Category Archives: Engineering Bursary

Foskor Bursary South Africa 2024

Foskor was founded in 1951 by the Industrial Development Corporation. The company was founded with the aim of producing phosphates for the agricultural sector in South Africa​. Today, Foskor is the countries sole producer of phosphoric acid, phosphate ore and granular fertiliser. Phosphate rock mining, phosphate-based fertilisers production and phosphoric acid production are the Group’s… Read More »

The Paul Mthimunye Bursary Fund South Africa 2024

The Paul Mthimunye Bursary Fund was created with the aim of financially assisting high school and tertiary students within the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality (in Mpumalanga), who are not only financially needy but also academically deserving. In 2005, the Bursary Fund first started funding tertiary students and since then, more than 200 high school pupils… Read More »

Gibela Bursary South Africa 2024

Gibela, a joint South African and French railway rolling stock manufacturer, was established as an association between Ubumbano Rail, Alstom and New Africa Rail. Within the fully black-empowered company, Alstom currently owns majority shares of the company and control 61%, while Ubumbano Rail controls 30% and New Africa Rail 9% stakes. In 2013, Gibela was… Read More »

CHIETA Bursary South Africa 2024

The Chemical Industries Education & Training Authority (CHIETA) was established by the Skills Development Act (1998) and began operating in 2000. CHIETA was established in order to assist with skills development within the chemical industries sector, as well as to guarantee that required skills are identified and addressed by SETA initiatives and the sector. The… Read More »