Key facts
- Status
- No current round published Last closed 8 September 2023
- Provider
- Southern Farms
- Academic year
- 2027
- Last checked
- September 2026
No 2027 round had been published when we checked.
VerifiedSouthern Farms grows export table grapes and dates on the Orange River in the Northern Cape. Its bursary funds senior agriculture students from disadvantaged backgrounds and brings them to the farm for the harvest.
About the Southern Farms Bursary
- Fields: agricultural economics, production and management, food production systems, and plant and soil science.
- Covers registration, tuition, textbooks, accommodation and meals.
- December vacation work during the grape harvest.
Eligibility requirements
- South African citizen aged 19 to 25.
- From a previously disadvantaged group; preference for black students and people with disabilities.
- In second or third year of full-time agricultural studies.
- At an accredited South African institution.
How to apply
- Email the bursary contact to confirm a round is open and get the form.
- Attach certified copies of your ID, Matric certificate, academic records, fee statement and household income.
- Email it to enigma@southerncrossmm.co.za before the closing date.
Closing date
8 September in the last published round (2023). No 2027 date has been announced.
Contact details
- Bursary contact: 021 300 4121
- Email: enigma@southerncrossmm.co.za
Agriculture students should also see the Hortgro bursary, the Westfalia Fruit bursary and the ARC bursary.
FAQs
1. When does the Southern Farms bursary close for 2027? +
No 2027 round had been published when we checked. The last published round closed on 8 September 2023, so email the bursary contact to ask whether a round will run.
2. What is Southern Farms? +
An export table grape and date farm on the Orange River in the Northern Cape, founded in 1995 and part of the Southern Cross Management group.
3. Which fields? +
Agricultural economics, agricultural production and management, food production systems, and plant and soil science.
4. Who qualifies? +
South African citizens aged 19 to 25 from previously disadvantaged groups, in second or third year of full-time agricultural studies. Black students and people with disabilities get preference.
5. What does it cover? +
Registration and tuition fees, textbooks, accommodation and meal allowances, and other costs at the company's discretion.
6. What are the obligations? +
December vacation work during the grape harvest, and possibly working for Southern Farms for as long as you were funded.
Update note (checked September 2026): no 2027 round had been published when we checked. The last published round closed on 8 September 2023. Email the bursary contact at Southern Farms’ management company to ask whether a round will run. The details below are from the last published call.
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