Bushbuckridge Local Municipality Bursaries 2023 – For details about eligibility, requirements, available positions, application procedure – how to apply, application form PDF download, interview questions/schedules, etc.
Are you looking for Bursary programmes in South Africa? Do you have the basic requirements to apply for Bursary programmes? If yes, you are welcome to this page.
This page contains information about the latest Bursaries programmes at the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality for 2023/2024 and how to apply.
A bursary is a monetary award made by any educational institution or funding authority to individuals or groups. It is usually awarded to enable a student to attend school, university or college when they might not be able to, otherwise. Some awards are aimed at encouraging specific groups or individuals into study.
The Bushbuckridge Local Municipality invites applications from student to apply for Bursary Programme 2023 academic year.
Bursary Application Closing Date: 28 January 2023
Bursaries will be awarded to students residing within the Bushbuckridge area, for studies within the following scarce skills fields:
- Accounting
- Agricultural Studies
- Architecture
- Auditing
- Chemistry
- Communication and Marketing
- Computer Science
- Development Studies
- Economics
- Engineering
- Financial Management
- Information Technology (IT)
- Law Studies
- Public Management
- Quantity Surveying
- Social Science
- Statistics
- Tourism Management
- Urban and Regional Planning/ Town Planning
- Water and Wastewater Management
- Youth in Development
- other Management studies
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 1 month of the closing date – if you do not receive any feedback, please regard your application as unsuccessful.
Requirements
Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying (please note that failure to satisfy all the requirements will lead to your application not being considered):
- You must be a South African citizen
- You must reside within Bushbuckridge Local Municipality area, in Mpumalanga
- You must have completed Matric
- You must be entering your 1st year of full-time study, within one of the fields listed above, in 2023 (students who are already studying will not be funded)
- You must be accepted to study at an accredited higher education institution in South Africa
- You must be from a disadvantaged and indigent family
- You must be in financial need
How to apply
Application forms can be collected from the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality.
Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your completed application form (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application may be disqualified):
- ID document or birth certificate (certified copy)
- Matric certificate/ statement (certified copy)
- Proof of acceptance at a higher education institution (on institutions letterhead)
- Proof of indigent status/ parents or guardians proof of household income (latest payslips if employed, affidavit if unemployed, pension receipt if receiving pension, death certificate if deceased, letter from a social worker if orphaned)
- Proof of residence
- Proof of disability from a registered medical doctor/ hospital/ clinic, if disabled
Applications must be submitted in either of the following ways:
– Post:
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
Private Bag X 9308
Bushbuckridge
1280– Delivery:
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
R533 Graskop Road
Opposite Mapulaneng DLTC
Bushbuckridge
1280Note: applications received via email or fax will NOT be accepted.
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