Harmony’s various educational and skills development programmes opens doors for ambitious youth who are looking for a rewarding career in mining. Beyond financial support, we provide real-world experience through internships and graduate programmes that provide hands-on learning in the mining and resources sector.
Bursary Scheme Programme
At Harmony we offer full-time bursaries to communities in an around our mining operations. The bursaries are offered in the core and non-core fields of studies (varies per year as per business requirements). The breakdown of the annual bursary allocations is as follows: 60% core and critical, 30% non-core but mining-related and 10% other disciplines.
Requirements
- Applicants must be between 18 and 35 years of age.
- A valid South African identity document (SA Citizen).
- A National Senior Certificate, having passed all subjects with 60% and above.
- Students planning to study in the Engineering field, must have a minimum of 70% for Mathematics & Physical Science.
- Students already at tertiary institutions must have obtained an average of 60% and above in all major subjects.
- Must be studying or plan to study on a full-time basis
- Brief Curriculum Vitae (3 pages).
2026 BURSARY INTAKE IS CLOSED
The 2027 intake will open in October 2026.
Enquiries
Kitsi Taunyana
Tel: 018 700 3347
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Graduate Development Programme
Harmony continues to invest in creating a talent pipeline of young people to fill core and critical roles within the business. We offer a Graduate Development Programme to our Bursar students who have successfully completed their qualifications.
Internships and work experience
This programme is offered to graduates who require work-readiness exposure. The main goal of work-integrated learning is to enhance the chances of employment, as it increases students’ “work-readiness” or employability.
Harmony hosts over 100 interns annually for a duration of 12-24 months depending on the nature of the programme. We strongly believe that internships are a great way to create a pipeline of great future employees, and Harmony transitions some of the interns into permanent roles after successful completion of their programmes.
2026 opportunities
If you are a high-achieving student looking to pursue a career in core mining disciplines and related fields, Harmony has Internship and P1/P2 opportunities available for 2026. The opportunity is for Graduates or Diplomates (graduates with a diploma) and/or applicants who require Internship or Experiential Exposure to complete their qualifications. This opportunity is open to applicants who resides in our local communities where Harmony Gold is operating in South Africa, as well as children of Harmony employees.
Applications close on 27 February 2026. If you do not receive feedback within 21 days after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
