• We, us, our means Cape Marine Academy (Pty) Ltd (registration number to be confirmed), trading as Cape Marine Academy.
• You means the person using the site or buying a course.
• Site means our website and any related pages and tools.
• Course means any online training, guide, or content we make available.
• Services means the site, the courses, and any coaching or preparation support we offer.

By using the site, creating an account, or buying a course, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy and Refund Policy, which form part of this agreement. If you do not agree, please do not use the services. If you are using the services on behalf of someone else, you confirm you are allowed to bind them to these terms.

Cape Marine Academy is a cruise career preparation and guidance academy. To be completely clear about our role:

• We are not a recruitment agency and not an employer. We do not offer, arrange, or place you in any job.
• We are not an accredited STCW or maritime training provider. We do not issue STCW certificates, seafarer medicals, or any statutory certification. Those come only from accredited providers.
• We prepare you to apply with confidence, and we can help you understand and coordinate the steps. The certification itself is always issued by the accredited body, not by us.

We do not, and cannot, guarantee employment on any cruise line or with any employer. No course, coaching, or guide changes that. Anyone who guarantees you a cruise job in exchange for a fee is not legitimate. Legitimate cruise lines pay you a salary. You never pay them, or anyone, for a job. Any decision to hire is made by the employer alone, on their own criteria.

• You must give accurate details and keep your login credentials confidential.
• Your account and course access are personal to you. You may not share, transfer, or resell them.
• You are responsible for activity under your account. Tell us at once if you think it has been used without your permission.

• When your payment clears, you get access to the course through your account, for the access period stated on the course, or for as long as we offer it where lifetime access is stated.
• We may update, improve, or reorganise course content to keep it accurate and useful.
• We may occasionally need to suspend the service for maintenance or reasons beyond our control. We will keep any disruption as short as we reasonably can.

All course content, text, video, graphics, our name, and our branding are owned by Cape Marine Academy or our licensors, and are protected by the Copyright Act and other laws. Buying a course does not transfer ownership to you.

We grant you a personal, limited, non transferable licence to access and view the content you paid for, for your own learning. You may not:

• copy, record, download beyond what the site allows, or reproduce the content,
• share, resell, sublicense, broadcast, or make it public,
• use it to build a competing product or training, or remove any notice of ownership.

If you believe content on the site infringes your rights, email hello@capemarineacademy.co.za and we will investigate and act promptly.

• Prices are shown in South African Rand and, unless stated otherwise, include VAT where it applies.
• Payments are processed securely by our payment providers, PayFast and, for instalments, PayJustNow. Their terms also apply to your payment, and any instalment arrangement is between you and that provider.
• We may change prices at any time, but a change never affects a purchase you have already completed.
• Refunds are governed by our Refund Policy.

You agree not to:

• access content you have not paid for, or try to get around our security or access controls,
• share your account or distribute our content,
• upload anything unlawful, harmful, or misleading, or disrupt the site,
• use the services to break any law or infringe anyone’s rights.

We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, and where the breach is serious we may do so without a refund and pursue any remedy the law allows.

We provide the services with reasonable care and skill. Beyond that, and to the fullest extent the law allows, the services are provided as they are. We do not warrant that the content is complete for your particular situation, that the site will be uninterrupted or error free, or that following a course will lead to any specific outcome such as a job offer, a visa, or a recruiter’s decision. Information on the site is general guidance, not legal, financial, immigration, or medical advice.

Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot be limited by law, including your rights under the Consumer Protection Act, or liability for death or personal injury caused by our gross negligence.

Subject to that, and to the fullest extent the law allows:

• we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of earnings, lost opportunity, or loss of data,
• we are not liable for outcomes outside our control, including visa or medical decisions, recruiter or employer choices, or the acts of any third party, and
• our total liability to you for any claim connected to the services is limited to the amount you paid us for the course or service the claim relates to.

You agree to cover us for any reasonable loss or claim that arises from your breach of these terms, your misuse of the services, or your infringement of someone else’s rights. This does not apply to the extent the loss is caused by us.

The site may link to accredited training providers, payment providers, or other third parties. We do not control them and are not responsible for their content, services, or terms. Any dealing you have with them is between you and them.

You may stop using the services at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you breach these terms, if we are required to by law, or if we stop offering a service. Where we end access without cause, and you have an unused paid course, our Refund Policy sets out what happens. Terms that are meant to survive, such as intellectual property, liability, and governing law, continue to apply.

These terms are governed by the law of the Republic of South Africa. If something goes wrong, we would like the chance to sort it out with you first, so please contact us before anything else.

If we cannot resolve it directly, the dispute may be referred to mediation, or to the appropriate South African forum, which may include the National Consumer Commission or a Small Claims Court where it has jurisdiction. You submit to the jurisdiction of the South African courts. Nothing here takes away a right you have under the Consumer Protection Act.

• If any part of these terms is found to be invalid, the rest stays in force.
• If we do not enforce a term straight away, that does not mean we give up the right to enforce it later.
• These terms are the whole agreement between us about the services.
• We may update these terms. The current version, with its date, always applies and lives on this page. For significant changes, we will notify account holders.