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Implats Vacation Work Programme 2026: Requirements, Eligibility and Closing Date Impala Platinum (Implats) has opened its 2026 Vacation Work Programme, giving students hands-on work exposure over the December and January holiday period. Before you get too far into planning your application, there is one detail that matters more than anything else on this listing: it is restricted to the children …

National Youth Service Phase V: 100 000 Community-Based Opportunities Now Open Across South Africa South African youth now have a new pathway into paid, skills-building work through the National Youth Service (NYS) Programme Phase V. This community-based initiative has created 100 000 opportunities nationwide, giving unemployed young people a structured way to gain experience while earning a stipend and contributing to …

5 South African Banks Offering Student Loans for South African Students, and These Are the Requirements You have been accepted into a course, NSFAS has not come through or was never an option, and the registration deadline is getting closer by the week. This is the exact position a student loan is built for. Several South African banks offering student …

Top 5 Apprenticeship Courses in South Africa That Provide Better Job Security and Earn More Than Many Traditional Degrees Two matriculants leave the same school in the same year. One enrols for a general BA. The other signs up for a registered electrical apprenticeship. Three years later, one of them is still job hunting with a stack of applications and …

10 Jobs in South Africa That Don’t Require a University Degree Not everyone can afford three or four years of tuition, and not every career needs a degree to get started. If you finished matric, or even if you left school before Grade 12, there are still solid jobs in South Africa that don’t require a university degree and can …

Matric is done. The results are in. Now comes the question every South African family asks around this time of year. Do you send your child to university, or do you point them toward a trade. For a growing number of young South Africans, a Red Seal apprenticeship is turning out to be the smarter answer, especially when the degree …