Professional Coaching Course
A transformative, thorough and rigorous coaching certification programme

A transformative year-long certification course that is designed to maximize learning and development in a coaching context using proven methodology.
The Professional Coaching Course (PCC) is designed in collaboration with one of the leading coaching schools in the United States – New Ventures West (NVW). The course is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited course and is being run in partnership by the Centre for Coaching, (based at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business) and NVW.
The year-long PCC is part of the 18-month programme offered by the Centre for Coaching that is made up of two courses targeted at different levels. The six-month course (CfD) can be completed separately and offers a stand-alone qualification; however, CfD and PCC are designed to work together as a unit over an 18-month period with ‘soak in’ time between each programme to allow information to be absorbed and practiced.
It is important to emphasize that using our state-of-the art, groundbreaking, virtual face-to-face teaching approach means that we are able to give this PCC programme the same depth, experience and level of engagement that we do with our physical face-to-face programmes.
Prerequisite: before being accepted into the Professional Coaching Course (PCC), applicants must have completed the Coaching for Development (CfD) course
Under the auspices of our learning partner, New Venture West, the PCC is accredited by the ICF (International Coaching Federation) as a Level 2 course for 196 hours of coach-specific training.
Get in shape to Coach: Way of Being
Theory & Methodology
Practice: Guest Clients & Coaches
Certification & Completion
CfD + PCC equates to 286 hours of coach specific training. This fulfils the ICF coach training hour requirements for MCC (Master Certified Coach)
When you enroll in the PCC, you join a group of professionals who study, learn, and coach together for an entire year and quickly form a supportive learning community. The curriculum blends a rigorous course of study with hands-on practice and attention to participant’s own individual development.
Prerequisite: before being accepted into the Professional Coaching Course (PCC), applicants must have completed the Coaching for Development (CfD) course
Learning to coach is not something we can do alone. Throughout the year, you receive support from the staff at the Centre for Coaching, the PCC faculty and your classmates in several ways:
These fees include all Live-Virtual modules, books, materials, pod meetings, coaching sessions, and certification.
ZAR 139,000 ex VAT ( ZAR 159,850 incl VAT)
Academic Director BA PDM (HR)
LRSM MBA MCC
Janine Ahlers is a Master Certified Integral Coach and Director of the Centre for Coaching Consulting (Europe, Africa and Middle East), a global leadership consultancy and executive coaching practice, as well as Director of the Centre for Coaching, a centre for excellence situated at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (GSB). She also holds the position of Senior Lecturer at UCT, where she lectures in Coaching and Leadership Development to MBA and Executive Education students. She has delivered and published research papers, as well as having published book chapters and articles on the topic of coaching in leadership development.
Nothemba Mxenge is a PCC certified Integral Coach® through USA-based New Ventures West and the UCT Graduate School of Business’ Centre for Coaching. She is also a qualified Results Coaching System Coach, a Multiple Brain Integration Coach and a certified Enneagram Practitioner.
Nothemba has over 2,500 hours of coaching various corporate clients, from directors and senior executives to first-line managers. Her corporate coaching has focused on leadership development, culture transformation, managing team dynamics and conflict, managing diversity, etc.
You are required to be present for all days of all modules to certify. Please make sure you are available for the full days and evenings for each of these modules, as there are assignments to do within each module. The work is intensive and requires your full attention. We use the Zoom platform, and you will need a reliable and high-speed internet connection.
4 Days:
Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 October 2025
4 Days:
Tuesday 10 – Friday 13 February 2026
4 Days:
Tuesday 09 – Friday 12 June 2026
4 Days:
Tuesday 27 – Friday 30 October 2026
If you are interested in the Professional Coaching Course, please complete the enquiry form below or email us at info@centreforcoaching.co.za for more information. You can contact our Programme Manager, Ray Adams at +27 (0) 21 007 0564