Canon Collins Sol Plaatje Scholarship South Africa 2025

The Canon Collins Trust has been running scholarship programmes since 1981, for students from southern African countries. The Trust has supported over 4 000 scholars, from 14 countries and today the Trust offers undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships for study in South Africa, the UK, Ireland and Malawi. Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was a South African journalist, translator, writer, intellectual, linguist and politician. He was also a founding member and first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which is now the African National Congress (ANC). There have been many institutions named in his honour, including the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, the Sol Plaatje University, the Sol Plaatje Museum and Library and the Sol Plaatje Educational Trust.

Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying (please note that failure to satisfy all the requirements will lead to your application not being considered): You must be a national or have refugee status in: South Africa, Namibia or ZimbabweYou must reside in South Africa, Namibia or ZimbabweYou must have completed a good first degree (minimum second class, upper division or equivalent) or will complete your degree in 2024You must be studying or intend on studying towards a Masters or PhD, in one of the areas listed above, in 2025You must be studying or intend on studying on a full-time or part-time basis (distance learning may also be considered)You must be studying or are applying to study at a university in South Africa

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Applications must be submitted online at:Canon Collins Sol Plaatje Scholarship Application 2025 Enter “www.zabursaries.co.za” in the field asking how you heard about the Canon Collins Sol Plaatje Scholarship. Applicants must download and read theCanon Collins Sol Plaatje Scholarship Guidelines(.pdf) before applying. Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your application (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application may be disqualified): ID document, Birth Certificate, Passport or Driver’s License (certified copy)Refugee status, if applicable (certified copy)Degree certificates, if available (certified copy)Academic transcripts (certified copy)Curriculum VitaePhD proposal, if applying for study at PhD level2 latest payslips, if employed