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Sembcorp Siza Water Launches the Bursary Fund to Celebrate our Sembcorp's 20th Anniversary!
Sembcorp Siza Water Launches the Bursary Fund to Celebrate our Sembcorp's 20th Anniversary!
The Bursary Fund is aimed for tertiary students residing in the Sembcorp Siza Water Concession Area and an amount of R230000 was availed for applicants wishing to attend a tertiary institution in 2016.
The event was attended by the Ward Councillors, Dr. Mokoape (Director of Sembcorp Siza Water) and Cllr Fuzile Nkosi (iLembe District Municipality), officials of the iLembe District Municipality and Staff of Sembcorp Siza Water.
Sembcorp Siza Water Managing Director, Shyam Misra said "South Africa still experiences intellectual poverty owing to the inability of our people to gain access to tertiary institutions owing to funding".
Mr. Misra also stressed that priority will be given to courses relating to the study fields of; Engineering, Financial Management, Town and Regional Planning and Environmental Management.
He added that; "the aim of the fund is to ensure we empower our Youth with skills so that they may then be able to realise their dreams through education." In addition to providing funding to the lucky recipients of the bursaries, Sembcorp also allow some or all of them to work at their offices to get a feel of the corporate environment and also gain exposure to the real world of their chosen careers.
In his closing, Dr Mokoape a former leader of the Pan African Congress and one of the soldiers for our freedom stressed the importance of education and added how proud the Directors of Sembcorp were of both Buyi and Vikash for being worthy recipients of the initial bursaries and that they must never forget to also give back to the communities they grew up in. He added that "without education as a country we are not going anywhere".
Those wishing to apply for a bursary may do so by collecting application forms from the Sembcorp Siza Water Offices (both Ballito and Shakaskraal) or your local Ward Councillor and once completed to return these for the attention of Human Resources in a sealed envelope.