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<h2 class="p1" style="text-align: center;">WEBSITE TERMS OF USE AND PURCHASE</h2>
<h2 class="p2" style="text-align: center;">Last modified: 25 February 2021</h2>
 
Introduction
These terms of use govern your use of www.sicelo.co.za (the “Website”); by using the Website, you agree to these terms of use in full and they form part of your contract with us to provide the Website and related services to you. If you disagree with these terms of use or any part of these terms of use, please do not register, subscribe or use the Website.
 We make no guarantees in relation to placements at schools as part of registering and applying through our Website.
 You must be over the age of 13 years (or above the relevant age of consent in your country) to use the Website and any of our Products and or Services.
The official text is the English version of the Website. Any discrepancies or differences created in the translation to other languages are not binding and have no legal effect for any purpose. If any questions arise related to the accuracy of the information contained in the non-English versions of the Website, please refer to the English version of the Website which is the official version.
The Website uses cookies. By using the Website and agreeing to these terms of use, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy.
 Please note that these Terms and Conditions of Use and Purchase may be amended from time to time. Notification of any changes will be made by posting new terms onto the Website. In continuing to use the Website you confirm that you accept the then-current terms and conditions in full at the time you use the Website.
 
Registration You can access different areas of the Website without registering or subscribing, but if you wish to make use of the School Application service you are required to register with the Website.
 When you register with the Website we will ask you for certain personal information. Any personal information that you provide to us will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
 If you register with the Website you will be required to create a password. In order to prevent fraud, you must keep this password confidential and must not disclose it or share it with anyone. If you know or suspect that someone else knows your password you should notify us by contacting support@sicelo.co.za immediately.
 If we have reason to believe that there is likely to be a breach of security or misuse of the Website through your account or the use of your password, we may require you to change your password or we may suspend your account. Until you have changed your password or we have reactivated your account you may not be able to access certain parts of the Website.
 You agree that all personal information that you supply to us will be accurate, complete, and kept up to date at all times. We may use the information provided to us to contact you.
 You may not have more than one registration with the Website. We reserve the right at our discretion to delete or cancel the registration of any person who in our opinion possesses more than one profile at any time.
 We reserve the right to cancel any registration at any time and for any reason.
 
School Application You will be able to use the Website to (a) create a profile for your children and (2) apply for a placement at one or more schools. 
 
All requirements of information are based on School and Governmental rules and requirements. 
 
All applications are scored and managed according to the rules of the school you are applying to. 
 
We are not responsible nor do we manage these rules and requirements. 
 
If you want to apply to a specific school you will have to adhere to their application process, information 
required, evaluation rules, and placement process.
 
Placements accepted or rejected are at the sole discretion of the school and we have no involvement or influence over it. 
 
If you have any issue with any of the processes, rules, or requirements you will need to take it up directly with the school in question. 
 
If you accept or reject any school placement the agreement is between you and the School in question. 
 
School fees are agreed and settled directly between you and the School you received a placement in. We are in no way involved in facilitating or processing school fees. 
 
Placement decisions by schools are final. 
 
 
Service Payment
We have a platform service charge fee of R85.00 (excl. VAT) per student application submitted to a school. 
 
This is NOT a school placement fee. It is a service fee for making use of our online platform, which processes and facilitates the application & communication between parents and schools. 
 
None of these platform fees are paid to any school. 
 
The service fee does not guarantee any placement in any way. 
 
 
Refunds Policy A refund will only be valid if you cancel your submitted application within 48 hours. 
 
The refund will be credited to your source bank account.
 
We charge R12.50 for administration per Refund.
 
Acceptable Use You must not use the Website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
You must not use the Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software.
You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including, without limitation, scraping, data mining, data extraction, and data harvesting) on or in relation to the Website without our express written consent. You must not infringe the rights in any digital Products that are sold through the Website.
You must not use the Website to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications.
You must not use the Website for any purposes related to marketing, excluding Product reviews, without our express written consent. You are solely responsible for any content that you publish on the Website or communicate to other users. You will not post on the Website, or transmit to other users:
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<li class="li5">Anything inaccurate, defamatory, abusive, obscene, offensive, profane, sexually-oriented, threatening, harassing, or racially offensive;</li>
<li class="li5">Anything that promotes any false or misleading information to users</li>
<li class="li5">Anything which involves or encourages illegal activities; or</li>
<li class="li5">Anything that solicits passwords or other confidential information.</li>
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You agree that you shall not:
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<li class="li5">Bully, intimidate or harass any of the users of the Website.</li>
<li class="li5">Do anything to disable or impair the proper working of the Website.</li>
<li class="li5">Do anything to suggest, express, or implied, that statements made by you are endorsed by us.</li>
<li class="li5">Impersonate any other person in any profile whether or not that other person is a user of the Website.</li>
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User-Generated Content We may offer opportunities for users to post content to our Website (“Content”), e.g. in the form of discussion posts, comments, or private messages.
We may remove Content from the Website or edit it for any reason but in particular, content that does not comply with our standards may be removed.
By publishing any Content on the Website you confirm that:
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<li class="li5">you are the author of the Content;</li>
<li class="li5">you own all of the intellectual property rights in the Content (unless the Content consists merely of information)</li>
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Any Content that you publish on the Website will be your personal responsibility. You will be personally liable for all claims relating to defamation, breach of intellectual property, privacy or any other claim arising from your Content.
You agree to indemnify us in relation to any liability we may suffer as a result of any claims relating to defamation, breach of intellectual property, privacy or any other claim arising from your Content.
By submitting Content, you grant us a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, unrestricted license to reproduce, perform, prepare derivative works, distribute copies or publicly display Content in any medium and for any purpose (including commercial purposes), and also to authorize others to do so.
You agree that you will not publish any offensive, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, fraudulent, or illegal Content. In particular, you agree not to publish (or otherwise use the Website to distribute) any Content which:
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<li class="li5">promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;</li>
<li class="li5">harasses any person or advocates harassment of any person;</li>
<li class="li5">displays or promotes pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind;</li>
<li class="li5">is illegal, infringes intellectual property rights, defames any person, breaches confidentiality, or promotes any illegal activities;</li>
<li class="li5">promotes illegal or unauthorized copying of another person’s copyright work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;</li>
<li class="li5">provides instructional information about illegal activities, such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone else’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;</li>
<li class="li5">contains or is subject to restricted or password-only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to from another accessible page);</li>
<li class="li5">solicits passwords or personally identifying information from other users for commercial or unlawful purposes;</li>
<li class="li5">involves the transmission of “junk mail”, “chain letters” or unsolicited mass mailing or “spamming”;</li>
<li class="li5">promotes information that you know to be false or misleading;</li>
<li class="li5">contains personal information e.g. names or contact details; or</li>
<li class="li5">engages in commercial activities and/or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes.</li>
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We reserve the right to remove any Content from the Website at any time and for any reason. If you contribute to the translations of our Website or Products by using our translation tool, the following terms will also apply:
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<li class="li5">You agree that by submitting translations of our Website, Services, or Products, you assign all your rights in them to us. To the extent such rights are incapable of being assigned, you grant an irrevocable, exclusive, fully paid-up, worldwide license to us to use such rights.</li>
<li class="li5">You understand that we may or may not use your translations without any obligation to compensate you in any form. We will, however, do our best to list all major contributors in a special section of our website, if they fit our criteria and agree to be listed.</li>
<li class="li5">You agree to only make translation suggestions where, to the best of your knowledge and belief, you are confident you can offer an accurate translation. We reserve the right at our discretion to delete suggestions we believe are inappropriate.</li>
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Unsolicited Idea Submissions We do not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including but not limited to creative proposals, ideas for new, enhanced or improved products, technologies or services, marketing campaigns, promotions, processes, materials, artwork, plans, strategies, theories, or product names. Please do not submit any unsolicited ideas, articles, original creative artwork, suggestions, or other works in any form to us.
 The sole purpose of this section is to simply avoid potential disputes when our products, website content, or business strategies might seem similar to unsolicited ideas submitted to us. If, despite our request that you do not send us any ideas or suggestions, you still choose to submit them, then regardless of what your letter, comment, e-mail or any other form of communication says, you agree and understand that the following terms will apply to your submissions:
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<li class="li5">your submissions will automatically become our sole property, without any compensation to you, and we will have no obligation of any kind to you or anyone else with respect to your submissions;</li>
<li class="li5">we will be free to use or redistribute the submissions in any way and for any purpose, including but not limited to developing, acquiring, or advertising products or services competitive with those mentioned by you;</li>
<li class="li5">there will be no obligation for us to review your submissions or develop your ideas;</li>
<li class="li5">no confidential relationship or obligation of secrecy will be created between you and us by your submission and its consideration by us – everything you submit shall be deemed to be non-confidential and non-proprietary. We shall be free to use any information you submit on an unrestricted basis, whether or not we were working on similar ideas, products, or technology prior to receiving your submission.</li>
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We do welcome your feedback – if you want to send it to us, please use the contact information found at www.sicelo.co.za. However, please do not include any ideas that this policy will not permit us to accept or consider.
 
Limited Warranties We do not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the information published on this Website or in any of the Products or Services that we may sell to you nor do we commit to ensuring that the Website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date. The Website is provided on an ‘as is’ basis and we reserve the right to suspend the Website and our provision of any services at any time without notice.
 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to this Website and the use of this Website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law in respect of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose, and/or the use of reasonable care and skill). Where you use the Website or the Products & Services you confirm that you are solely responsible for any actions or decisions made as a result of such use. 
 
Limitations and Exclusions of Liability Nothing in these terms of use will: (a) limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence; (b) limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law, or (d) exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
 The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section and elsewhere in these terms of use: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under these terms of use or in relation to the subject matter of these terms of use, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.
 We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to industrial action, labor shortage, failure of our suppliers, natural disaster, transport disruption or failure, legislative or governmental intervention, or any other cause beyond our reasonable control (“Force Majeure”).
 We will not be liable to you in respect of any emotional or mental distress in connection with using our Products & Services. 
 We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database, or software.
 We will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage. Any decisions made or actions taken by a school on the basis of information provided on or via the Website are at your sole discretion and risk.
 In the event that you have a dispute with any other user arising from their use of the Website, you agree to pursue such claim or action independently of us, and you release us from all claims, liability, and damages arising from any such dispute.
 
Indemnity You hereby indemnify us and undertake to keep us indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, legal expenses and any amounts paid by us to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute on the advice of our legal advisers) incurred or suffered by us on a full indemnity basis arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these terms of use, or arising out of any claim that you have breached any provision of these terms of use.
 
Breaches of These Terms of Use Without prejudice to our other rights under these terms of use, if you breach these terms of use in any way, we may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the breach, including suspending your access to the Website, prohibiting you from accessing the Website, blocking computers using your IP address from accessing the Website, contacting your internet service provider to request that they block your access to the Website and/or bringing court proceedings against you.
 
Variation We may revise these terms of use from time to time. Revised terms of use will apply to the use of the Website from the date of publication of the revised terms of use on the Website.
 
Assignment We may transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under these terms of use without notifying you or obtaining your consent.
 You may not transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations under these terms of use.
 
Severability If a provision of these terms of use is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.
 
Exclusion of Third Party Rights These terms of use are for the benefit of you and us, and are not intended to benefit any third party or be enforceable by any third party. The exercise of our and your rights in relation to these terms of use is not subject to the consent of any third party.
 
Entire Agreement These terms of use, together with our privacy and refunds and cancellation policies, constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of the Website and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of the Website.
 
Law and Jurisdiction These terms of use will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes relating to these terms of use will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of South Africa.
 
Our Details If you have any concerns or complaints you can contact us by email at support@sicelo.co.za