OET Venue information for Candidates
Venue Name High Stakes Assessment South Africa (HISTASSA)
Test Venue Address (if your test venue is not a permanent address please insert phone/email details for candidates)
Institute of Professional Legal Training (IPLT) and UKZN Extended Learning (UEL) Building, Innovation Centre, Gate 9,
Rick Turner Road, Berea, Durban, 4041, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
GPS co-ordinates
-29.867145,
30.976453
Venue contact prior to the test:
Phone: +27 74 1795 132 or +27 72 068 0398
Candidate Registration Time Open:
Email: [email protected]
08H30
Candidate Registration Time Close: 15 minutes prior to start of test.
Venue Map (if your test venue is not a permanent address please insert phone/email details for candidates)
Directions from King Shaka International Airport
King Shaka International Airport, King Shaka Dr, La Mercy, 4405
Get on N2 from M65 7 min (4.7 km)
Follow N2 to Solomon Mahlangu Dr/M7 in Durban. Take exit 161 from N2 20 min (32.7 km)
Take Bellair Rd/M10 to Rick Turner Rd in Berea 6 min (4.0 km)
UKZN Extended Learning Gate 9, Rick Turner Road, Berea, 4041
33 minutes/41km
Directions from Durban Central Bus Depot
Head east on Dr A B Xuma St toward Soldiers Way 51 m
Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Soldiers Way 59 m
Sharp right onto Monty Naicker Rd 700 m
Continue onto N3 2.2 km
Take exit 3 toward Berea Road (S)/M13 350 m
Merge onto King Dinizulu Rd/King Dinuzulu Rd N 44 m
Keep left to stay on King Dinizulu Rd/King Dinuzulu Rd N 300 m
Continue onto Jan Smuts Hwy/King Cetshwayo Hwy 600 m
Turn left onto Bidston Rd 230 m
Slight right onto Owen Ave 20 m
Owen Ave turns slightly left and becomes Mary Thiphe St 1.9 km
Turn left onto Francois Rd 130 m
Turn left onto Rick Turner Rd Destination will be on the right
11min/7.5km
Directions from Pietermaritzburg, City Hall
Chief Albert Luthuli St, Pietermaritzburg, 3200
Get on N3 8 min (4.6 km)
Follow N3 to St James Ave in Westville. Take exit 13 from N3 37 min (62.3 km)
Take Harry Gwala Rd to Rick Turner Rd in Berea 9 min (5.5 km)
UKZN Extended Learning Gate 9, Rick Turner Road, Berea, 4041
55 min/72km
Parking
Ample safe parking (over 100 bays) is available at the venue.
Public Transport links
The venue is 41.4km from King Shaka International Airport and is served by a reliable fleet of metered taxis and Uber
vehicles.
The venue enjoys easy access to the major national highways (the N2 and the N3),
Other Information (food availability etc.)
A snack vending machine is available on site. Numerous fast food franchise stores (KFC, Steers, Fishaways,
Debonairs) is available a short distance away from the venue. There is a service station less than a kilometre away
that has a range of snacks and beverages.
A major shopping centre – the Pavilion – is less than 10 minutes (5.8km) away. The Queensmead shopping Centre is
5 minutes (2.9km) away.