Click on the “Next” or “Previous” buttons to move between the screens. You must select or fill in the required field(s) on each page before you can go over to the next page.

For details/requirements for each bursary/loan click on the info icon next to the bursary/loan name. The specific bursaries have special criteria and therefore additional supporting documents will be required before submitting the application.

Detailed information of your parent(s)/legal guardian or you as an independent applicant and spouse(if married) must be completed before the supporting documents can be uploaded.

Independent Applicant: Select this option if you do not have parents or a legal guardian or are employed. You will need to upload proof of your income or means of survival. If you are married you will need to upload proof of your spouses income as well.

Mother/Father: Select both Mother and Father if your parents are married. You will need to upload proof of their income or no-income (if unemployed). If your parents are divorced or you only have a single parent then select the parent that supports you and upload their income plus (affidavit) proof of other income/maintenance from the other parent.

Legal Guardian: If you are in the care of a Legal Guardian then select this option and upload proof (affidavit by the guardian) of the monthly allowance that the guardian supports you with. 

The proof of income (not older than three months) of your parent(s)/legal guardian/yourself if independent applicant and spouse (if you are married) listed below are required to process the application. To add more than one source of income (eg salary & maintenance) on the income page please add a new row by clicking +. Documents must be in .pdf format and individually uploaded according to the 'Document Details' on the last page of the completed application. Documents that are uploaded must NOT be password protected. 

• Proof of basic gross salary- salary/pension advice(s).
• Bonuses/overtime to be excluded.
• Self-employed - latest financial statements as well as a confirmation letter from auditor/bookkeeper or affidavit stating gross monthly income/withdrawal from business. Tax certificates/bank statements are not acceptable.
• Commission only - proof of income for the past three months.
• Unemployed - individual affidavit/sworn statement per unemployed person signed by a judicial officer to declare the source of income/means of financial survival (maintenance/allowances/grants/contributions by family/friends).
• Divorced (Biological parents) - affidavit written by the parent confirming maintenance received/not received.
• Single or never married - affidavit written by the parent confirming maintenance/other financial assistance received/not received.
• House executives – affidavit written by the parent confirming any source of income/no income.
• Legal guardian must declare monthly allowance made available to applicant by means of an affidavit/sworn statement. 

This Financial Aid application process will also make use of a third party institution to verify your household income. 

When submitting this application 

The University will use your personal information for purposes of application and potentially awarding of funding. 

When you apply for funding, we will use your information to: 

• Verify the information you provide with external third parties to ensure the information is complete, accurate and not misleading; 
• Use your ID number to verify with an external third party your household income for purposes of obtaining funding; 
• For purposes of awarding funding, and in the event of successfully awarded funds: 
  • Share your personal information with bursars / potential bursars;
  • Share your academic progress with bursars / potential bursars;
  • Share the status of your fees account with bursars / potential bursars. 

If you are younger than 18 years, you must have your parent or guardian’s permission to apply for funding through, or from, the University. 

•  After completion, select “AGREE” on the Consent page to agree that your information can be used as set out for the purpose of your application process and click “NEXT”
• A list of required documents will appear.  You must upload ALL of the required documents before you can submit the application for processing.   The documents must be in .pdf format and must NOT be password protected.
• Click Submit  

If you do not have the required documents immediately available you can save your application as draft and upload them at a later stage but you will not be able to submit your application for processing before they are ALL uploaded.

University staff will review submitted applications for the quality and classification of each uploaded document and either validate it or reject it.  You will be notified via an automated email if any document has been rejected.  You will then have to go to the “Documents & Communications” tile to view the rejected reason and document. Any new documents that must be uploaded can only be uploaded via the Documents & Communications tile once the application is submitted.  

For not yet submitted applications - to upload documents at a later stage and submit your application you must: 

• Navigate to your application and go “NEXT”  through each page to get to the last document page
• Upload the required documents 
• Click Submit 

For already submitted applications - if you need to upload additional, correct, replacement documents you must: 

• Click on the “Documents & Communications” tile 

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• Add a new row by clicking on the “+” in one of the rows

• select Financial Aid
• select the correct year for your application – eg 2025
• select the correct Doc type
• upload the .pdf document
• save

example of a new row added  

Documents listed below are required in support of the application.

• Proof of Income (payslip / pension advices / audited financial statements) not older than 3 months for the working applicant / spouse / parents / legal guardian; 
• If no proof of income or if unemployed,  an affidavit per individual stating the source of income / maintenance / allowances; 
• If the biological parents are divorced or the parent is single(never married) they must provide an affidavit stating maintenance;
•  Payments for bonus / overtime must be excluded when the gross income is declared.
• Document must NOT be password protected.  Your application cannot be processed and you will be requested to re-upload a non-password protected document.