Hey future leaders and change-makers! Are you a South African graduate looking for an incredible opportunity to kickstart your career and gain valuable experience? The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) is calling all unemployed graduates to apply for their Graduate Internship Programme for 2025–2027! While it’s officially an internship, think of it as a fantastic funded opportunity to grow, earn a stipend, and make a real impact.
This 24-month programme, based in Pretoria, is designed to give you hands-on experience in areas vital to South Africa’s socio-economic transformation. You’ll be working to empower women, youth, and persons with disabilities, all while receiving a monthly stipend of R7,860. How awesome is that?
Who Can Apply?
Listen up! To be eligible for this DWYPD Internship Bursary opportunity, you need to tick a few boxes:
- You must be an unemployed South African graduate.
- You must NOT have participated in any previous internship programme within government or parastatals.
- You’ll need specific qualifications depending on the internship stream you choose:
- Intern: Advocacy and Mainstreaming, Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Research, Statistics, or Law.
- Intern: International Relations, Stakeholder Management and Capacity Building: National Diploma or Degree in International Relations or Political Sciences.
- Intern: Social Empowerment of Women: Honours Degree in Gender Studies or Development Studies.
What Does It Cover?
This isn’t just about gaining experience; it’s about being supported while you do it! Successful candidates for the DWYPD Internship Bursary will receive:
- A generous monthly stipend of R7,860.
- Practical, hands-on work experience directly aligned with your academic qualifications.
- The chance to develop essential workplace readiness skills within a government department.
- A 24-month contract (running from 2025 to 2027) at the DWYPD head office in Pretoria.
How to Apply?
Ready to jump on this amazing opportunity? Here’s your step-by-step guide to applying for the DWYPD Internship Bursary:
- Get Your Documents Ready: You’ll need the new Z83 form (download it here: www.gov.za/dpsa2g/vacancies.asp) and a detailed, up-to-date CV.
- No Copies Needed Yet: At this initial application stage, DO NOT submit copies of your qualifications or other supporting documents. Only shortlisted candidates will be asked for certified copies.
- SAQA Evaluation: If you have foreign qualifications, you’ll need a SAQA evaluation certificate, but again, only if you are shortlisted.
- Choose Your Application Method: You can apply via email, post, or hand delivery. Make sure you use the correct details for your chosen internship stream!
- Email Applications: Send your application to Recruitment01@dwypd.gov.za. IMPORTANT: Make sure to include the specific post title AND reference number for the internship you’re applying for in your email subject line (e.g., “Intern: Advocacy and Mainstreaming, Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Ref: DWYPD/RPD01/2025”).
- Postal Applications: The Director-General, DWYPD, Private Bag X931, Pretoria, 0001.
- Hand Delivery: 268 Lilian Ngoyi Street, Fedsure Forum Building, 1st Floor, Pretoria CBD.
If this sounds like the right kickstart for your career, don’t wait – the closing date is fast approaching! Apply now and explore more bursaries and opportunities right here on Bursaries Room!
