Optimi Workplace joins 2025 HR Indaba as Silver partner

Sphumelele Khumalo 30 September 2025

Optimi Workplace has joined the 2025 HR Indaba as a Silver partner.

The innovative education and training brand joins a line-up of exhibitors set to showcase at the Sandton Convention Centre on 14 October 2025.

With over 27 years of experience, Optimi Workplace is South Africa's leading partner in workforce and community education. Optimi has consolidated its adult occupational education and training offerings under a single brand, namely College SA. They offer tailored learning solutions, including nationally recognised qualifications, short courses, and learnerships, to empower businesses and individuals.

Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with Optimi Workplace and other leading partners at the Indaba, where over 3000 HR professionals and industry leaders will gather for a day of learning, networking and fresh ideas and conversations. With 10 power-packed sessions led by top speakers and a vibrant expo floor, this is where conversations become strategies and strategies become action.

Sphumelele Khumalo

Sphumelele Khumalo is the senior writer for CHRO South Africa. With a background in health journalism, she brings a passion for storytelling and an interest in exploring the human side of every story, one word at a time. When she’s not meeting deadlines, you might find her experimenting in the kitchen, or chasing sunsets.

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