Mandela Rhodes Scholars

The Mandela Rhodes Scholarships aim to help in building leadership excellence in Africa.

A Mandela Rhodes Scholarship is more than a bursary, though the costs of Scholars are generously covered during their period of study.

The Mandela Rhodes Foundation offers young Africans who exhibit academic prowess as well as broader leadership potential an educational opportunity unique on the continent. While pursuing their chosen post-graduate degree, each Scholar benefits from access to leadership development programmes, rooted in the principles underpinning the Foundation.

In addition to the opportunity to interact with a diverse group of fellow-Scholars that spans the continent and academic disciplines, they become part of a wide-ranging network of young Africans of excellence who are expected to play leadership roles in their fields and societies in the years following their time ‘in residence’.

Wits graduates are nominated for the Mandela Rhodes Scholarship and those selected for the award are generously assisted in advancing their studies.

	2012 Scholar - Yumna Laher International Relations Read more.
	2010 Scholar - Shaheen Seedat Doctorate (PhD) in financial economics Read more.
	2009 Scholar - Aalyia Sadruddin is currently reading for an inter-disciplinary BA Honours in Sociology, Anthropology and Demography and Population Studies in the School of Social Sciences at Wits. Read more.
	2009 Scholar - Elias Phaala completed his BA Honours in International Relations in the School of Social Sciences at Wits in 2008. Read more.
	2009 Scholar - Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni is currently completing her final year in the Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts, majoring in Performance and Directing in the Wits School of Arts. Read more.