Many graduates across the country face a window of opportunity this week. Several employers and public agencies have opened graduate internships and development programmes with deadlines between 14 and 18 September 2026 across multiple provinces.
Opportunities are available at CHIETA Wits Health Consortium SALGA Jozini Local Municipality Eskom the National Empowerment Fund National Credit Regulator SHRA FAIS Ombud National Gambling Board Gauteng Tourism Authority and SASSA. Applications are being invited from unemployed graduates and interns across a broad range of disciplines with varying durations and stipends.
Closing Date Fourteen September Two Thousand Twenty Six
A batch of openings targets unemployed graduates in the Western Cape Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal with durations ranging from one year to two years.
CHIETA invites unemployed Western Cape graduates to apply for the Administration Support Internship Programme that runs for twenty four months and pays a monthly stipend of R7 000, while Wits Health Consortium offers the Yes4Youth Internship Programme in Gauteng across administration finance and compliance. SALGA operates a nationwide Graduate Development Programme with fifty eight opportunities across provinces and a monthly stipend of R6 500. Jozini Local Municipality in KwaZulu Natal lists LGSETA internships focused on Office Management and Human Resources with a 14 September closing date.
Closing Date Fifteen September Two Thousand Twenty Six
A slate of programmes closes on the fifteenth of September across energy, engineering, finance and public administration sectors.
Eskom Tutuka Power Station offers a range of Learnerships and Graduate Opportunities in Mpumalanga. The National Empowerment Fund advertises Marketing and Multimedia internships in Sandton. The National Credit Regulator runs Graduate Internships in Pretoria, the SHRA invites Tenant Liaison Officer interns in Cape Town and the FAIS Ombud hosts an HR Graduate Internship in Pretoria. Each opportunity carries its own criteria and intake procedures with the common closing date of 15 September 2026.
Closing Date Sixteen September Two Thousand Twenty Six
The National Gambling Board has a Graphic Design Internship Programme open to graduates in Pretoria for a twelve month period with a monthly stipend of R12 000. The programme seeks applicants with backgrounds in Graphic Design Visual Communication or Multimedia Design and related fields.
Applicants should note the closing date of 16 September 2026 and prepare portfolios and supporting materials as required. This opportunity sits alongside other sector specific openings that aim to build professional experience in creative industries and related design disciplines within the public sector environment.
Closing Date Eighteen September Two Thousand Twenty Six
The Gauteng Tourism Authority invites graduates to apply for two twenty four month internships in Creative Digital Design Content Production Photography Videography and Multimedia based in Gauteng. The programme emphasises hands on experience and professional development within a tourism and content production context.
The South African Social Security Agency is also advertising Mpumalanga based Internships and a TVET Work Integrated Learning Programme with a closing date of 18 September 2026 at 16 00. These assignments span finance human capital management grants administration and communications and customer care roles designed to bridge study and work experience.
An advisory note explains that the Ekurhuleni West TVET College internships had a deadline of 17 August 2026 and are not included among the twelve current opportunities closing between 14 and 18 September 2026.