Transnet Full-Time Bursary Programme

• Tuition fees.
• Accommodation and meals.
• Book allowance.
• Experiential training.
• Renewed annually while academic performance remains satisfactory.
• Vacation work is offered in the June/July or December/January holidays; students arrange and pay for their own accommodation from their allowance.
• Service obligation: graduates work one year for each year of financial aid received.
• Students repeat failed subjects at their own cost; if the agreement is not met, the bursary becomes repayable.

The last published form closed on 6 October 2025, for support in the following year (2026). The form states that applications close in early October each year for the next year's support.

Official page: https://www.transnet.net/RenderPage.aspx?id=2701803; application form: https://www.transnet.net/getFile.ashx?id=5977.

1. Download the Transnet Bursary Application Form.
2. Complete it in block letters and in your own handwriting, and sign the declaration.
3. Apply through the Transnet talent portal linked from the page: requisition 3218 for non-technical bursaries, requisition 3217 for technical bursaries.
4. The form is addressed to Transnet Academy, Faculty of Leadership and Functional Development, 150 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg, 2001.
5. Attach all supporting documents; incomplete applications are not considered.
6. Only shortlisted candidates are contacted.
7. For vacation work, state the required period and preferred location.

• Certified copy of ID
• Acceptance letter or proof of registration
• Matric certificate or recent academic records
• Short CV
• Grade 11 results (matriculants), latest Grade 12 or tertiary results entered on the form

• The Transnet Bursary Department screens applications; candidates are shortlisted on academic performance at school or tertiary level and invited to interviews in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Cape Town and Durban. Only shortlisted candidates are contacted.
• Final selection and award depend on the interview, satisfactory academic results and medical fitness.
• Service obligation: one year of service for each year of bursary support after qualifying; failed subjects are repeated at the student's own cost; breach of the bursary agreement makes the bursary repayable.