Momentum Opens Gauteng Learnership for Young Matriculants Starting in February 2027

Momentum Gauteng Learnership

Momentum Corporate is seeking suitable young South Africans for a 12-month Client Service Administrator learnership in Gauteng, which begins on 1 February 2027. The temporary position is open to unemployed 18–25-year-olds with a Matric qualification, who will gain hands-on experience while studying towards a Level 4 NQF qualification in Long-term Insurance. The vacancy, with reference … Read more

Why Services SETA Funds Learnerships and What They Are For

SETA Funds Learnerships

When Services SETA funds a learnership, its focus is on more than getting young people into short courses. The organisation aims to build skills relevant to South Africa’s services sector and link them to work experience. For the unemployed, there is a crucial difference between being placed in a learnership and obtaining the skills that … Read more

DUT students take all three top places in MICT SETA KZN hackathon

MICT SETA KZN hackathon

Students from Durban University of Technology (DUT) took all three podium places in the MICT SETA National Skills Challenge Hackathon KZN Regionals, with the winning team set to continue the representation of KwaZulu-Natal at the national finals in Gauteng The achievement demonstrates DUT’s strengths in developing the innovative technology and problem-solving skills sought after by … Read more

Deputy Minister Cassim meets Services SETA on skills funding

Services SETA on skills funding

Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Yusuf Cassim, MP, has met with Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA) at its Parktown, Johannesburg, headquarters to discuss the organisation’s work on skills funding and bursary support. The meeting included an update from the organisation on its state, and the challenges it has faced under … Read more

Services SETA and Partners Bring Reading and Career Guidance to 450 KwaZulu-Natal Learners

Some 450 high school learners from Mkhambathini Area in KwaZulu-Natal recently took part in an education campaign

Some 450 high school learners from Mkhambathini Area in KwaZulu-Natal recently took part in an education campaign at Esidadeni that involved reading, career guidance and personal development. The engagement brought together the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA) and a range of education, business and community organisations, including the RedBookshelf Foundation, Durban University … Read more

TVET Campaign Shares Career Info in Gauteng and Free State

TVET Campaign

A week-long TVET awareness campaign got underway in the greater Tshwane area and surrounding towns and villages, after a briefing at Tshwane North College’s Mamelodi Campus on connecting young people with information about vocational education, careers and jobs. The TVET Drive by Campaign, which draws on information from the post-school education and training sector, is … Read more

NSFA Says Being Certain That Student Benefit Is Crucial

NSFA Student Benefit Is Crucial

For students whose tuition fees are partly funded by a financial aid programme, knowing that they will get the support and payments on time could be equally important as simply getting the approval in the first place. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) acknowledges the problems that students’ uncertainty about any funding approval, university … Read more

TETA to fast-track delayed bursary, apprentice payments to students after extended non-payment

TETA to fast-track delayed bursary

The Transport Education and Training Authority (TETA) has pledged to accelerate outstanding bursary allowance and apprentice stipend payments for nearly 300 beneficiaries left without support from February to August 2026. The commitment comes after engagement between Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Yusuf Cassim and TETA this week in relation to complaints lodged through the … Read more

NSFAS Pays Out Over R222.6 Million to Six South African Universities for Funza Lushaka Bursaries

NSFAS Pays Out

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has made a payment of more than R222.6 million to six universities to cover 2,927 Funza Lushaka bursary beneficiaries, who it appears the institutions will now have to pay the outstanding allowances to. The payment, which came to R222 688 894, was confirmed in a media statement by … Read more