Bursaries For 2023: Engineering Bursaries

CONCOR BURSARIES SOUTH AFRICA 2025

WHO IS CONCOR?

Following its acquisition, effective 1 April 2017, by a consortium led by the Southern Palace Group (Southern Palace), which includes the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), Murray & Roberts Construction was renamed and rebranded as Concor.

Southern Palace is a wholly black-owned South African diversified industrial holding company with interests in numerous well-established businesses. Southern Palace is the new majority shareholder in Concor, followed by the Government Employees Pension Fund, represented by the PIC which now owns 25% of Concor. The acquisition signaled a historic moment in the company’s history. Concor is now a leading black-owned infrastructure and buildings services business based in South Africa and benefits from the 115 and 69 year legacies of Murray & Roberts Construction and Concor respectively.

CONCOR BURSARY DESCRIPTION

Concor provides financial assistance to qualifying students, enabling them to complete a Degree or National Diploma in construction related studies, at a recognized South African University or University of Technology. Investment in construction related bursaries provides the company with high caliber graduates, ensuring that its medium and long term human capital requirements are met.

CONCOR BURSARY COVERS THE FOLLOWING:

Tuition Fees
Registration Fees
Accommodation and Meals

Please note that the bursary cover may charge from year to year.

MORE ABOUT CONCOR BURSARY - FIELDS OF STUDY

Civil Engineering (BSc/ BEng/ Advanced Diploma)
Health and Safety (Degree/ National Diploma)
Quantity Surveying (BSc/ Advanced Diploma)

HOW TO APPLY FOR CONCOR BURSARY?

Applications must be submitted online at:

Concor Bursary Application: Civil Engineering

Reference: conc_bur_000018

Concor Bursary Application: Health and Safety

Reference: conc_bur_000017

Concor Bursary Application: Quantity Surveying

Reference: conc_bur_000016

Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your application:

ID document (certified copy)
Full tertiary academic record, including most recent results/ transcripts (on institutions letterhead)
Proof of registration at University or University of Technology for the 2022 academic year

CLOSING DATE

05 November 2024

CONTACT DETAILS

For any queries related to this bursary programme, please contact Concor directly:

Tel: 011 590 5500

Email: bursary.ocm@concor.co.za

Support team contact – Tel: 010 140 3099 / Email: concorsupport@pnet.co.za

Please do NOT contact Concor if this bursary has already closed. For more available bursaries, click on the highlighted link below.

SIMILAR BURSARIES FOR 2025

MultiChoice Bursary 2023

MultiChoice Bursary Programme 2023

According to Wikipedia - MultiChoice is a South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa and GOtv, a minor service operating in over 9 countries of this area and Showmax service. MultiChoice was formed out of the subscriber-management branch of the M-Net terrestrial pay television company, and broadcasts the full range of M-Net channels on the DStv service. MultiChoice is owned by the media conglomerate of the same name. One of the subsidiaries of MultiChoice is DStv Now, renamed as DStv App, a service that delivers television transmission to mobile devices such as laptops, smart phones and notebooks.

Formerly, MultiChoice had operations in the Scandinavian, Benelux, Italy, Eastern Europe, Greek & Cypriot regions under the Filmnet TV service, Egypt under CNE (Cable Network of Egypt), Middle East under Gulf TV and Arab Radio and Television Network & Thailand under UBC (United Broadcasting Corporation).

In 2020, MultiChoice had a total subscriber base of 20.1 million viewers throughout Africa, and Naspers asserted that MultiChoice was one of the fastest growing pay-TV operators globally.

BURSARY DESCRIPTION

Multichoice invites bursary applications for 2022 bursary scheme worth R200 million. The scheme aims to assist approximately 200 students in year 2022.

Multichoice partners with a foundation called Nomzamo Lighthouse which acts as an administrator for bursaries from Multichoice.

BURSARY COVERS

The bursary will cover the following:

tuition fees
registration fees
books
accommodation
annual living allowance

Please note the bursary cover may change from year to year based on the allocated budget.

BURSARIES AVAILABLE

Actuarial Science
Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Information Technology (AI and Robotics)
Data and Information Science
Digital Media Technologies

BURSARY ELIGIBILITY

Applications are open to students who meet this criteria:

Applicants must be a South African Citizen
Applicant must be accepted in any accredited institution of higher learning in South Africa that offers above mentioed study programmes
Applicant must have excellent academic records
Applicant must be will to work for multichoice after completing the qualification if needed.
Preference will be given to previously disadvantaged applicants