Tertiary study opportunities for John Taolo Gaetsewe communities
Northern CapeOpportunities October 21, 2022
Access to tertiary education has been enabled for young people living within the John Taolo Gaetsewe municipal area, owing to the launch of Kathu Solar Park’s Bursary Programme earlier this year. It is hoped that due to the holistic nature of the programme, coupled with the advantage of only... Read more
New energy; new careers: Skills opens doors
OpportunitiesWestern Cape October 17, 2022
A technical training programme seeking to assist the South African renewable energy industry in developing local skills has given 15 young people from Ceres access to a variety of career opportunities. Having successfully completed phase 1 of this globally compliant training programme, the group will commence the second phase... Read more
Local scholarship offers student opportunities
Central University of TechnologyFree StateNorthern CapeScholarshipsSol Plaatje UniversityUniversity of the Free State September 30, 2022
Currently, five students in the Northern Cape’s Sol Plaatje municipal area are benefiting from a local scholarship programme that offers an opportunity to study at recognised universities and earn accredited bachelor’s degrees. Two of the students are due to obtain their undergraduate degrees at the end of 2022. Launched... Read more
Youth invited to apply for presidential youth employment initiative
Opportunities September 26, 2022
Applications for Phase IV of the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative (PYEI) in the Basic Education sector have opened today and will close on 16 October 2022. In a statement on Sunday, the Department of Basic Education announced that Phase IV will offer job opportunities to 255 100 youth across... Read more
Matrics – it’s not too late to apply to study overseas
Opportunities August 23, 2022
Overseas university application deadlines are less than three months away. Matrics wanting to study overseas, often only start thinking about their applications towards the end of their final school year. With universities like Harvard setting record-low acceptance rates in 2022, Grade 12’s have no time to delay in getting... Read more
Taking a career gap year
Opportunities August 20, 2022
Over 1.7-billion people across the world want to learn English, according to a study conducted by research and consulting firm J’son and Partners. As a result, more than 100 000 teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) positions open up every year. For millennial South Africans facing a quarter-life crisis... Read more
British Council offers £3,000 IELTS prize
Opportunities August 20, 2022
In a first for South African students, anyone applying to a higher education institution where IELTS is an admissions requirement can now enter the British Council’s annual IELTS Prize competition to potentially win £3,000 towards their university tuition fees. The IELTS Prize is a global initiative created to help... Read more
2022 YES trainees begin work at VWSA
Opportunities July 15, 2022
For the fourth year in a row, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has created opportunities for unemployed youth through their participation in the national Youth Employment Service (YES) programme. The 2022 intake of YES trainees was welcomed at VWSA in phases at the start of July, following work readiness... Read more
RMB, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited, has launched an appealing new brand campaign that speaks to the bank’s ability to deliver on seemingly disparate objectives. The campaign, called “Our talent is how we do both”, is being flighted on airport billboards, digital and social media channels, print, radio... Read more
CHIETA, the chemical industries SETA, in partnership with Options in Personnel recruitment and development agency, has launched a Retrenched Workers Support Programme that is equipping retrenched workers to find formal employment or become entrepreneurs. The launch was marked with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on 1... Read more
