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Year in Review: South Africa
Undergraduate Bursaries
This programme aims to support the development of a pool of critical skills in STEM for
the country. The programme also supports non-STEM careers for qualifying children of Sasol
Khanyisa shareholders, those from our fenceline communities, and children of Sasol employees.
The total number of funded undergraduate students in 2022 was 133, comprising of 60 new bursaries awarded
during the academic year, and 73 returning students. Our focus for new bursaries is on the development of skills
of the future as well as the green economy skills, which are predominantly aligned with STEM disciplines. These
include specialisations such as Engineering and Engineering Technology, Data Science, Information Technology,
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Medical Sciences, Construction and Manufacturing. Technologies such
as Robotics, Internet of Things, Automation, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are at the core of these
disciplines as the major drivers of digital transformation, which is critical for the future world of work.
Postgraduate Science
Fellowship Programme
This programme is aimed at developing
a pool of next generation black science
researchers and building research capacity
at Historically Disadvantaged Institutions
(HDIs).
The programme recruits and supports Honours,
Masters, and Doctoral students to study degrees in
Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry, now with
focus on Green Chemistry and Sustainability research.
The programme is funded through a 50:50 partnership
with the National Research Foundation (NRF).
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In the 2022 academic year, the programme supported
a total of 58 postgraduates, majority of whom
were doing their final year of studies. Forty-two
postgraduate students completed their studies and
graduated, which included 10 Honours, 20 Masters,
and 12 Doctoral students.
There was notable improvement in the research
outputs from the postgraduate students in the last
year, with 105 peer-reviewed publications produced in
2022/2023 against the 78 publications produced in the
previous academic year.
