Zingaphi Phindani proudly displays her new CPUT student card

SAEP's Tertiary Support Programme provides small bursaries and intensive mentorship to former Bridging Year Interns attending tertiary institutions (university or further education and training colleges). Through personal and financial support, the programme aims to help township youth excel in their studies and earn their degrees. The financial support offered by SAEP includes payment of registration fees, which typically run between R1800 and R3300 per student.  It also covers the shortfall in their loans or grants, which are typically inadequate to cover all the costs of food, toiletries, transport from home to university, books, paper and other school supplies, photocopying, airtime and other personal needs.

We are now providing support to thirteen former Bridging Year Interns who are studying at the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and the University of Pretoria. Additionally, in 2009 SAEP's Tertiary Support Programme supplied twelve former Briding Year Interns with laptop computers.