The course consists of three modules: diplomatic practice, South Africa's journey to democracy, and structured analytical techniques for diplomats. The course will introduce participants to diplomatic theory and practice and enhance their ability to present an informed perspective on South Africa's journey to democracy, and its current governance system, economy, and policies. It will equip them with the skills to analyses the external environment to pursue the country's national interests.
The course will also allow participants to analyse the wide range of threats the nation, region, and continent faces in an increasingly complex and unstable world. It enhances their ability to provide decision-makers in government, the state, and civil society with relevant and timeous analysis, advice, and recommendations.
Applicants to be approved by TM School Management
Course enrolment fee R12 000.00
Enrolment fee per module R4 000.00
Duration 6 months
Modules
The Advanced Course in Good governance in Africa is one of many attempts to build a cohort of current and future leaders who can rescue Africa from the scourge of corruption. These leaders envisage and want to contribute to a corrupt free Africa that is developmental and ready to take its position in the international arena.
To achieve this overall objective, the advanced course capacitates learners on knowledge of governance concepts and principles.
The advanced course focuses on national, regional, and international mechanisms to eradicate corruption. The advanced course empowers students to develop an integrity management framework for their respective organisations. Students who enrol in this course will also be able to link good governance and human security and insecurity
Students with relevant NQF level 5 or degree qualifications will be eligible to be admitted to this unit standard. Those without this level will be admitted if they have relevant experience.
Enrolment fee R12 000.00
Enrolment fee per module R4 000.00
Duration 6 months
Modules
The course is a unique, interdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary. It provides an academic, policy, and practice setting for current and future leaders:
Prospective students may already have experiences in humanitarian and development leadership, or you may want to use this innovative course to begin a career in this rapidly growing field.
Students will be exposed to modern theory and practice, including feminist humanitarian and development approaches, and ancient philosophies and practices such as Ubuntu, to examine and analyse humanitarian and development challenges, especially from a leadership perspective.
NQF 7 level qualification or equivalent in an appropriate subject. Alternatively, a portfolio of evidence of prior learning and experiences in Humanitarian and Development Leadership will be considered.
Course enrolment fee R6 000.00
Enrolment fee per module R2 000.00
Duration 6 months
Modules
The Advanced Course in Intelligence Management aims to introduce students to the purpose and nature of intelligence management by providing a systematic understanding of the role of intelligence for statecraft, continental and international bodies, and the ethical frameworks and oversight mechanisms underpinning intelligence, especially in democratic settings.
Students will appreciate the role and functions of intelligence and become familiar with the critical components of the intelligence cycle and how this process is managed.
The advance course seeks to produce agile public, private and international professionals as intelligence information is increasingly becoming a source of success for organisations and states.
The objective of intelligence management is to equip students to be agile and work on the range of areas applied by intelligence.
Given the course's transdisciplinary nature, students with no background in intelligence will be provided with the adequate working knowledge to pursue various career options.
Intelligence plays a vital role in human, national, regional, and international security. States also use it in advancing and defending national interests. Those involved in intelligence practice are tasked with QUALIFICATION CODE 77115 acquiring the information that policymakers and decision-makers need to identify and neutralise risks and threats. But intelligence has also proven to be a controversial field.
The intelligence management training on the African continent is still steeped in traditional intelligence tradecraft unsuitable for modern-day public and international affairs.
Those in intelligence management must identify risks and threats to complex challenges and develop insights into multiple forces at work relating to conflicts, negotiations, peace-making, peacebuilding, diplomacy, trade, and other areas of statecraft.
Relevant three-year degree or appropriate practical experience in public or international affairs. Those without this level will be admitted if they have relevant experience.
Course enrolment fee R12 000.00
Enrolment fee per module R4 000.00
Duration 6 months
Modules
This course is developed against the history of colonialism in Africa, the people of Africa being dragged into the 'Cold War' rivalries between powerful nations in the world, globalisation, and the current reemergence of international polarisations that demand the people of Africa to maintain non-alignment, choose sides and to maintain African agency in the interest of the people of Africa.
Breaking away from the dominant view that states in Africa are 'collapsed states' and/or 'fragile states' that cause harmful impacts on the other African states and the world, this course follows an Afrocentric perceptive that exerts that the security challenges of Africans do not always originate from national governance deficiencies only, but also post-colonial insecurity as a making of Africa's colonisation and decolonisation processes. In this regard, scholars agree on the need for human security, which is people-centred, meaning that it is security concerned with the well-being of people in a society, the freedom to exercise their choices, access to market and social opportunities, and whether they live in conflict or peace.
There is an acute awareness of indigenous approaches to secure the well-being of the people of Africa. Securing societies and the communities that are the building blocks of such societies is in the hands of social and political movements, especially the youth, with Africans at the forefront to prevent the outcome of top-down politics that only exacerbates corruption and social upheaval.
A three-year degree or diploma on level 7 OR At least five years' experience in public service or as a social community leader. Those without this level will be admitted if they have relevant experience.
Course enrolment fee R12 000.00
Enrolment fee per module R4 000.00
Duration 6 months
Modules
The advanced course in thought leadership for Africa's renewal aims to develop and nurture new thought leaders for Africa's renewal. Thought leadership is underpinned by critical thinking, consideration of cultural sensitivity, and local context.
Progressive and pragmatic ideologies and the interrogation of existing paradigms inform thought leadership. A thought leader challenges existing paradigms and should have a critical mind that questions where from, why, how, when, and where; a mind that questions endogenous and exogenous factors which have shaped the past and inform current human condition in various parts of the world and Africa in particular.
The students who have completed this course will become selfempowered and develop the ability to lead and develop others as change agents and innovators for Africa's renewal.
The course should assist students in positioning themselves to add value to the services delivered by the organisations they work for or community activities in which they lead or participate.
A three-year degree or diploma OR At least five years' experience in public service or as a social community leader. Those without this level will be admitted if they have relevant experience.
Course enrolment fee R6 000.00
Enrolment fee per module R2 000.00
Duration 6 months
Modules
The Advanced Programme in Dynamics of Peace and Conflict in Africa introduces students to the fundamental theoretical concepts and practice relating to peacebuilding and conflict transformation in various African contexts, including South Africa. We aim to prepare students as peace and conflict practitioners who can contribute to public service towards a peaceful society; this may be in public service, in civil society, in academia, and/or as community leaders. To this end, the qualifying student will engage with the following:
Students wishing to deepen their understanding of peace and conflict studies or who may find such knowledge beneficial to their future careers are invited to join the course.
A three-year degree or diploma OR At least 5-years' experience in public service, in civil society, or as a community leader. Those without this level will be admitted if they have relevant experience.
Course enrolment fee R8 000.00
Enrolment fee per module R2 000.00
Duration 6 months
Modules
The Advanced course in Policy Making and Analysis for Africa's Development is a unique offering that addresses the changing needs for public policy development.
Public policies are catalysts for uplifting the quality of life in African countries. For this reason, the advanced course intends to build a critical understanding of policy processes and appraise the success and failure of policy and the reasons thereof.
Critical role players in public policy processes are identified, and their effectiveness is evaluated.
In this course, students are introduced to monitoring and evaluation, which involves using qualitative and quantitative methods in policy analysis.
The advanced course further enables students to be involved in critical comparative public policy and regime thinking. Adding cost-benefit analysis to this program enables students to assess and anticipate the costs of a new policy, programme, and project.
Students with relevant NQF level 5 qualifications will be eligible to be admitted to this unit standard. Those without this level will be admitted if they have relevant experience.
Course enrolment fee R20 000.00
Enrolment fee per module R4 000.00
Duration 6 months
Modules
