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Students vie for share of R3m pie Sign in Register Sign in Register News BusinessMunicipalityOpinion School News State Capture Politics Videos Lifestyle Arts Festival Daily Life Dispatch Adventure Entertainment Motoring Sport Boxing Mecca Local Heroes ClassifiedsMunicipalityStudents vie for share of R3m pie Disabled can moreover wield for BCM bursary fund for 2019 wonk year By Mamela Ndamase - 26 September 2018 Applications for the BuffaloMunicipalityMetro bursary fund are now officially unshut for the 2019 wonk year Image: 123RF/ Rawpixel Applications for the BuffaloMunicipalityMetro bursary fund are now officially unshut for the 2019 wonk year – and for the first time ever, the metro has tabbed for people living with disabilities to apply.Municipalitymanager Andile Sihlahla issued an advert on Tuesday calling for previously disadvantaged students to wield for the bursary fund, which covers tuition and registration fees, prescribed books, study material and accommodation. The latter stage to submit applications for the bursary fund is October 31. BCM spokesperson Samkelo Ngwenya said: “We’ve had powerlessness as a requirement surpassing but over the years we’ve never had disabled applicants and we’ve never processed a student of such nature. “I think we felt that this year let’s try to make it prominent in terms of how we recruit in our media, and hopefully we are going to get people with disabilities to moreover finger that they are part of this.” Another first will be to requite preference to students who have been admitted to TVET colleges. “This is mainly considering over the years we’ve learnt from wits that a bias towards TVET colleges will help us to net plane increasingly students,” he added. “Their output is very key towards the city, with courses of engineering as they have practicals and we are hoping we can encourage increasingly students to apply,” Ngwenya said. To gloat the 10th year of the programme, the metro has increased the upkeep from R2m last year to R3m for this current financial year. BCM currently funds 42 beneficiaries with 16 stuff new beneficiaries while 26 are carry-over beneficiaries. Two beneficiaries who spoke to the Dispatch on Tuesday said they would specifically encourage disadvantaged students from rural areas to wield for the bursary. “It’s not for rich people or people with well-appointed backgrounds, it’s made for us,” Anga Javu, 21, from Zinyoka Location said: “At my home no one works. I plane had to waif out of school in 2015 considering of financial problems,” he said. “When I heard well-nigh the fund, I unromantic last year and I got it and it is helping me a lot, so others should wield too.” Please sign in or register to comment. REGISTER SIGN IN Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. Trending Now #StateCaptureInquiry | Nene: Zuma fired me considering I ... News WATCH LIVE | State Capture Inquiry - Day 17: Finance ... News Thousands expected to shepherd coronation of King Ndamase ... News WiFi hot spots a hunting ground for criminals News Nearly R2bn in irregular spending by Sassa News Latest Videos State Capture Inquiry - Day 17: Finance minister Nhlanhla Nene testifies Eastern Cape weather X Sections News Politics Videos Lifestyle Sport Local Heroes Classifieds Policy Info Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Comments Policy FAQs Get In TouchWell-nighUs Contact Us Advertise Newsletters Our Network TimesLIVE Sunday Times BusinessLIVE Business Day Financial Mail Rand Daily Mail HeraldLIVE DispatchLIVE Wanted Online SA Home Owner Business Media MAGS DispatchLIVE © 2018 Tiso Blackstar Group (Pty) Ltd. All rights reserved. Use of this site constitutes visa of our terms & conditions and privacy policy.