The Siyaphambili website provides an interactive platform to monitor and track qualification attainment in South Africa.

We recognise that South African post-school qualifications information is available, but not in an interactive or readily accessible format for policy makers and the general public. The website exists to create such a platform.

A strong motivator behind the website is the need to share information and create awareness about South Africa’s skills needs. We derive ‘goal 2030’, a reference against which to measure year-on-year progress in qualification attainment.

The graphs on the website are derived from publicly available StatsSA data. Tables containing the values shown in the graphs are also downloadable in Excel format.

The Siyaphambili website was funded by the Kresge Foundation and inspired by the Lumina Foundation’s Stronger Nation interactive website, which tracks American qualifications beyond high school.

Alongside its website, Siyaphambili aims to make information about post-school education and training in South Africa more widely accessible. View pathways, qualifications, and organisations making up the system.

Working Papers

Branson, N. & Whitelaw, E. (2025) – Post-School Education and Training Policies – From 1994 to Now. 

Reports

Branson, N., Culligan, S., & Favish, J. (2020) – Information Flows in the South African Post-school Education and Training sector: a focus on university and government stakeholders

Briefs & other writing

Branson, N., Culligan, S., & Ingle, K. (2020) – Post-school Education and Training in South Africa: Pathways, qualifications, and organisations making up the system.

Branson, N., Culligan, S., & Ingle, K. (2020) – The Siyaphambili Website: An interactive platform to track South Africa’s post-school qualification attainment.

In the news

Siyaphambili: A Stronger South African Nation Website

Tracking high-value credentials as a unifying Post-Secondary Education and Training goal

Measuring high value post-school credentials in South Africa

Other media

Siyaphambili October webinar series, 2020

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