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African Research Universities Alliance

The African Research Universities Alliance runs early-career research fellowships that place young African researchers at its centres of excellence for…

Closes 15 July 2026

Arup Education Trust Bursary 2027: How to Apply

Arup Education Trust

Arup is the global engineering and design consultancy behind buildings such as the Sydney Opera House and the Beijing Olympic…

ASLA

ASLA is a Stellenbosch-based construction and civil engineering group that builds roads, housing and infrastructure across the Western Cape. Its…

Closes 26 September 2025

Aspen Pharmacare

Aspen Pharmacare, the Durban-based pharmaceutical group listed on the JSE, runs a bursary programme in South Africa for a short…

Assmang Khumani Mine Bursary 2027: How to Apply

Assmang

Khumani is Assmang's iron ore mine near Kathu in the Northern Cape, one of the biggest iron ore operations in…

Closes 25 November 2024

Assmang Manganese Bursary 2027: How to Apply

Assmang

Assmang is the joint venture between African Rainbow Minerals and Assore that runs the Black Rock manganese mines near Kuruman,…

Closes 12 December 2025

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca, the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company, has funded final-year science students at the University of Johannesburg and Wits through a corporate…

Closes 15 January 2021

Astron Energy Bursary 2027: How to Apply

Astron Energy

Astron Energy owns the Cape Town refinery and the Caltex service station network, and it funds engineering students at the…

Closes 10 December 2025

Athlone Institute

The Athlone Institute Trust was founded in Paarl in 1926, when coloured students in the area had almost no access…

ATNS AIMO

Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) is the state-owned company that runs air traffic control across South Africa. Its Air…

Closes 28 February 2026

Atterbury Trust

Atterbury Trust, a Pretoria-based welfare organisation whose trustees include Atterbury Property chief executive Armond Boshoff, lends money to Afrikaans-speaking students…

Closes 30 September 2026

Auditor-General AGSA Bursary 2027: How to Apply

Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA)

The Auditor-General of South Africa audits every organ of state, from national departments to municipalities, and trains its own chartered…

Closes 15 October 2026

Aurora Wind Power Bursary 2027: How to Apply

Aurora Wind Power

Aurora Wind Power runs a wind farm on the West Coast of the Western Cape, and its bursary is part…

Closes 30 September 2026

AWS re/Start Cloud Training in South Africa

Amazon Web Services, delivered in South Africa by Praesignis

AWS re/Start is Amazon Web Services' free training programme for people who want to move into cloud computing jobs without…

AWS Skills Development

Amazon Web Services funds one of the most generous technology bursaries in South Africa. Administered by StudyTrust, it covers the…

Closes 30 September 2026

Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality

Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality in Limpopo, home to the Palabora copper mine and the gateway to the Kruger National Park, funds…

Closes 30 November 2021

Babette Taute Trust

The late Babette Taute left most of her estate to a trust for students of English at South African universities.…

Closes 20 November 2026

Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company supplying the oil, gas and wider energy industry. Its South African bursary…

Bank of Namibia

The Bank of Namibia, the country's central bank, funds Namibian students through the economics, data, finance and technology qualifications a…

Closes 30 October 2025

BankSETA CPUT Bursary 2027, Requirements & Application

BANKSETA

The Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BankSETA) funds students at public universities through its higher education funding window, and…

BANKSETA Disability Skills Programme (Cybersecurity)

BANKSETA (training provider Masithuthuke Holdings)

BANKSETA, the Banking Sector Education and Training Authority, ran a recruitment drive in July and August 2026 for young people…

Closes 6 August 2026

BankSETA Kuyasa Learnership 2027: How to Apply

BANKSETA

The Kuyasa learnership is BankSETA's route for unemployed IT graduates into the banking sector. Over a year it combines a…

BankSETA Letsema Learnership 2027: How to Apply

BANKSETA

The Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BankSETA) runs the Letsema learnership to bring unemployed Matriculants into banking. Learners spend…

Barberton Mines Bursary 2027: How to Apply

Barberton Mines

Barberton Mines works the Fairview, Sheba and New Consort gold mines in Mpumalanga, among the oldest gold workings anywhere in…

Closes 31 August 2026