Bursaries Closing in August 2023

Getting funding for tertiary or higher education studies is always stressful in South Africa. Especially when you’ve left it to the last minute.

Luckily, many companies and organizations in South Africa offer a huge amount of funding through bursaries and scholarships each year to help potential students, pay their education costs to build a better South Africa.

To help students find the right bursary program, we listed below all those bursaries that are still open for the new application and will close the new application opportunity within August 2023. All listed bursaries’ application process is currently open. You can still submit an application to get your education fund!

(If any new bursary programme is found within this month’s deadline, we will update that link later here. Bookmark this page and check back later to see new updates.)

List of all Bursaries closing in August 2023:

• Rhodes Trust Scholarships (Application closing date: 01 August 2023)
• UFS & Media24: Matriculant of the Year Competition Bursary (Application closing date: 05 August 2023)
• Analyze Consulting Bursary (Application closing date: 11 August 2023)

• SACTWU Bursary (Application closing date: 11 August 2023)

• HORTGRO Bursary  (Application closing date: 15 August 2023)
• Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund Bursary  (Application closing date: 15 August 2023)
• Nedbank Bursary  (Application closing date: 15 August 2023)
• Stellenbosch University GEM Scholarships  (Application closing date: 15 August 2023)
• DSI-NRF Postgraduate Scholarship  (Application closing date: 18 August 2023)
• SANParks Bursary  (Application closing date: 17 August 2023)
• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – CSIR Bursary  (Application closing date: 20 August 2023)
• Sasol Foundation Bursary  (Application closing date: 21 August 2023)
• Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) Bursary  (Application closing date: 23 August 2023)
• KnowBe4 Cybersecurity Scholarship For Military, Veteran or Spouse  (Application closing date: 28 August 2023)
• Sappi Bursary  (Application closing date: 30 August 2023)
• UFS HEHD Doctoral Scholarship  (Application closing date: 30 August 2023)
• Afrimat Nkomati Anthracite Bursary (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• Barry Bredenkamp Bursary  (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• Canon Collins : Sol Plaatje Scholarship (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• DSI-CSIR Bursaries (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• GWK Ben Scholtz Bursary Fund  (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) Bursary (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• Knight Piésold Bursary (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• Liberty Actuarial Bursary  (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• Masakh’iSizwe Bursary (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• Old Mutual Education Trust Bursary (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Bursary (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• SAICA Thuthuka Bursary Fund  (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• SARAO Postdoctoral Fellowship  (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• SBF High School Scholarship  (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• South African Road Federation (SARF) Bursary (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• VGI Consulting Bursary  (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)
• Vodacom Merit Bursary (Application closing date: 31 August 2023)

(Note: Click on each bursary program link to get all the details. Including bursary requirements, eligibility, application process, contact information etc.)

List of Bursaries in South Africa that Open Year Around (No Deadline):

All these listed bursaries do not have an exact deadline for application opening and closing. Students can submit the application throughout the year.

• BBD Bursary and Beyond Programme
• ClubX Magazine Bursary
• Deloitte & Touche Bursary
• Minds Scholarship Programme
• Moore SAICA Trainee Bursary
• TTI Bursary

P.S. – It highly advises that students who require funding for their studies should seek out and apply for all available bursary programs in which they meet the eligibility and requirements.