City Awards Bursaries To Developing Local Professionals In Recent Ceremony

On 25 February 2025, the City's Corporate Services Directorate held a ceremony where 26 awardees from various communities across Cape Town were granted bursaries for pursuing further studies.

The Citys external financial support awards, are intended to provide support to promising young members of the community who have demonstrated potential to take their studies further.

Applicants competed for the bursaries via a competitive process that took into account financial need, academic results, interview performance as well as the Citys strategic workforce plans.

A total of 26 awards were granted to deserving candidates who will be pursuing their studies in the fields of Accounting Computer Science Information Technology and Systems various Engineering fields Law studies and Urban Planning.

The programme aims to fill the scarce skills gap by supporting study in these essential fields.