These terms and conditions of website use (terms) apply to the use of www.propacademy.co.za (our site). By using the site, you agree to abide by these terms.sing our site, you agree to abide by these terms.
1. Information about us
a. www.propacademy.co.za is a site operated by Online Convenience trading as Prop Academy.
2. Information about you and your visits to our site
a. If we process any information about you, we will do so in accordance with our privacy policy.
3. Accessing our site
a. We may suspend, amend, or withdraw any service or content provided through our site without notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, our site is unavailable at any time for any period.
b. We may restrict access to some parts of our site, or our entire site, to users who have registered with us.
c. If you choose or are provided with a user name, password or any other security information, you must treat such information as confidential. We may disable any user name or password at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you are in breach of these terms.
4. Intellectual property rights
a. You may only use this site to browse the content, make legitimate purchases and shall not use this site for any other purposes, including without limitation, to make any speculative, false or fraudulent purchase. This site and the content provided in this site may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed. ‘Deep-linking’, ’embedding’ or using analogous technology is strictly prohibited. Unauthorized use of this site and/or the materials contained on this site may violate applicable copyright, trademark or other intellectual property laws or other laws.
b. You may print a copy and download extracts of any pages from our site for your personal reference, provide you acknowledged Prop Academy as the copyright owner of such material.
c. You must not use any content on our site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a written licence from us to do so.
d. PropAcademy reserves the right to re-schedule or cancel any sessions, although notice will be given in such cases. All material supplied for this course is the express property of Online Convenience cc t/a PropAcademy and may not be reproduced, shared or copied in any manner whatsoever.
5. Linking to our site
a. We welcome links to our website, provided you do not do so in a way that suggests any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists. Please contact [email protected].
b. Our site must not be framed on any other site.
6. Links from our site
a. Links from our site to third party websites are provided for your reference only. We have no control over the contents or availability of those websites, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
7. Our liability
a. The content shown on our site is provided on an ‘as is’ basis, without any representations, guarantees, or warranties – including warranties about the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose.
b. To the extent permitted by law, we (and all other members of our group) expressly exclude:
i. all conditions, warranties, and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law, or the law of equity;
ii. any liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, or inability to use, our site, including (without limitation) any liability for loss of: income or revenue; business; profit or contracts; anticipated savings; data; goodwill; wasted management or office time; and for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.
c. This provision does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation, or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
8. Viruses and hacking
a. You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing computer viruses or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to our site.
b. Breach of this provision may amount to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, and we may report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and co-operate with them.
c. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by any virus or other malicious or technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
9. Variations
a. We may revise these terms from time to time at our discretion. The terms posted on this page at the time of your use of our site shall apply.
10. Privacy Policy
a. We are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy applies to all the web pages related to this website. All the information gathered in the online forms on the website is used to personally identify users that subscribe to this service. The information will not be used for anything other than which is stated in the Terms & Conditions of use for this service. None of the information will be sold or made available to anyone.
b. The Site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. This information is used to help improve the Site, analyze trends, and administer the Site.
c. We may need to change this policy from time to time in order to address new issues and reflect changes on our site. We will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose that information to anyone. Please refer back to this policy regularly. If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please send us an E-mail.
d. By using this website, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes.
11. Order Processing
Order processing will not begin until we receive a confirmed order and full payment.
Credit Card
We accept MasterCard and Visa credit cards. If you do not have a credit card please utilise one of the other payment options, or simply log off and return to the site at a later time to complete your order. All of your order details will be saved online under in the Your Account section available for use whenever you’re ready!
EFT (Electronic Fund Transfer)
One of the most widely used ways of sending money online. Once you have added enough items to your shopping cart, proceed to “Checkout” and follow the order processing instructions. Select the option to pay via EFT. You will then have to load Online Convenience cc as a beneficiary on your internet banking and use the unique order number in the reference line for your payment. This should ensure speedy processing and delivery of your selected courses.
Direct Deposit
You may pay for your courses through a direct deposit. It’s exactly the same as doing an EFT payment, except you’ll have to go into your bank and physically make your direct deposit there. Please fax through your deposit slip to us on 086 681 7892 to ensure your payment is confirmed and order released as quickly as possible.
12. Refunds/returns Policy
Cancellation of any course will not be refunded once the course has been paid in full. Cancellation prior to release of the course will be considered only if written request is received within 5 days from date of payment. This will carry a 50% penalty or a charge of R 1,500.00 administration fee, whichever is greater.
13. Security Policy
Virtual Card Services process all credit card transactions. All credit card transactions are 128 bit Secure Socket Layers (SSL) encrypted. The company registration documents and the site’s registered domain name are checked and verified by Thawte, ensuring the cardholder and merchant that nobody can impersonate VCS to obtain confidential information.
a. Virtual Card Services is committed to providing secure online services. All encryption complies with international standards. Encryption is used to protect the transmission of personal information when completing online transactions. Virtual Card Services Internet servers are protected by firewalls and intrusion detection systems.
b. The Merchant does not have access to credit details.
c. Virtual Card Services continually reviews and enhances its security in line with technological changes.
14. Monitoring
We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor any activity and content associated with the Website. We may investigate any reported violation of these Conditions or complaints and take any action that we deem appropriate (which may include, but is not limited to, issuing warnings, suspending, terminating or attaching conditions to your access and/or removing any materials from the Website).
15. Law
The Conditions will be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of South Africa whose Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction in any dispute, save that we have the right, at our sole discretion, to commence and pursue proceedings in alternative jurisdictions.
16. Updating of these Terms and Conditions
We reserve the right to change, modify, add to or remove from portions or the whole of these Terms and Conditions from time to time. Changes to these Terms and Conditions will become effective upon such changes being posted to this Website. It is the User’s obligation to periodically check these Terms and Conditions at the Website for changes or updates. The User’s continued use of this Website following the posting of changes or updates will be considered notice of the User’s acceptance to abide by and be bound by these Terms and Conditions, including such changes or updates.
17. Consent by learner
I understand that all the designs and trademarks are registered to Online Convenience cc t/a PropAcademy and hereby accept the terms and conditions. I undertake not to copy/duplicate the trademarks and designs directly or indirectly in anyway and understand the legal implications thereof. Should I be found to be in violation of this agreement I understand that I will be held liable for all legal costs incurred by Online Convenience cc for any civil action or any legal action deemed necessary against me.
18. NQF Course Terms
- Study Program
- It is compulsory for a study program to be submitted once the course has been released to the learner
- Should the agreed dates of submission not be adhered to (and learner has not been granted an extension), PropAcademy reserves the right to de-enrol the learner without notice and will not be liable for any costs
- Request for extension of submission dates:
- Extensions are not granted by PropAcademy unless the reason is that of an emergency
- The learner cannot request an extension within one week of their agreed submission date
- Should an extension be granted;
- it will be solely at PropAcademy’s discretion
- the learner will be given maximum of one week extension per learning unit
- Should a learner require more than one week, motivation for this request must be submitted in writing. Should this extension be granted, a new study program must be submitted within 1 working day of the acceptance of extension
- Should the learner submit later than the agreed date, the learner may be fined R250 exc vat
- Results and feedback will not be issued to the learner until the late submission fee has been paid.
- Rework:
- A template will be supplied for the learner to type in his/her rework. The learner must use a separate template for each task
- Labelling needs to be done correctly e.g Task1 Activity2 Q2.1 (page numbers not needed)
- Rework must be returned within 5 working days of request
- Rework will be submitted via email as one PDF scan; originals are sent with the next learning unit submission
- Should the submitted rework be found to be incomplete, it will not be marked.
19. Cancellations
Cancellation of any course will not be refunded once the course has been paid in full. Cancellation prior to release of the course will be considered only if written request is received within 5 days from date of payment. This will carry a 50% penalty or a charge of R 1,500.00 administration fee, whichever is greater.
20. Contacting us
a. If you have any concerns about content which appears on our site, please contact [email protected].
