Afrimat

About Afrimat

Afrimat Limited is a JSE-listed, mid-tier mining and construction materials group based in South Africa. It listed on the JSE Main Board in 2006 and now operates across Southern Africa. Its range includes aggregates, cement and readymix concrete, industrial minerals such as lime, and bulk commodities such as iron ore, anthracite and manganese. The group also targets future materials and metals, including phosphate and rare earths. Subsidiaries such as Afrimat Contract Mining Services carry out mining work for other companies.

A quarry sits in the middle of a community. It employs local people, uses local roads and buys local services. As a result, Afrimat ties much of its education funding to the places where it digs.

How Afrimat supports students

Afrimat does not run one group-wide bursary scheme. Instead, individual quarry and mining sites run their own programmes for students from nearby communities. This website lists several, including the Coega Quarry, Denver Quarry and Blue Rock Quarry bursaries, as well as a general Afrimat bursary.

The Coega and Denver quarries are run by Afrimat CM Eastern Cape (Pty) Ltd and fall within the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape. Blue Rock Quarry serves communities in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, also in the Eastern Cape. Calls for these programmes have prioritised local applicants. Fields have included mechanical and electrical engineering, finance and human resources. Other Afrimat calls have mentioned occupational health and safety, environmental sciences, information technology and business management. Some calls have focused on students in their second or third year of study.

These site-level awards double as a community-development and recruitment pipeline. They help Afrimat find skilled people close to its regional operations. They also give families near the quarries a way to fund a degree or diploma.

What to know before applying

Where you live matters most. Each programme names the municipality or community it serves, so check that your home address falls inside it. Expect to provide proof of residence along with your ID, academic results and proof of registration.

Fields, year levels and closing dates differ between sites and change from year to year. Whether a binding work-back period applies is not confirmed in public sources, so read each advert carefully. For current details, visit the Afrimat website and follow its careers and bursary notices. Apply to the programme that matches your own community rather than sending one application to every site.

Prepare early, because each site runs its own call and a tidy application matters. Ask for certified copies in good time and keep your latest results transcript ready. If the field you want is not listed in an advert, contact the relevant Afrimat site and ask whether other qualifications may be considered.