Sugar Industry Trust Fund (SITFE) Bursary Programme
The Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education (SITFE) was launched in 1965 as a private sector initiative and is regarded as one of the oldest Trust Funds in South Africa.
The mission of SITFE is to support, promote and advance sustainable, quality education in South African sugarcane growing areas. In its 53-years history, SITFE has provided bursaries to over 10 200 students, financed school building projects, provided financial assistance to tertiary institutions and has worked closely with educational organisations to improve the overall education standard in the sugarcane growing provinces, namely KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.
Bursary Description
Many of the young black children living within the rural sugarcane growing regions dream of becoming engineers. The Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education (SITFE) was launched in 1965 as a private sector initiative aimed at assisting dependants of people associated with the sugar industry. In its 53 year history, SITFE has supported a broad spectrum of educational projects ranging from bursaries, infrastructure development, learner and educator development initiatives to literacy and arts and culture projects. A bursary does not have to be repaid.
BURSARY COVERS
- Tuition Fee
- Registration Fee
- Accommodation and Meals
Please note the bursary cover may be changed from year to year based on allocated budget.
BURSARIES AVAILABLE
- Chemical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Science (specify major(s))
- Agriculture (specify major(s))
- Children of Sugar Cane Farmers (Any field of Study)
ELIGIBILITY
- Applicant must reside within KwaZulu-Natal or Mpumalanga province (known as the “sugarcane growing provinces”)
- Applicant must fall into 1 of these categories:
- Applicant must have registered or applied to study towards an Agriculture, Engineering or Science qualification, at a public University, University of Technology or Agricultural College (Owen Sitole College of Agriculture or Cedara College of Agriculture) in South Africa
- You must be a child of a sugarcane farm worker, who has registered or applied to study in ANY field of study, at a University, University of Technology or Agricultural College
- You must be from the “Missing Middle” group (i.e. you must have a total combined family income of between R350 000 and R600 000 per annum)
- Your family income must be from sugarcane growing areas, where mills and sugar industry administrative infrastructure are situated
- Preference will be given to students in their 1st year of study
HOW TO APPLY?
Click on the highlighted link below, download and complete the bursary application form.
SITFE Bursary Application Form (.pdf)
The following documents must be submitted along with your completed application form:
The following documents must be submitted along with your completed application form:
- ID document (certified copy)
- Matric final trial results and statement of results, if not studying yet (certified copy)
- Tertiary final exam results, if currently studying (certified copy)
- Proof of connection to the sugar industry connection, if applicable (certified copy)
- Proof of parents or guardians household income (payslips if employed, pension receipts if on pension, affidavit if unemployed) (certified copy)
- Death certificate if a parent is deceased (certified copy)
- Proof of application or registration at an University, University of Technology or Agricultural College for 2022
Email:
bursaries@sasa.org.za
(Insert the words “SITFE Bursary Application 2022” in the email subject line).
(Insert the words “SITFE Bursary Application 2022” in the email subject line).
Post:
Agricultural College bursaries:
Hirst Simpson Agricultural Bursaries
(Cedara College) Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education
c/o South African Sugar Association
PO Box 700
Mount Edgecombe
4300
Owen Sithole Agricultural Bursaries
Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education
c/o South African Sugar Association
PO Box 700
Mount Edgecombe
4300
University of Technology bursaries:
University of Technology Bursaries
Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education c/o South African Sugar Association
P O Box 700
Mount Edgecombe
4300
University bursaries:
University Merit/Non-Merit Bursaries
Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education
c/o South African Sugar Association
P O Box 700
Mount Edgecombe
4300
CLOSING DATE
17 January 2022
Tel: 031 508 7034
Email: bursaries@sasa.org.za
CONTACT DETAILS
Please contact the Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education (SITFE) directly:Tel: 031 508 7034
Email: bursaries@sasa.org.za
PLEASE NOTE DO NOT CONTACT SITFE IF THIS BURSARY IS CLOSED
