SAYC NORTH WEST

Bursary Opportunity.

📌🗣The Mining Qualifications Authority is pleased to announce that the bursary applications for 2026 funding are now open for unemployed learners and for employed persons.

For more information and how to apply, please click on the link:
https://mqa.org.za/bursaries/

Interested applicants are advised to read the information on the Bursaries page very carefully and to make sure that they click on the correct form when accessing the application link.

GOOD LUCK🤝🫶

Impressive Profile of the MEC of Basic Education Viola Ntsetsao Motsumi.

MEC Ntsetsao Viola Motsumi is born and bred in Mahikeng and started her schooling at Stadt Primary School and proceeded to Mmabatho High School.
She (Motsumi) holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), honours degree in Bachelor in Microbiology from North West university and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) which through this PGCE taught Mathematics and Physics at her alma mater, Mmabatho High School.
After serving for seven years as a teacher, she joined private sector as project manager for North West Development Corporation.

Motsumi also served as a Parliamentary Liaison Officer for education at a time when the department merged with Department of Sports, Arts, and Culture (formerly known as North West Department of Education and Sport Development in 2017-2019. In the same year, she was subsequently sworn in as Member of North West Legislature and a Deputy Speaker for the North West Provincial Legislature, currently she is serving as the North West Education MEC today.

With her spirit of servitude to the people of North West, the department is undoubtedly proud to have its own.