Department of Labour
Bursaries for the Disabled

Value
Tuition fees, residence fees, books and personal spending.

Duration
1 year renewable

Tenable
Any recognised university or university of technology in South Africa.

Who Can Apply
Undergraduate students with a disability, i.e. visual, hearing, physical or psychiatric. The studies must be conducive to an eventual career, and the graduate is expected to be able to work after completion of studies in their chosen field. The bursaries are limited and will be awarded to those students with financial need. Must be South African.

Closing Date: Not applicable

East Rand Youth Trust - FET college bursary
(Residents of Ekurhuleni only)

Value
Pays for full tuition and residence costs.

Duration
1 year renewable.

Tenable
Any recognised FET college in Gauteng.

Who Can Apply
Residents of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. In addition to excellent academic qualifications, the Trustees will be looking for some of the following qualities: leadership skills, sound personal conduct and community spirit. This bursary is aimed at previously disadvantaged individuals from a household with a monthly income of less than R3000 00.

Learners should already be registered at a recognized institution in Gauteng.

Closing Date: 31 October

FUNZA Lushaka Bursary Programme (DoE)

Value
Covers all essential expenses and varies with institution.

Duration
1 year renewable.

Tenable
Any recognised institution in South Africa.

Who Can Apply
South African citizens wanting or currently studying towards a Bachelor of Education (BEd), Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE); and BA, BSc, BCom and BTech degrees with majors suitable for admission to a PGCE programme, which the recipient of the bursary will agree to enter on graduation.

Service Contract: Recipients will be required to teach one year for every year for which they receive a bursary.

Closing Date: Check with individual institutions.

Provincial Administraion Western Cape (Clinical Psychology)

Value
Amount varies

Duration
1 year renewable

Tenable
Any institution which offers the following discipline in the Western Cape.

Who Can Apply
Students who are studying Clinical Psychology and are Honours and Masters students. SA citizens only who are permanently resident in the Western Cape.

Service Contract: After completion of studies, graduates will be required to work in the Public Service for a period which corresponds to the duration of the bursary.

Closing Date: 7 September - for return of forms.

Provincial Administraion Western Cape (Occupational Therapy )

Value
Amount varies.

Duration
1 year renewable.

Tenable
Any institution which offers the following discipline in the Western Cape.

Who Can Apply

Students who are studying BSc Occupational Therapy / B Occupational Therapy. Students must be in their FIRST YEAR of study and permanently resident in the Western Cape.

Service Contract: After completion of studies, graduates will be required to work in the Public Service for a period which corresponds to the duration of the bursary.

Closing Date: 7 September

Department of Agriculture

Tenable
Institutions offering Agriculture and Veterinary Science.

Who Can Apply
Grade 12 learners, unemployed graduates, students already at a tertiary institution.

Closing Date: 30 August

Free State: Department of Education

Value
R4 500 per annum full-time, R1 000 per annum part-time.

Duration
1 year renewable.

Tenable
Any South African institution, preferably in the Free State.

Who Can Apply
Students who are studying Teaching and who intend to pursue a career in the Free State. The bursary is renewed according to examination results which have to reach the Department before 31 July.

Service Contract: No

National Arts Council of SA

Value
Amount varies.

Duration
1 year renewable.

Tenable
Any South African university or university of technology offering this course, or internationally.

Who Can Apply
Postgraduate students who are studying Theatre, Drama, Dance Choreography, Music.

Please note: Institutions must apply to the NAC for registration; Block funding is available to institutions for undergraduate study; Postgraduate students must apply directly to the NAC in writing (see website for application forms); Undergraduate students must apply to their institutions for an NAC bursary.

Closing Date: 15 September for study in South Africa; 15 February for international study - both dates for return of forms.

National Arts Council of SA

Value
Amount varies.

Duration
1 year renewable.

Tenable
 Any South African university or university of technology , or internationally.

Who Can Apply
Postgraduate students who are studying Music: jazz, popular, enthno-musicology, indigenous, serious, choral.

Please note: Institutions must apply to the NAC for registration; Block funding is available to institutions for undergraduate study; Postgraduate students must apply directly to the NAC in writing (see website for application forms); Undergraduate students must apply to their institutions for an NAC bursary.

Service Contract: No

Closing Date: 15 September for study in South Africa;
15 February for international study - both dates for return of forms.

Western Cape: Department of Transport and Public Works

Value
Study fees, registration fees, examination fees, cost of prescribed study materials.

Duration
Available from, but not limited to, first year of study.

Tenable
Higher Education Institution in Western Cape.

Who Can Apply
Preference given to historically disadvantaged individuals and/or physically disabled.

Service Contract: Services must be at disposal of department during and upon completion of studies, formal agreement must be entered.

Closing Date: 5 October

South African National Council for the Blind bursary

Value

Maximum of R15 000 (tuition only).

Who Can Apply
This bursary is awarded annually to blind or partially sighted students for tertiary study in any suitable field. Medical proof of visual disability is required.

Closing Date: 30 September