KZN Dept of Economic Development, Tourism & Environmental Affairs: Internship Programme 2024 / 2025

The Department of Economic Development, Tourism & Environmental Affairs is implementing the Internship Programme as part of its contribution to skills development initiatives by inviting unemployed graduates to participate in the programme that will provide them with valuable work experience and increase their opportunities towards employment. The program offered is fully-structured and the Department will pay successful interns a monthly stipend/allowance.

Applications are invited from interested applicants in possession of a relevant three (3) year Degree or National Diploma or above from a recognized University or University of Technology, to undertake workplace training that shall run for the period of 24 months in the following fields/areas:

The following Internship Opportunities are open for applications:

Office Support (Office Of The MEC)

Ref No: MECOfficeSupport-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: Public Administration

Office Support (Office Of The HOD)

Ref No: HODOfficeSupport-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Public Admin
• Management
• Business Administration
• Business Management

Intergovernmental Relations

Ref No: IGR-25.27

• Honours in: Political Science / International Relations

Risk and Integrity Management

Ref No: Risk-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:  

• Risk Management
• Internet Audit

Internal Audit

Ref No: IntAudit-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:  

• Internal Auditing
• Risk Management

Finance

Ref No: Finance-25.27

• National Diploma or Degree in: Accounting

Finance-Budget

Ref No: FinBudg-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:

• Cost and Management Accounting
• Management Accounting

Supply Chain Mgt

Ref No: SCM-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:

• Public Management
• Supply Chain Management
• or any related qualification

Internal Control

Ref No: Internal-C25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:

• Internal Audit
• Cost and Management Accounting

Human Resource Management

Ref No: HRM-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:

• HRM / Human Resource Management
• Public Management
• Public Administration

Information Technology

Ref No: IT-25.27

• National Diploma or Degree in: Information Technology

Telecommunications

Ref No: TEL-COMM-25.27

• National Diploma or Degree in: Electrical Engineering in telecommunication

Legal Services

Ref No: LEGAL-25.27

• LLB (Bachelor of Laws)

Communications and Marketing

Ref No: COM-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:

• Graphic Designing
• Visual Communication

Registry

Ref No: AUX-REG25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:

• Public Management
• Records Management

Facilities Management

Ref No: AUX-FAC-25.27

• National Diploma or Degree in: Public Management

Fleet Management

Ref No: AUX-FLE-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Logistics
• Public Management

Small Business Development

Ref No: SBD-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Economics,
• Business Admin,
• Development Studies,
• Entrepreneurship

Co-operatives

Ref No: 

• Area 1- Co-ops-25.27
• Area 2- Co-ops-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Commerce
• Business Management
• Business Administration
• Economics
• Development Studies

Economic Empowerment

Ref No: EconEmp-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• B.Com Law/LLB,
• Economics;
• Development Economics;
• Development Studies,
• Finance & Business Adm;
• Bcom Investment Management
• Investment & Banking

RLED-PSS (Capacity Building)

Ref No: RLEDPSS-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Industrial Psychology
• HRD / Human Resource Development
• Development Studies
• Economics
• Social Science
• or equivalent degree.

RLED-MTES

Ref No: RLEDMTES-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Development Studies
• Economics
• Social Science
• or equivalent

Business Regulation

Ref No: Reg-25.27

• National Diploma or Degree in: Business Management

Consumer Protection

Ref No: Consumer-25.27

• LLB or any other suitable Legal Qualification

Tourism Development

Ref No: TOURISM25.27

• Relevant 3 year qualification in Tourism

Strategic Industrial Hubs

Ref No: SIH-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Economics
• Business Management
• Project Management

Trade and Investment Promotions

Ref No: Trade&Inv-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Commerce fields such as Economic or International Trade & International Business

Forestry and Furniture

Ref No: Forestry-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Forestry
• Wood Science
• Development Studies

Maritime

Ref No: Maritime-25.27

• National Diploma or Degree in: Bcom majoring in Economics and Supply Chain

Creative Economy

Ref No: Creative-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Arts
• Marketing
• Public Relations

Office of the DDG

Ref No: OfficeDir-25.27

• National Diploma or Degree in: Project Management

District Operations Management

Ref No: DistrictOffice-25.27

• National Diploma or Degree in: Public Management
• Degree in Bachelor of Law

Monitoring and Evaluation

Ref No: M&E-25.27

• Degree Economics; Preferable M&E postgraduate qualification

Public Entities Oversight

Ref No: PublicEnt-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:

• Public Management,
• Public Administration,
• Accountin
• Financial Management,
• LLB (Bachelor of Law)

Strategic Planning

Ref No: Strat-25.27

• Postgraduate studies in Development Studies, Policy Development or research

Policy & Planning

Ref No: P&P-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:

• Business Science or Economic Science,
• BSocSc in Economics;
• Bachelor of City Regional Planning
• Development Studies
• Town & Regional Planning

Research & Modelling

Ref No: R&M-25.27

• Bcom (HONS) Economics

Economic Reviews

Ref No: EconRev-25.27

• National Diploma or Degree in: Library & Information Management
• Degree in Knowledge Management or equivalent
• B Com (Honours) Economics

Environmental Management Services

Ref No: Enviro-25.27

National Diploma or Degree in:

• Environmental Management
• Environmental Science
• Environmental Law
• Natural Sciences