SANDF Bursary 2018-2019 The South African National Defence Force

About the SAND Bursary

SANDF  stands for the South Afican National Defence Force
and consists of the SA army, SA Navy, SA Air Force and the
SAMHS. Each year they have an Education Trust bursar for
students who are eligible to apply for this bursary. You are
eligible to apply for the SANDF bursary if you are/were
dependent on a former SANDF member who died or has become
severely injured. This bursary is on a year to year base and
each year you have to apply again also if you already had this
bursary the former year.

The SANDF Bursary 2018-2019

This is a year to year bursary. This Bursar is intended for
Primary and Secondary school learners and Tertiary learners.
This Bursary is not intended for pre-school attendance, they
have a
separate fund for that which you can check out. The board
of the Education trust will decide what the minimum and maximum
amounts are for the Bursary each year. This amount may also
vary each year.

Requirements for the SANDF Bursary 2018-2019

This Bursary is not ment for everyone. You can only apply if
you fulfill the following requirements:

• You have to be a Dependent on a SANDF
  veteran who got severely injured or got killed on duty
  with an active duty after 1994 27 april.
  


• You have to be dependent on a Civilian member of the
  department of defence whilst they were serving during a SANDF
  operation, who got severely injured or killed on duty after
  1994-27 april
  


• The same accounts if you are a dependent of a Civilian of
  the Republic of South Africa who got severely injured or killed
  during an operation of SANDF taking into account that they were
  not fighting SANDF. (also after 27 april 1994)
  


• The education trust will take your income into account if
  you really need this bursary
  


• You will need a good academic record to prove you are
  dedicated to study.
  


• A minimum score of 22 on your APS for tertiary first year
  students
  


• Senior students (second year and on) need to have passed
  60% of the modules they were enrolled in.
  

How to Apply For SANDF Bursaries?

You can download the SANDf bursary forms from the
SANDF website. You have to file all the questions they ask
and send the required documents with your application.

Things to send with the application:

• A Certified copy of your ID or Birth certificate. If your
  ID is not available you can send your birth certificate but you
  don’t need to send both.
  


• Certified copies of the ID’s or Birth certificates of your
  other household members
  


• Matric certificate if you are a first year student
  


• Matric certificate accompanied with your Academic grades
  (tertiary students)
  


• You will need a proof of registration of the tertiary
  institution where you are listed to study.
  


• You will need a quote of this institution with all the
  academic fees of this institution.
  


• Proof of income from your household. Proof of all types of
  income need to be send with the application of all household
  members. If they are unemployed or pensioned you also need to
  send proof of that.
  


• If one of the household members is receiving a Government
  Pension/Child grant, you will need to send bank statement
  copies of the last 3 months
  

Where to send your application?

You can either send the application by email of send it to
their postal address.

Email: [email protected]

Postal Address: Board of Trustees, SANDF
Education Trust Private Bag X161 Pretoria, 0001

For Enquiries:  Col M.E. Van Wyk Tel
012-355 5107 or Fax 012-355 5882

Closing Date of the SANDF Bursary

Make sure to send your applications in on time. This Bursary
closes every year at 15 Oktober

You can also see if you are eligible to apply for the
SA Military Bursary. Or check out
ALL our Bursaries.