Trans Hex Group has mined diamonds on the Namaqualand coast and offshore for more than 50 years. The company left the JSE in December 2019 and now runs as a private group with marine and land operations in South Africa, Namibia and Angola. Its bursary commitments sit inside the mining-rights paperwork of one subsidiary, Belton Park Trading 127, which mines sea concessions off the Richtersveld coast in the Northern Cape.
No Trans Hex bursary advert online right now
The Trans Hex Group website covers its fleet, mines and press statements, but on 2 October 2026 it carried no jobs page and nothing aimed at students. We found no 2027 intake, deadline or postal or email route for bursary applications from Trans Hex itself. Listing sites have carried “Trans Hex bursary” adverts with closing dates and lists of preferred towns, but we could not trace any of them to Trans Hex itself, so this page leaves those details out.
What the Belton Park Social and Labour Plan promises
Every South African mining-right holder must file a Social and Labour Plan with the Department of Mineral Resources. Trans Hex publishes the Belton Park Social and Labour Plan for 2023 to 2027 on its company documents page. The plan focuses on the people of the Richtersveld, where the Belton Park operation sits, and on the wider Namaqualand region.
Belton Park’s bursary plan has two parts:
- External community bursaries. Belton Park awards these to successful applicants from local communities for full-time study at an accredited South African university, university of technology or college. The money goes towards tuition, prescribed textbooks and accommodation. Recipients owe no work-back.
- Employee bursaries. Belton Park offers these to its own staff studying for a degree or national diploma. The plan extends the scheme to immediate family members of contractor employees, chosen on academic merit and in any subject.
One community bursary a year
The numbers are small. The plan targets four community bursars in 2023 and then one new community learner a year from 2024 to 2027, with a community bursary budget of R58 320 for 2027. The target table labels these places “any mining-related discipline”, while the text describes a pool for any field that benefits the community. Expect competition to be stiff, and expect Belton Park to favour Richtersveld applicants.
Mining-related studies that fit the marine diamond business include geology, mining engineering, metallurgy and environmental science. Students in those fields can also look at the MQA bursary for mining-sector studies, which has a much larger pool, and the Council for Geoscience bursary for geology students.
How to ask Trans Hex about the next intake
Because Trans Hex does not post bursary adverts on its website, contact the company directly before you send any documents. Trans Hex lists its head office in Montague Gardens, Cape Town, with the phone number 021 510 1881 and the email address info@transhex.co.za. Ask whether Belton Park is taking community bursary applications for the next academic year and where the advert will appear.
- Have your Grade 12 results (or latest university results) and proof of where you live ready, since a community bursary depends on showing you come from the area.
- Only send personal documents to an address that ends in transhex.co.za or that Trans Hex confirms by phone.
- Ask your school, the Richtersveld municipality or local community office whether they have received a Trans Hex or Belton Park notice.
For other funders that pay for geology, environmental and physical science degrees, browse our science bursaries list.