Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, KAS SAIIA Scholarship Application 2026
What Employers Are Offering
- ✔ Employer-provided health & medical insurance
- ✔ Visa sponsorship & legal work authorization
- ✔ Relocation assistance & settlement support
- ✔ Long-term employment & benefit coverage
- ✔ Permanent residency pathways (eligible roles)
This is to inform the interested applicants that the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, KAS SAIIA Scholarship Programme 2026 for young South Africans (Fully Funded) is currently open for application. Details of the Konrad-Adenauer Scholarship is given as follows;
Employment Benefit Eligibility Information
Applicants searching for international employment opportunities often compare roles offering employer-sponsored insurance coverage, relocation support, and legally compliant work authorization programs.
- Jobs with employer-provided health insurance benefits
- Visa sponsorship positions including medical coverage
- Full-time employment with dental and vision insurance
- High salary jobs offering worker protection benefits
- Healthcare and caregiver roles including insurance coverage
Understanding benefit eligibility requirements helps applicants evaluate qualified employment offers before submitting immigration applications.
Summary of Scholarship
Organization: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) SAIIA
Role: Scholarship
Funds: Fully Funded
Benefits: Full bursary and Stipends.
Application Deadline: 15 September 2026
Insurance & Worker Protection Requirements
Before visa approval, many employer-sponsored programs require proof of valid health insurance coverage and worker protection compliance. Immigration authorities verify medical coverage eligibility before granting work authorization.
Depending on the destination country, foreign employees may also need workplace injury protection, employer liability coverage, and travel medical insurance during relocation.
- Mandatory health insurance for visa holders
- Workplace accident and employer liability protection
- Travel and relocation medical coverage
- Insurance verification during immigration processing
Confirm insurance compliance requirements before submitting a work permit application.
About the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) SAIIA
The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, KAS Scholarship foundation is a German political foundation scholarship named after the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. The KAS Foundation operates worldwide aimed at promoting democracy through political education and training. The foundation has it that, from 1999, KAS has funded a scholarship programme, run by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) to provide funding to complete a full-year internship at SAIIA in parallel to a Master’s degree in International Relations, Political Science, Economics, Law or Journalism at WITS, UCT or Stellenbosch University.
KAS Scholarship Eligibility
To be eligible for the KAS Scholarship, applicants must apply to any of the Institutions listed above and gained admission for their Master’s Degree Programme. Applicants must either be a South African resident (or eligible for residency status), and not older than 30 years old.
The KAS Scholarship Benefits
Successful candidates are entitled to a full bursary which covers tuition fees and a monthly stipend to cover their living costs and accommodation. The programme is output-focused, and scholars are assigned, mentors.
KAS Application Requirement 2026
The application should include:
- A letter of endorsement/support from one of your current lecturers for enrolment into a Masters’s Programme.
- A full detailed CV including at least one additional written
- Documents/transcript of Academic Record.
- Two written samples of the Statement of Purpose of your own writing.
- A two-page statement of motivation stating why you are applying for the scholarship programme and why you should be considered as an applicant.
- Note: You shall Complete the quiz on selection as qualified applicants
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