1. Which Bursaries Does the Provincial Department of Social Development Offer?
2. What Does the Bursary Cover?
3. Will I Have to Pay or Work Anything Back?
4. Where Can the Bursaries be Taken Up?
5. Who Can Apply for a Bursary?
6. How Do I Apply?
7. Where Can I Find out More Information?

The provincial Department of Social Development offers 44 bursaries for full-time study in Social Work each year. Twenty-four of these bursaries are offered to male Social Work students specifically, while 20 of them are Social Development Scholarships granted by the national Department of Social Development and the Health and Welfare SETA.

The bursaries for male social work students cover registration fees, tuition, books and examination fees. The Social Development Scholarships cover tuition, books and, where justified, accommodation.

The bursaries are offered on a work-back basis, in other words, you will have to work a year as a social worker in the Western Cape for every year of the bursary.

The University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, UNISA, the University of Stellenbosch and Huguenot College.

To apply for one of these bursaries you must be:

• A South African citizen or permanent resident
• A resident of the Western Cape
• Able to prove financial need
• Ideally from a historically disadvantaged background
• Be accepted at the relevant tertiary institution

Bursary opportunities are advertised in the Sunday Times and local newspapers, and information discussions are held at tertiary education institutions.

Applications are now open until October 31 2008.

Department of Social Development (Provincial)

Debbie Calitz
Tel: 021 483 6140

Amina Osman
Tel: 021 483 2640

Thuli Mtheku
Tel: 021 483 5763