Internships and Training at Siyabona Africa

More and more students from overseas are choosing to do their internships in South Africa. The exotic environment, variety of languages,  different culture, the chance to gain international experience, as well as the cheaper student life, make South Africa a popular choice for students.

Despite there being numerous well established enterprises in the Western Cape Province, internships are often very difficult to organise, especially for those students applying from Europe.The great distance, different languages as well as a different educational system, make the search for a rewarding internship more difficult.

Besides the idea of taking on students for internships being fairly new in south Africa, students are sometimes seen more as an extra burden than a creative input to the company.

The result is that the demand for internships far exceeds the number of places in companies that are available. Consequently, it takes a longer time to find a suitable internship, with most of them being unpaid.

Magister is an organisation that specialises in the placement of overseas students, as well as looking after their needs. The German / South African Magister Team, located in Cape Town / Stellenbosch, has specialist knowledge and experience in the organising of internships into numerous varied organisations and companies.

Every student who is serious and interested has a good chance of finding an internship, according to their suitability and qualifications. Requirements may include Marketing, Information Technology, Multi-media, Journalism and Graphic Design. Our minimum intership period if 5 months and co-ordinated by  Magister