CHS Developments Bursary 2027: How to Apply

Key facts

Status: No current round published Last closed 12 January 2027
Provider: CHS Developments
Field of study: Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction, Construction and Building
Academic year: 2022
Last checked: September 2026

CHS has used a 12 January closing date each year, but the last widely published call was for the 2022 academic year and no 2027 advert had appeared when we checked.

Written by Keagan HendricksStaff Writer (Unisa Alumnus)

Reviewed & verified by Naledi KhumaloSenior Admissions and Bursaries EditorVerified

CHS Developments is a broad-based BEE infrastructure and construction company based in Durban North, KwaZulu-Natal. Its bursary funds students in construction management, civil engineering and quantity surveying, gives them holiday work on its projects and expects them to join the company after graduating, which makes it a small but direct route into the KZN construction industry.

About the CHS Developments Bursary

Fields: construction management, civil engineering and quantity surveying.
Covers registration fees, tuition fees and prescribed textbooks.
Includes holiday work at CHS and employment with the company after graduation.
Institutions: accredited South African universities, universities of technology and colleges, preferably in KwaZulu-Natal.

CHS Developments Bursary eligibility requirements

South African citizen, in Matric or with Matric.
Studying, or accepted, full-time in a listed field.
Willing to work for CHS during holidays and after completing studies.
Preference for underprivileged applicants, students with disabilities and applicants aged 16 to 25.

How to apply for the CHS Developments Bursary

Email vuyol@chsdevelopments.co.za to confirm the round is open and request the application form.
Attach your ID or certified birth certificate, certified Matric certificate or current results, the institution’s acceptance letter, your latest tertiary results on letterhead, certified copies of other qualifications, your parents’ or guardians’ proof of income, proof of disability if applicable and proof of residential address.
Email the application with the subject line “Bursary Application”, or post it to PO Box 20284, Durban North, 4016, before 12 January.

CHS Developments Bursary closing date

12 January each year. Confirm that a 2027 round is running before applying.

Contact details

Vuyo Mbewa: 031 266 3405, vuyol@chsdevelopments.co.za
Post: PO Box 20284, Durban North, 4016

Construction students should also apply to the AECOM bursary (21 November 2026), the NHFC bursary and the funders on our construction bursaries list.

FAQs

1. When does the CHS Developments bursary close for 2027? +

CHS Developments has used a 12 January closing date each year; the last widely published call was for 2022. Email the company from November 2026 to confirm a 2027 round, which would close on 12 January 2027.

2. What is CHS Developments? +

A broad-based BEE infrastructure and construction company in Durban North, KwaZulu-Natal, that funds students in the built environment and employs them during holidays and after graduation.

3. Which fields? +

Construction management, civil engineering and quantity surveying, at accredited South African institutions, preferably in KwaZulu-Natal.

4. What does it cover? +

Registration fees, tuition and prescribed textbooks, with holiday work at the company.

5. Who qualifies? +

South African citizens in Matric or with Matric, studying or accepted full-time in a listed field, willing to work for CHS during holidays and after graduating. Preference goes to underprivileged applicants, students with disabilities and applicants aged 16 to 25.

6. How do I apply? +

Email the completed form and documents to vuyol@chsdevelopments.co.za with the subject line 'Bursary Application', or post them to PO Box 20284, Durban North, 4016.

Update note (checked September 2026): CHS Developments’ website does not mention a bursary or a closing date, and no 2027 call had been published when we checked. Source: chsdevelopments.co.za.

This round is not open right now. Check the provider’s own site for the next round.

Visit the provider’s website

Or send your application by email:

vuyol@chsdevelopments.co.za

Paper applications go to:

PO Box 20284, Durban North, 4016

About CHS Developments

Private company (infrastructure development and construction)

CHS Developments is a broad-based black economic empowerment infrastructure development company formed in 1997. CHS Developments is based in Durban North, KwaZulu-Natal, with additional operations in the Eastern Cape, and the company works on housing and infrastructure projects…

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Address: 9/11 University Road, Suite 14, Westville, Durban, 3630
Phone: 031 266 3405
Website: chsdevelopments.co.za

Student funding in numbers

2025811 011students funded by NSFAS580 000 at universities, 231 000 at TVET colleges, on a budget of R48.7 billion.

20261 026 091students approved for NSFAS funding609 403 first-year applicants qualified and 416 688 continuing students met the progression criteria, out of 893 847 applications.

2027 projectedR53.4bnbudgeted for NSFASThe allocation rises from R48.7 billion in 2025 to R51 billion in 2026 and R53.4 billion in 2027. Student numbers for 2027 are not published yet.

Figures from the Minister of Higher Education’s Budget Vote of 3 July 2025 and the NSFAS statement of 2 January 2026. NSFAS is the largest funder, not the only one – we track the rest.