Nelson Mandela University Madibaz Sport Bursaries

Madibaz Sport's Bursaries & Financial Assistance page sets a closing date of the end of September each year, while the shared sport bursary application form itself gives the closing date as the end of October each year, addressed to the Office of the Director: Sport.

1. Download the Sport Bursary Application Form (PDF) from the bottom of the bursary applications page.
2. Complete the personal, academic and sport-achievement sections of the form; prospective students also attach their temporary student number.
3. Attach the required supporting documents.
4. Submit the form and documents by email to [email protected], by hand to Siphesihle Jobo at Madibaz Sport, South Campus, or by post to Siphesihle Jobo, PO Box 77000, Nelson Mandela University, South Campus, Port Elizabeth, 6031.
5. Prospective students must also obtain an official acceptance letter for their course before any award is finalised.

Contact: Siphesihle Jobo, Sport Manager: Rugby, 041 504 3145, [email protected].

• Completed sport bursary application form
• Athlete's CV
• Confirmation letters of achievement from the relevant provincial or national sport federation, signed and, where possible, stamped on the federation's letterhead
• Applicant's identity document
• Parent's or guardian's identity document, for underage applicants
• Motivation letter
• Grade 11 results for current Grade 12 applicants, or the current academic record for enrolled students
• Copy of the temporary student number, for prospective students

Applications are submitted to and reviewed by the sport code's own office (for rugby, the Sport Manager: Rugby); other Madibaz sport codes route applications to the Office of the Director: Sport. Successful candidates are informed of the outcome in writing.