MasakhiSizwe Bursary Programme

Bursary Details

We are offering YOU a chance to build a better future with our Masakh’iSizwe Bursary Programme.

At the beginning of 2006, the Western Cape Government Transport and Public Works established the Masakh’iSizwe Bursary Programme.

The vision is to develop and avail a cohorts of professionals in transport, engineering and built environment.

These professionals are critical to the growth of the economy of the province, the country and continent of Africa and characterized by excellence, citizenship and service delivery.

Masakh’iSizwe offers bursaries for full-time studies towards a degree or diploma in the transport, engineering and built environment disciplines, amongst others, includes:

• Architecture
• Construction Management
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Quantity Surveying
• Town and Regional Planning
• Transport Economics
• Geomatics
• Property Studies

Candidate Requirements

• A South African citizen
• Students accepted or intending to study at a Higher Education Institution in the Western Cape

Preference will be given, but not limited to:

• Persons with disabilities,
• Financially disadvantaged,
• Female learners 
• Applicants from rural areas of South Africa

Bursary Inclusion

• Tuition fees
• Accommodation
• Support programmes
• meals (or transport costs)
• All prescribed books and materials

Field of Study Archaeology & Environmental Studies Architecture & Planning Civil & Environmental Engineering Construction Economics & Management Economic & Business Sciences Electrical & Information Engineering Engineering & the Built Environment Geography Geology Industrial & Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical Surveying Geosciences