by admin | Jan 22, 2015 | Bursary Programs, Education
In 2011 Ziyanda Mwanda volunteered to work at the annual Careers Indaba at Masiphumelele library, which is where she came to hear about Masicorp. At the time she was in the second year of a BSc Biotechnology course at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). She had...
by admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Bursary Programs
The end of the academic year has come around again and to celebrate Masicorp recently took our bursary students out for lunch at The Fisherman’s Pub & Grill in Kommetjie. Â Â Thanks to programme manager Susan de Vaux for providing a small gift to each...
by admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Bursary Programs, Education
Thanks to our financial and personal support, the dropout rate for university students in the Masicorp Bursary Scheme is exceptionally low, as we recently reported. We also recently profiled two of our successful university graduates, Lungelwa Mkokeli and Olwethu...
by admin | Sep 12, 2014 | Bursary Programs, Education
Lungelwa Mkokeli was born in the Eastern Cape in 1992. She grew up as one of seven children, all raised by her hard-working mother who had only the help of national child support grants. Despite the difficult living conditions Lungelwa performed well in school, but...
by admin | Sep 10, 2014 | Bursary Programs, Education
In 2006, Masicorp had not yet considered supporting students with university level education. That all changed one afternoon when Olwethu Mlaza tapped Masicorp volunteer Jill Stirrup on the shoulder and asked her for help getting to university. Having achieved good...
by admin | Sep 8, 2014 | Bursary Programs, Education
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) and Department of Higher Education and Training have expressed concerns over the high dropout rates at South African universities. Despite the critical need for high level skills, particularly amongst the country’s previously...
