The fully online Short Learning Programme (SLP) in Social Security Law offers an in-depth overview of South Africa's normative and institutional framework for social protection. Through a sound discussion of the constitutional foundations for the provision of social protection in the country, the programme offers a deeper understanding of the relevant contingencies within Social Security Law as well as the protection measures in place. The programme is designed for professionals and practitioners in the social protection space, policy makers, and individuals passionate about socio-economic rights advocacy, students will be able to navigate, influence, and advance socio-eonomic rights in both public and private sectors.

The SLP equips professionals in the media and communication industries with future-oriented knowledge and practical skills essential for thriving in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Addressing core topics such as digital transformation, technological advancements, media sustainability, audience engagement and monetisation, media entrepreneurship, digital media ethics and law, and Pan-African storytelling, the programme offers a dynamic and multidisciplinary learning experience.

Participants will develop capacities to drive innovation, adapt to digital disruption, foster sustainable media enterprises, and harness technology for creative and ethical media practice in the digital economy. This SLP is tailored for professionals seeking to position themselves for career advancement, leadership roles, and new opportunities within the rapidly changing African and global media landscapes. By strengthening competencies in digital strategy, enterprise development, and ethical communication, the programme provides a foundation for employment progression and further study in media innovation and related fields.

The SLP in Political Economy: African Debt & Economic Justice is designed to equip participants with a rigorous, interdisciplinary understanding of the political economy of debt and its implications for development, inequality, and sustainability in Africa. The programme aims to strengthen participants’ analytical, interpretive, and applied capacities to engage critically with debt governance, financialisation, and economic justice from historical, institutional, and comparative perspectives. By equipping participants with conceptual frameworks and practical tools for policy analysis, advocacy, and public engagement.

The SLP is targeted at graduates with an NQF 7 qualification in fields such as Sociology, Politics, or International Relations, or an equivalent. The SLP seeks to bridge theory and practice. The programme emphasises the integration of political economy, political ecology, and feminist economic perspectives to support informed and ethical interventions in complex socio-economic contexts.

This short learning programme (SLP) introduces students to symmetric and public key encryption, as well as digital certificates/identities, certification authorities and digital signatures.

The aim of the SLP is to provide those who are conducting forensic investigations but do not have a background in Chemistry with the tools needed to enable them to perform their tasks more proficiently. It also serves to equip final-year Chemistry students who have an interest in working as Forensic Chemists with the skills needed. 

The purpose of this module is how one communicates effectively in an organization. Managing an organization’s corporate identity and image is a good way of communicating both internally and externally, however, there are different factors influencing both concepts. It is important to keep in mind that an organization does not only communicates with its employees, but it also communicates externally with its customers and target audience. This entails a good understanding of customer relations, telephone etiquette as well as mass communication. If an employee does not communicate with the customer in the correct manner, the organization runs the risk of losing that customer.