(Bursary) City of Johannesburg Bursary South Africa 2025 New

October 4, 2024

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City of Johannesburg Bursary South Africa 2025

 

ABOUT THE BURSARY PROVIDER – CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality is separated into various departments and branches which manage the local governance of Johannesburg. The metropolitan municipalities services include: Emergency Services, ​Metro Police, ​Traffic Fines, ​Water and Sanitation, ​​Waste Management, Electricity, ​Public Transport: Metro Bus, ​E-Services​, Building Plans​, ​​Driver’s License and more.

The municipality covers a large area including 2 major urban centres – Midrand and Johannesburg, as well as 11 smaller urban centres, including Sandton; Melrose Arch; Randburg; Soweto; Rosebank; Killarney; Roodepoort; Sunninghill and Diepsloot.
 

ABOUT THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG BURSARY PROGRAMME – FIELDS COVERED

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) is inviting students to apply for their bursary programme, for the 2025 academic year.

200 bursaries will be awarded to students residing in Johannesburg, for undergraduate studies within the following fields:

  • Actuarial Science
  • Agricultural Sciences (All Fields)
  • Build Environment (Architecture, Construction, Inspectors)
  • Commerce
  • Community Services
  • Curatorial Studies
  • Emergency Management Services/ Disaster Management
  • Engineering (All Fields)
  • Environmental Management
  • Finance (All Fields)
  • Geo Information Science
  • Information Technology (All Fields)
  • International Relations and Protocol
  • Legal
  • Logistics
  • Marketing
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Municipal Governance
  • Nursing (All Fields)
  • Project Management
  • Public Relations & Administration
  • Quantity Surveying

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) is committed to providing training opportunities, by way of Financial Assistance (bursary funding) to youth residing in the Johannesburg community, in an effort to fulfil its socio-economic mandate.
 

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MORE ABOUT THE COJ BURSARY PROGRAMME – COVERAGE VALUE, RENEWAL & SELECTION

The bursary will provide cover for the following expenses: registration fees, tuition fees, prescribed textbooks and/or study material (up to a maximum amount of R40 000 per year).

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 6 weeks of the bursary closing date – if you do not receive any feedback by this date, please regard your application as unsuccessful.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG 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 permanently reside in Johannesburg, Gauteng
  • You must be currently in Matric or have completed Matric
  • You must be studying or intend on studying full-time, towards an undergraduate qualification within one of the fields of study listed above (the bursary does NOT fund postgraduate studies)
  • Your qualification/ course of study be at least 1 year long
  • You must be studying or intend on studying at a recognised tertiary institution in South Africa
  • You must have a strong academic record
  • You must NOT be receiving any other bursary/ grant/ other form of funding for study purposes

 

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG BURSARY

Applications must be submitted online at: City of Johannesburg Bursary Application 2025

Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your online application (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application may be disqualified):

  • ID Document (certified copy)
  • Matric latest results, if currently in Matric (certified copy)
  • Matric certificate, if completed Matric (certified copy)
  • Most recent academic records, if currently studying (certified copy)
  • Proof of residence in Johannesburg (rates account/ utility bill)
  • Parents or guardians proof of income (latest payslips if employed/ affidavit if unemployed/ death certificate if deceased) (certified copy)

 

CLOSING DATE FOR THE COJ BURSARY

4 November 2024.
(Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted – please apply before the closing date to ensure your application is considered.)
 

CONTACT THE BURSARY PROVIDER

For any queries related to this bursary programme, please contact the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) directly:
Contact people: Billy Baloyi (Email: BillyB@joburg.org.za) / Takalani Wakpo (Email: TakalaniW@joburg.org.za)
 

This bursary listing was last updated in October 2024.