GetSmarter Courses

Career Certificate

Copywriting for Digital Marketing

Write online copy that converts: craft headlines, calls-to-action, social media and content copy, optimise for search rankings, and price and quote copywriting work for clients.

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• 6 weeks, 8 hours/week
• 12th Oct, 2026
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Practical Labour Law

Apply South African labour law: work with the Basic Conditions of Employment, Labour Relations and Employment Equity Acts, handle dismissals and discipline, and resolve disputes through CCMA procedures.

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• 8 weeks, 7 hours/week
• 5th Oct, 2026
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Copy-editing

Learn to copy-edit written work: fix spelling, punctuation and grammar, restructure manuscripts, handle quotes and sources, and prepare a book for typesetting.

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• 10 weeks, 8 hours/week
• 26th Oct, 2026
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Small Business: Growth and Management

Build a growth-focused business plan for your small business: market positioning, legal structures, marketing and sales, financing options, financial management, and HR for scaling.

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• 8 weeks, 8 hours/week
• 28th Oct, 2026
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Business Systems Analysis

Analyse existing business systems and recommend alternatives: elicit requirements, write a business requirements specification, model processes, data and interfaces, and assure quality.

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• 10 weeks, 8 hours/week
• 28th Sep, 2026
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Advanced Business Risk Management

Assess a company's financial risks and internal controls, and analyse governance, ethical, reputational, information systems, investment and behavioural risks to recommend appropriate responses.

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• 8 weeks, 11 hours/week
• 1st Mar, 2027
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Advanced Project Management: Driving Organisational Success

Develop project charters and scope, then build stakeholder, time, cost, risk, quality, communication and procurement plans through to project delivery and closure.

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• 12 weeks, 11 hours/week
• 16th Nov, 2026
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Executive and Management Coaching

Develop as an internal or external business coach: apply coaching models across each phase, build a personalised coaching toolkit, navigate coaching ethics, and brand yourself as a coach.

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• 12 weeks, 10 hours/week
• 22nd Feb, 2027
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Graphic Design

Learn to design for print and web using Adobe Illustrator or Affinity, applying visual communication, layout and composition, typography, and the business side of design.

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• 10 weeks, 8 hours/week
• 28th Sep, 2026
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Executive Support

Deliver high-level administrative support to C-suite executives by drafting corporate correspondence, using Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Prezi, managing projects and events, and handling workplace conflict.

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• 10 weeks, 8 hours/week
• 15th Feb, 2027
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Payroll and Tax Administration

Calculate and allocate payroll including employee leave, apply basic and advanced tax concepts for individuals and businesses, and keep pay practices compliant with current legislation.

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• 6 weeks, 8 hours/week
• 5th Oct, 2026
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Accounting

Learn to draft financial statements and budgets, evaluate financial performance, handle business tax and eFiling, and apply internal controls and credit management.

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• 9 weeks, 8 hours/week
• 5th Oct, 2026
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Sales Management

Learn to structure, train and lead a sales team, covering the personal selling process, sales forecasting and budgeting, sales technology, compensation, and performance evaluation.

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• 9 weeks, 9 hours/week
• 25th Jan, 2027
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Cost and Management Accounting

Apply costing techniques to business decisions: absorption and variable costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting, inventory management, standard costing, and cost reduction for profit.

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• 8 weeks, 8 hours/week
• 12th Oct, 2026
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Digital Photography

Learn to shoot and edit digital photographs: control aperture, shutter speed and ISO, use light and flash, compose portraits and landscapes, and apply editing techniques.

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• 10 weeks, 7 hours/week
• 12th Oct, 2026
• Paid Course