Chartered Accountant Bursaries 2025

Are you a South African student passionate about numbers and finance? Do you aspire to become a Chartered Accountant (CA)? Let’s break down the journey to this esteemed title.

What is a Chartered Accountant?

A CA is an experienced Accountant with advanced expertise. They offer financial guidance, conduct audits, and ensure secure financial record-keeping.

Responsibilities of Chartered Accountant

• Taxation
• Auditing
• Financial reporting
• Corporate finance
• Forensic Accounting
• Insolvency
• Business recovery
• Accounting processes and systems

Career Path

To become a CA, you need:

• Excellent Matric marks in Maths and Accounting
• A SAICA-recognized university degree
• Completion of a Certificate in Theory of Accounting (CTA)
• A training contract with a registered office
• Passing the Initial Test of Competence (ITC) and Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) exams
• 18 months of training contract experience

Bursary Opportunities

A2A Kopano Inc. Bursary

Altech Bursary

Auditor-General Bursary

BDO South Africa Incorporated Bursary

City of Cape Town Bursary

Deloitte & Touche Bursary

Education Empowerment and Development Fund (EEDF) Bursary

EY Bursary

FEMEF Mike Ilsley Memorial Scholarship

Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Bursary

Ingquza Hill Local Municipality Bursary

Institute of Management Accounting and Strategy (IMAS) Bursary

ISFAP Postgraduate Bursary

iSimangaliso Wetland Park Bursary

KPMG Bursaries

Nestlés Future Talent Bursary

SAICA Thuthuka Bursary Fund

Samancor Chrome Bursary

Schoeman Coetzee Bursary

Shoprite Bursaries

SizweNtsalubaGobodo Bursary

SNG Grant Thornton Bursary

Tegkor/ Nelson Mandela University Bursary

WIPHOLD Bursary

Pursue your dream with these Chartered Accounting bursaries for 2025: