News Category: Student Opportunities

Discover which courses lead to careers that regularly hire in South Africa, which fields are crowded, and what students should verify before registering.

Fact-checkers have flagged letters circulating on social media that falsely claim to guarantee university admission for a fee of R500–R700. No university sells admission this way.

Government departments are inviting unemployed South African graduates to apply for the 24-month Public Service Graduate Internship Programme via form Z83.

Five major corporate bursaries administered by StudyTrust — from Standard Bank, Investec, Sage, AWS and the FirstRand Empowerment Foundation — opened 1 June and close 30 September 2026.

Learnerships are advertised on a rolling basis by employers and SETAs, not on one fixed national date. Here’s how the process legitimately works and where to check.