The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is inviting students to apply for their External Bursary Programme, for the 2024 academic year.
Bursaries will be awarded to students residing in Gqeberha, Kariega and Despatch, for studies within the following fields (which have been identified as scarce and critical skills by the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA)):
- Bachelor of Arts General
- Bachelor of Law
- Business Administration (Masters)
- Business Administration (Postgraduate Diploma)
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree)
- Computer Science (Bachelor’s Degree)
- Development Finance (Postgraduate Diploma)
- Electrical Engineering (National Diploma)
- Electrical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree)
- Graphic Design (Bachelors Degree)
- Horticulture (National Diploma)
- Human Resource Management (Advanced Diploma)
- Human Settlement Management (Bachelor of Administration)
- Internal Auditing (Bachelors Degree)
- Journalism (Diploma)
- Marketing (Bachelor of Business Administration)
- Mechatronics (Bachelors Degree)
- Public Administration (Postgraduate Diploma)
- Safety Management (National Diploma)
- Visual Communication Design (Bachelor of Arts)
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NELSON MANDELA BAY MUNICIPALITY BURSARY
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 Gqeberha, Kariega and Despatch, in the Eastern Cape Province
- You must have completed Matric
- You must be studying or intend on studying full-time, towards one of the qualifications listed above, in 2024
- You must have been accepted to study at a recognised and accredited public university in South Africa
- You must have achieved a minimum academic average of 60% in the 2023 academic year
- You must have achieved a minimum academic average of 60% for the required subjects aligned with the qualification that you are studying towards, among the above listed
- You must be unemployed
- You must have a proven financial need (evidence will be required from shortlisted applicants)
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE THE NELSON MANDELA BAY MUNICIPALITY BURSARY
Download and complete the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Bursary Application Form 2024 (.pdf)