Thebe Foundation is accepting applications for Dr EJ Mabuza Bursary / Scholarship 2024 academic year.
Closing date: 17 November 2023
Thebe Foundation Bursary 2024
ABOUT THE COMPANY
To enhance Thebe’s community programmes, the Thebe Foundation was established as an independent trust in February 2011 to drive Thebe’s corporate social investment strategy. The Foundation forges partnerships between Thebe, its subsidiaries and economically-marginalised communities, in order to reshape them and ensure a more prosperous and humane future.
The Thebe Foundation programmes, which enables the group to contribute to socio-economic transformation in our communities, focus primarily on education and enterprise and supplier development (ESD).
Leveraging the collective goodwill, development commitment, business capacity, and skills of the Thebe Group of Companies and its associated partners, we are able to formulate and carry out transformative and impactful interventions.
See also: Cipla Bursary Program (CBP) 2024
True to the African idiom, “No matter how far a stream flows, it never forgets its source,” Thebe remains focused on its primary reason for existence: TO BUILD COMMUNITIES.
WHO CAN APPLY
- Applicants must be under 35 years of age.
- Applicants must be South African citizens.
- Applicants must be UNEMPLOYED and pursuing a FULL-TIME qualification (Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Degree/Honours. For master’s and PhD applicants the research topic will form part of selection criteria.
- Applicants must be pursuing their qualification-level for the first time (i.e., not repeating a degree, honours, etc)
- Good academic record with an average pass rate of 60% and above
- Household income below R600K per year.
- Black students (Africans, Coloureds and Indians)
- Applicants must be pursuing a qualification or intending to pursue a qualification at PUBLIC tertiary institution registered with DHET and SAQA. (This includes community colleges and Technical Vocational EducationTS)
- The bursary will be allocated to students who have enrolled in Bachelor or Diploma programs majoring in the following courses at Public Tertiary institutions:
- Accounting
- Corporate Finance,
- Finance
- Mining Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Agriculture
- Education/BEd – specialising with Mathematics and Technology
- Renewable energy
- Water and energy
- ICT
- Artisan Skills Programs e.g., Electricians, plumbing, mechanics, Solar voltaic service technicians, Millwright,
- Media Information and Communication programs
How to apply:
Please read these notes and instructions carefully before completing the form. Be sure to read every section and ensure that the information you provide is accurate.
- Applications that are incomplete and that include misrepresentations will immediately be disregarded.
- Please ensure that you attach ALL of the Required Documents
- Closing date for application type:
- Thebe Foundation Dr EJ Mabuza Scholarship 2024 closes: Friday, November 17, 2023 at 12 midday
- Bursary allocation year for application type:
- Thebe Foundation Dr EJ Mabuza Scholarship 2024 will be allocated for the 2024 academic year
- It is your responsibility to apply for entrance for your intended course and university and to ensure that you are able to meet the entrance requirements stipulated for your course.
- Please ensure that you complete all the sections of this application form.
- Please select the correct funding opportunity when completing your application.
- You will receive a confirmation e-mail once we have received your application.
- You will be advised if your application is unsuccessful. Only shortlisted applicants will be invited to interviews.
- Good Luck!
For applicants under the age of 18, to comply with POPI regulations a signed consent form completed by your parent/legal guardian along with a certified copy of their proof of identity is required.