{"id":712824,"date":"2023-08-22T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=712824"},"modified":"2023-08-22T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:11:12","slug":"cape-town-offering-bursaries-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/712824\/cape-town-offering-bursaries-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town offering bursaries for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The City of Cape Town is accepting applications for external bursaries for the 2024 academic year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The financial support will cover the cost of registration, examinations and class fees for the student&#8217;s formal studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will also provide capped allowances for study aid, transport and meals. The city can also, in specific cases, provide a capped residence allowance, funding permitting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city has invited all interested residents in Cape Town who are at a registered accredited academic institution to apply for the external bursary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The application period closes on Friday, 8 September 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city said that applicants will need to meet the following requirements should apply: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applicants need to be a South African citizen residing within the boundaries of&nbsp;Cape&nbsp;Town<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applicants should possess their Grade 12 final&nbsp;or&nbsp;mid-year results with an average of 65% and above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applicants need to provide a copy of first, second or third year academic transcript<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applicants need to be registered for full-time study at an accredited tertiary institution and should be studying an undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in one of the approved city of&nbsp;Cape&nbsp;Town&nbsp;scarce skills fields of study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Every year, the city provides selected aspiring students with financial assistance to further their studies. We look forward to selecting another group of ambitious students. I encourage those who meet the criteria to make use of this opportunity,&#8221; the city&#8217;s Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services Theresa Uys said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In many cases, some of the recipients of these&nbsp;bursaries&nbsp;eventually join the city of&nbsp;Cape&nbsp;Town&nbsp;team, and it is for this reason that we award financial assistance to students who are already interested in one of the scarce skills identified by the city.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a list of fields on the city&#8217;s Scarce Skills List:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Accounting (CA and Cost Management)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artisan Training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Auditing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contract Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data Science\/Analytics (Statistics, Computer Science)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Accountability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engineering (various fields, including Industrial Engineering)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental (Specialists, including Air Pollution and Water Quality)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fleet Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geographical Information Systems (GIS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heritage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information Systems and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legal (various fields)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organisational Psychology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Renewable Energy (Solar)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Project Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Payroll<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supply Chain Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technical Training\/qualification in Electricity\/Energy\/Refrigeration\/Electronic\/Process Control and Operations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transport Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urban Design, Landscape, Planning, Surveying and Architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forensics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Cape Town residents can find the application form here:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/City-Connect\/Apply\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/City-Connect\/Apply\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/712614\/massive-r3-6-billion-development-boom-in-cape-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Massive R3.6 billion development boom in Cape Town<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town has opened applications for external bursaries for next year&#8217;s academic year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":711494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-712824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712824"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712844,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712824\/revisions\/712844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}