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Alfred Nzo District Municipality serves the largely rural north-east of the Eastern Cape. Named after the anti-apartheid veteran Alfred Nzo, the district covers the Matatiele, Umzimvubu, Ntabankulu and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela local municipalities, with its administrative centre at Mount Ayliff.
- Registered name
- Alfred Nzo District Municipality
- Type
- Local government (district municipality)
- Fields funded
- Fields the district needs for service delivery and development
- Website
- andm.gov.za
- Phone
- +27 39 254 5000
What the district is doing now
Alfred Nzo District Municipality’s website shows a district focused on basic services and rural livelihoods. The district elected Councillor Tsileng Sobuthongo as Executive Mayor on 3 February 2026. Alfred Nzo invited livestock farmers to apply for its Livestock Improvement Programme for 2026/27, with a closing date of 18 September 2026, and the district is setting up a full customer care call centre to respond to residents.
The district also offers services such as driving licences, vehicle licence renewals and professional driving permit applications, and runs community development and environmental health services under the National Health Act and the Municipal Systems Act.
A late-cycle bursary
Alfred Nzo District Municipality runs its bursary later than most funders. The 2026 round closed on 6 February 2026, after matric results had been released. BursariesAfrica expects the 2027 advert around December 2026, with a closing date in January or February 2027, which suits matriculants who need their final results to apply.
How to research the Alfred Nzo bursary
Watch the district’s website and its offices in Mount Ayliff from December, and ask your local municipality in Matatiele, Umzimvubu, Ntabankulu or Winnie Madikizela-Mandela whether the district has displayed the advert. Email the district’s customer care address to ask which fields the district will fund, which institutions qualify, and whether bursars must work for the district after qualifying.
Prepare proof of residence before the advert appears. Rural applicants usually need a letter from a ward councillor or traditional authority, and those letters can take time to obtain during the December holidays.
Because the district’s bursary closes in February, students should also apply to national funders such as NSFAS well before then, so they are not left without funding if the district cannot help.
Students can also follow the district’s official communication channels, where Alfred Nzo posts adverts and notices, to learn about the bursary as soon as the district publishes it.
Eastern Cape students can compare other public funders on our Eastern Cape Government Bursaries page.
