Siza water celebrates 17th birthday with bursary launch
Mayor Welcome Mdabe congratulated the bursary recipients and urged them to do their best so that they can return and use their skills in their communities.
April 1 marked Sembcorp Siza Water’s 17th Birthday and as part of the celebration, Sembcorp officially launched the Sembcorp Siza Water Bursary Fund.
The Bursary Fund is part of the Sembcorp Siza Water Community Development Fund.
The Bursary Fund is for tertiary students living within the Sembcorp Siza Water Concession Area and was available for applicants wishing to study this year.
Five students have been awarded a bursary: Mthobisi Dladla studying Occupational Health and Safety at Pheonix Health & Safety; Thalia Nair studying Mechanical Engineering at WITS; Kerina Naicker studying BSc Civil Engineering at UKZN; Kiara Birbal studying Physiotherapy at UKZN and Thabiso Msweli studying Information Technology at Damelin.
The event was attended by Ilemebe district municipality mayor, Welcome Mdabe and Sembcorp Siza Water Concession Area ward councillors; Malcolm Hubner, Temba Ntuli, Jetro Banda and Njabulo Mbonambi.
Mayor Mdabe congratulated the bursary recipients and urged them to do their best so that they can return and use their skills in their communities.
“We appreciate what Siza has done to promote the youth. There is a shortage of skills and we need artisans and engineers,” said Mayor Mdabe.
“The aim of the fund is to ensure we empower our youth with skills so that they may then be able to realise their dreams through education,” Managing director of Sembcorp Siza Water, Shyam Misra said. “South Africa produces few engineers and our services hinge on engineering skills.”
In addition to providing funding to the lucky recipients of the bursaries, Sembcorp will offer the students work experience at their offices to get a feel of the corporate environment and also gain exposure to the real world of their chosen careers.
Thalia Nair thanked Sembcorp Siza Water for the opportunity and said, “A lot of my peers want to study but do not have finances to do so, and I am happy to have been given an opportunity to have a brighter future”.
Thabiso Msweli hopes to become helpful in his community. He expressed his gratitude and added that, “The bursary lifted a great weight off the shoulders of my family who were no longer able to pay for my studies.”
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