Educor

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Educor Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Private tertiary education
Founded1996;30 years ago (1996)
Headquarters Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Area served
South Africa
Services Education
Parent National Pride Trading 452 (Pty) Ltd [1]
Subsidiaries Damelin
Damelin Correspondence College
CityVarsity
ICESA City Campus
Lyceum College
Intec College
Durban Central Technical College
Website educor.co.za
The entrance to Damelin's Randburg campus Damelin Randburg Entrance.jpg
The entrance to Damelin's Randburg campus

Educor (officially Education Holdings Pty Ltd) is a South African holding company that owns multiple private tertiary education institutions, [1] multiple of which have been deregistered by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training for continuously failing to meet their mandates.

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Operations

Educor owns the following private tertiary education institutions:

History

Educor was established in 1996, when the Housewares Group bought educational institutions Damelin and Midrand College. In June of the same year, Educor was listed on the JSE Limited, South Africa's largest stock exchange. [4]

In January 2008, Educor was purchased from Media 24 by National Pride Trading 452 (Pty) Ltd. [3]

In January 2026, as a result of Damelin, City Varsity, and ICESA City Campus continuously being unable to fulfil their mandates, the South African Department of Higher Education and Training issued a Notice of Intent to Cancel the institutions' registrations. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "History of Educor". Educor. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Siyabonga Sithole; Jonisayi Maromo (2024-03-27). "Damelin and 3 other colleges deregistered". The Star– via IOL.za.
  3. 1 2 Educor Website Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine 2011
  4. ↑ James Tooley (April 1999). "The Global Education Industry - Lessons from Private Education in Developing Countries" (PDF). The International Energy Agency. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Luke Fraser (23 January 2026). "Private university set to shut down in South Africa". BusinessTech. Retrieved 25 January 2026.

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