Deadline: 21 April 2024
Applications are now open for the Mandela Rhodes Scholarship 2024-2025 . The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship is a life-changing leadership journey. The scholarship combines financial support with a leadership programme that will challenge you, make you grow and connect you with young African change agents - just like you.
The programme is based on the founding principles of reconciliation, education, entrepreneurship and leadership, and the belief that leadership begins with inner transformation. The Mandela Rhodes Foundation aims to keep Nelson Mandela's legacy alive by equipping young African leaders with the skills and courage to transform the continent into a place where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. Their programme is mainly delivered through a series of week-long residential workshops, which you will attend during your residency period.
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Financial aid
- The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship offers comprehensive funding for the basic costs associated with your studies. It covers tuition fees for a one-year honours degree or a two-year master's degree in any field at a recognised South African higher education institution. This includes:
- Enrolment and registration fees
- Subsidies for study materials, research and medical assistance
- Accommodation and meals
- Personal allowance and economy class travel to and from your home country to the South African university at the beginning and end of your course.
- You will also receive a personal allowance.
Eligibility
- You can study postgraduate courses in English;
- You are a citizen of an African country;
- You're between 19 and 29 years old;
- You will have an undergraduate degree with excellent results (above 70% or second class honours) by 1st January 2025
- He aspires to be an ethical leader and is committed to using his talents to promote equality, freedom and human dignity in Africa;
- You admire Nelson Mandela's ability to bridge divides and unite people around our common humanity;
- You are prepared to reflect deeply on your own leadership and go through a process of change and personal growth.
Selection criteria
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They are looking for young leaders who aspire to the principles below and who have demonstrated the potential to live them.
- Leadership: Do you aspire to be a visionary leader who has moral authority? Do you see leadership as more than just a personal ambition - as a way of seeking to advance equality and freedom, human rights and human dignity? And do you want to guide and inspire others to reach their full potential?
- Reconciliation: Do you believe that reconciliation - combined with reparation - is the key to harnessing an imperfect past to develop a fairer world? And are you prepared to start the process by looking at your own internal scenario?
- Education: You have excellent academic results, but do you believe that your education should not only benefit you, but also make a difference to other people? And do you agree that intellectual excellence should go hand in hand with character and a balanced personality?
- Entrepreneurship: Do you want to see Africa take its rightful place as an equal and competitive presence in the global world? Have you demonstrated individual endeavour, innovation and creativity to this end?
Application
The deadline is 21 April 2024, by which time all the application documentation must have been uploaded. Your recommenders (referees) must have uploaded their references by then for your application to be finalised.
