THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Our programme is built on our founding principles of reconciliation, education, entrepreneurship, and leadership, and a belief that leadership begins with inner transformation. Our programme is delivered primarily through a series of online or in-person workshops which you will attend during your time in residence.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

The scholarship covers tuition for a one-year Honours degree or a two-year Masters degree in any field at a recognised South African institution of higher education.This includes tuition and registration fees, allowances for study materials, research, and medical aid, accommodation and meals, personal allowance and economy class travel to and f rom your home country to your South African university at the beginning and end of your degree.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

If you are between the ages of 19 and 29, are a citizen of an African country, and by the 1st of January 2025 have an undergraduate degree with excellent academic results (above 70% or upper-second class Honours, you are eligible to apply for the scholarship.

SELECTION CRITERIA

We look for scholars who have demonstrated the potential to embody our founding principles of reconciliation, education, entrepreneurship, and leadership. You must have already assumed leadership and made an impact on your campus or community. POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH To benefit you must be curious about doing the personal, internal work of leadership. This means committing to developing self-awareness by engaging with difficult parts of yourself, an openness to learning from the diversity in your cohort, and a willingness to explore and embrace complexity.
 

“My experience as a scholar was most enriching in terms of personal development. The workshops and constant debates challenged my beliefs and provided me with new lenses to view the world, further stoking the fire in my heart to be part of the change in Africa.”

MARY OPONDO Kenya & the University of Johannesburg, 2011 

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