for a Decision Yes
BAT 1 of Technology/ the Built
02 Sep
ML Sultan/Steve Environment
2023
Biko in
Architecture
 First preference will be given to applicants who never studied previously at any other university.
Other recommended subjects (not compulsory): Technology, History, Art, Technical Drawing,
Geography, Physics.In addition to the requirements above, the top 300 applicants will be required
to undergo a test for selection purposes. The weighted results from this test, in addition to their
Trials mathematics marks for those students yet to complete their NSC or the mathematics results
achieved in their senior certificate if already awarded will be used to determine offers of places in
the programme based on a ranking of these combined results.Preference will be given to
applicants placing Architecture at DUT as their 1st choice. This will also apply to the ranking of
offers. 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. Until 31 March, let us know in writing the changes you would like to make to your contact
details. Email changeofcontactcao@cao.ac.za with your CAO number or ID number in the
subject line and provide the information you wish for us to update. Please note that this change
is free. We do not accept telephonic changes. Ensure all changes to contact details are sent to
the CAO. 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.
1.2. From 01 April, all changes must be done on the website. Go to www.cao.ac.za, click on the
"Update My Details" icon and follow the prompts onscreen.

2. Your programme choices

2.1. If, for whatever reason, 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 and complete the process. Once payment is received
your latest choices will be available to the institutions.

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 2023 End July 2023 1 - 31 August 2023 Jan 2024/Jul 2024
intake
Jan/Feb 2024 End Feb 2024 1 - 31 March 2024 Jul 2024/Jan 2025
intake
 Jul/Aug 2024 End July 2024 1- 31 August 2024 Jan 2025/Jul 2025
intake

IMPORTANT: INSTITUTIONS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE PROGRAMME CHANGES,

INCLUDING APPLICATION DATES AND DEADLINES. ANY CHANGES WILL BE PUBLISHED ON
OUR WEBSITE: www.cao.ac.za. CLICK ON THE “IMPORTANT NOTICES” ICON, THEN ON
“CLOSING DATE CHANGES”. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU 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 or you can make use of our self help service after hours. From outside
South Africa call +27 31 268 4444. Alternatively email enquiries@cao.ac.za.

We wish you every success with your application.

Yours sincerely,
Central Applications Office