Chatsmed Candlelight Nursing School – Durban Campus Prospectus 2025/2026

 After your Qualification

After you qualify and register with the SANC, you can choose to work in any number of places, but if you want to study further, you can study a master’s degree or advanced diploma in nursing and you can register as an advanced practice nurse. There are two main categories of advanced practice nurses:

• Clinical nurse specialists: People who have in-depth and specialized qualifications who work closely and collaboratively with other medical practitioners.
• Advanced nurse practitioner: A person who works in primary care — health assessment and the diagnosis and treatment of ailments. In South Africa, advanced nurse practitioners are often referred to as primary health care nurses and they can work as midwives, psychiatric and pediatric nurses outside of the hospital environment.

SANC Annual Fees for 2025

The fees and fines payable to the South African Nursing Council are regulated by the Regulations regarding Fees and Fines Payable to the South African Nursing Council published by Government Notice No. R.170 of 8 March 2013 (as amended).

The amounts payable for the various fees is published by Notice in the Government Gazette – as and when the fee amounts are amended.  A list of the currently applicable notices can be found at the bottom of this web page.

The annual fees for the calendar year 2025 for different categories of practitioners are provided in the table below:

• REDUCTIONS IN ANNUAL FEES FOR AGE 60 AND OVER

The Council has resolved to introduce reduced fees for nurses 60 years of age and over as per the table below:

• 60 TO 64 YEARS OF AGE ON 1 JANUARY 2025 (25% REDUCTION)

• 65 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER ON 01 JANUARY 2025 (50% REDUCTION)

NB: To qualify for the discount amounts, practitioners may be required to submit a certified copy of their identity document in order to confirm their age.

Notes:

• The annual fees for 2025 must be received by the SANC on or before 31 December 2024.
• The amounts in the tables above all include 15% VAT.
• The amounts are rounded to the nearest R10.00

The information below applies to all other payments to SANC, and specifically with making payments into SANC’s bank account.  SANC encourages all clients to make use of its reference deposit bank account for all payments as the most cost and time effective method of making such payments.

How can the  SANC Annual Fee be paid?

A reminder is usually sent out to each registered person towards the end of each year.  The reminder gives full details of how to pay the annual fee for the following year.  The reminder also contains a convenient First National Bank deposit slip that has some of the persons details already filled in.

Council recommends that you pay the annual fee using the First National Bank deposit slip.  For most people, it will be the most convenient way of paying the fee.

WARNING: Do not pay at the bank if your personal details or postal address must be changed – the system is so quick that your Annual Practising Certificate will be issued showing the old details or postal address.

If you have received a reminder, carefully follow the instructions printed on it and also read the important notes section. This will ensure that your payment is processed without undue delay.

The information in the following sections will assist you if you do not receive a reminder.

Important Notes when Paying the Annual Fee

Please take note of the following important points to avoid delays in the processing of payments:

• DO indicate your Council reference number, payment type code ‘ANLFEES’ and full names when making payments to the Council.
•  DO pay the correct amount depending on your category – not more or less – unless you have been requested to pay only part of the amount by the Council.
• DO make sure that all electronic or other payments are made into the South African Nursing Council bank account.
•  DO keep your bank deposit slip in case of queries.
• DO NOT fax or post your proof of payment to the Council – unless you are requested to do so.
• DO NOT pay at the bank if your personal details or address must be changed – in this case, post your remittance to Council.

Paying the Annual Fee at any First National Bank

This is the recommended way of paying the annual fee.

1. Fill in and sign an Account Deposit Slip.  Use the Council’s bank details shown below.
2. Write your Council reference number (8-digit number starting with a ‘1’) in the Reference block on the form followed immediately (no space) by the annual fees payment code ‘ANLFEES‘.
3. Hand both copies of the deposit slip plus your payment (cash) to the teller.  You do not need the exact amount – the teller will give you change if necessary.
4. Keep your copy of the deposit slip safe in case of queries.
5. Allow 4 weeks for your Annual Practising Certificate to reach you by post.

Paying the Annual Fee by Debit Order

Regrettably, South African Nursing Council has stopped making use of Debit Orders as a method of paying the Annual Fee.  The reasons for this is that very few nurses were making use of the facility and it was therefore very expensive to run.  In addition, because the debit orders were only taken off bank accounts once each year, there was a particularly high rate of rejected debit orders – with the associated difficulty in resolving the payment with the nurse before his/her name was removed from the register.

Paying the Annual Fee by Post

Use this method if you need to change your personal details, postal address, etc.

1. Post your payment (bank guaranteed cheque) to the Council together with a short note indicating who the payment is from.
2. You should at least indicate your Council reference number and full names.  Also indicate your identity number if possible and a telephone number where you can be contacted in case of queries.
3. You can also download a remittance advice from this website that will make sure that you do not leave out any important information. (remittance advice in PDF format)
4. Allow 6 weeks for your Annual Practising Certificate to reach you by post.
5. Please DO NOT send cash through the post.  Council will not accept any responsibility for cash which goes missing in the postal system.
6. Please do not send payment by Postal Orders.  Council no longer accepts payments by means of Postal Orders.

Paying the Annual Fee at the Council Offices

WARNING: Use this method only if you need your Annual Practising Certificate in a great hurry as the queues can sometimes be very long!

1. Hand your old Annual Practising Certificate (or other document bearing your Council reference number) or your identity document together with your payment (bank guaranteed cheque or credit card) to the cashier.
2. If your registration is up-to-date, your Annual Practising Certificate will be handed to you immediately.
3. Please note that Council will NOT ACCEPT CASH as a method of payment at the counter.  You will be asked to pay the cash into FNB (First National Bank) instead.

Paying the Annual Fee Electronically

You are welcome to pay by Internet/telephone banking, etc.  Be warned that payment must be received in the Council bank account before or on the due date and Council will NOT consider any relaxation of this requirement.  In this regard, please take note of the rules of your banking institution regarding the effective date on which payment will be made to the beneficiary (SA Nursing Council).  (You have agreed to these rules in your undertaking with your banking institution.)

1. Use the Council banking details shown below.
2. You must ensure that the Council can positively identify who the payment is from.  Make sure that the details that will be printed in the Council’s bank statement contain your 8-digit Council reference number followed immediately by the annual fees payment type code “ANLFEES“.  Check that this information is correct!  It is not necessary to add any other information such as “Ref.”, “SANC”, etc. – this sometimes hides the important information because some of the banks cut off information that is too long.  Companies are warned that their banking systems often only print the company name (by default) in Council’s bank statement and Council received no other information to identify the nurse for whom the payment is made.  The following example is given to show the format required.  You should substitute your own details where necessary.  Example:

11111111ANLFEES

1. Allow 4 weeks for your annual receipt and licence to practise to reach you by post.
2. Council staff cannot help you with queries regarding your bank’s electronic systems – please refer your queries to your bank. (Standard Bank Internet banking clients – please see the notes in the following section).

For more information, inquiries and breakdown of fee options, Visit https://www.sanc.co.za/fees-and-fines/

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