Foster-Melliar

05/08/2026

Cohort two. In the room this week.

The August ITIL V5 Foundation cohort begins today. Following July's sold-out first cohort, this week's group takes another 15+ South African professionals through the full V5 framework.

Thank you to every learner choosing to be part of Foster-Melliar's V5 rollout. The next Foundation intake is 31 August, followed by 5 October.

03/08/2026

Learnerships aren't just about training - they're about creating opportunities.

With South Africa's unemployment rate remaining high, organisations have an opportunity to make a real impact while building the skilled workforce they need for the future.

A well-managed learnership combines accredited learning with practical workplace experience, enabling learners to gain recognised qualifications, develop real-world skills and improve their employability.

For employers, learnerships can help:
* Build a future talent pipeline
* Address critical skills shortages
* Support transformation and B-BBEE objectives
* Strengthen succession planning
* Potentially qualify for Section 12H tax allowances (subject to legislative requirements)

At Foster-Melliar, we provide end-to-end learnership management - from programme planning and learner recruitment to accredited training, workplace monitoring, assessment and learner support.

Whether you're launching your first learnership programme or expanding your existing skills development initiatives, we're here to help you deliver measurable results.

Contact Foster-Melliar today to learn how our learnership solutions can support your organisation's growth while creating meaningful opportunities for South Africans.

31/07/2026

The end of July. The start of August.

Two cohorts open their doors next week - ITIL V5 Foundation and COBIT 2019 Foundation. Our facilitators have been ready for weeks. The materials are printed and packed. The classrooms are set.

To everyone joining a Foster-Melliar cohort next week: thank you for choosing us. See you Monday.

27/07/2026

QCTO Qualifications: Building Skills That Work

South Africa's move to QCTO Occupational Qualifications is transforming how learnerships prepare people for employment.

Instead of focusing only on classroom learning, QCTO programmes combine:
Knowledge | Practical Skills | Structured Workplace Experience

This means learners graduate with both a nationally recognised qualification and valuable workplace experience - helping bridge one of South Africa's biggest employment challenges.

For employers, QCTO learnerships provide an opportunity to:
- Develop future talent for specific occupations
- Strengthen workforce capability
- Support transformation and skills development
- Build a sustainable talent pipeline

At Foster-Melliar, we support organisations throughout the entire learnership journey - from programme planning and learner recruitment to accredited training, workplace implementation, assessment preparation and ongoing learner support.

Together, we can develop workplace-ready professionals who are equipped to succeed.

Contact Foster-Melliar today to learn how our QCTO occupational learnerships can support your organisation's skills development strategy.

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Learnerships: Building Skills That South Africa Needs South African organisations continue to face two connected challenges: a shortage of workplace-ready skills and persistently high unemployment. The country’s official unemployment rate reached 32.7% in the first quarter of 2026, reinforcing the...

24/07/2026

July in the room.

South Africa's first ITIL V5 Foundation cohort. Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.

Microsoft AI Fundamentals. AI Cloud Developers. Four cohorts, one week, one team behind them.

Thank you to every learner who chose to be in a Foster-Melliar classroom this month. And to the facilitators who make each cohort feel like the first one.

More to come in August.

20/07/2026

67 minutes for Madiba.

On Friday, the Foster-Melliar team spent Nelson Mandela Day at the Mall of Africa volunteering with Rise Against Hunger, packing food parcels for South African communities in need.

67 minutes for the 67 years Madiba gave to justice, freedom, and dignity for all.
Thank you to Rise Against Hunger for the opportunity to be part of it, and to the FM team for showing up.

08/07/2026

Four cohorts. One week.

This week at Foster-Melliar - South Africa's first ITIL V5 Foundation cohort is in the room, alongside Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals, and Microsoft AI Cloud Developer cohorts running in parallel.

A real moment for the team and a thank you to every learner choosing to be part of it.

03/07/2026

Sixth cohort. Same course. Same conviction.

When ITIL V5 launched, Foster-Melliar was among the first PeopleCert-accredited providers to deliver Foundation in South Africa.

This week, our sixth cohort steps into the room.

Every delivery teaches us something - about what learners ask, what they wrestle with, what lands. By cohort six, the delivery is sharper than it was at cohort one. That's the value of running it again, and again, and again.

Thank you to the teams who've trusted us with their ITIL V5 journey.

Find out more: fostermelliar.co.za/courses/itil-v5

26/06/2026

Friday before a busy Monday.

Next week, classrooms open across multiple courses - ITIL V5 Foundation, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, AI fundamentals. Some of our biggest delivery weeks of the year are still ahead, but next week is the first one of July, and it's been a long time coming.

Our facilitators are ready. The materials are ready. We're ready.

To everyone joining a Foster-Melliar cohort next week — thank you for choosing us. See you Monday.

23/06/2026

A genuine thank you to APPETD for hosting us at the ED-TECH Conference on 10 and 11 June.

It was an outstanding two days, a room full of private education and training providers all wrestling with the same big questions about AI in the sector. Honest conversations, sharp insights, and real momentum.

Thank you to the APPETD team for the invitation and the chance to share what we're seeing in AI capability development. Thank you to everyone who engaged with our session on AI trends and the role of technology in education and training delivery.

And congratulations to the ten delegates who walked away with AI Certs course vouchers, globally recognised, role-based AI certifications we're proud to bring into the South African market through our AI Certs partnership.

Looking forward to staying close to this community.
Foster-Melliar × APPETD × AI Certs.