East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) Internships 2026

About East London Industrial Development Zone

East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) SOC Ltd is a South African state-owned entity established to promote industrial growth, investment, and job creation in the Eastern Cape. Located near the Port of East London, the ELIDZ provides world-class infrastructure, business support services, and incentives to local and international investors, with a strong focus on sectors such as automotive manufacturing, agro-processing, renewable energy, and advanced manufacturing.

About the Internship

The East London IDZ is looking for interns to be exposed in the below mentioned fields for a period of up to 24 months subject to the conditions of the internship agreement to be signed after appointment.

Available Internships

The following Internship Opportunities are open for Applications:

Safety Management Intern

• National Diploma or Degree in: Safety Management

Electrical Engineering: Maintenance and Facilitie Intern

• National Diploma or Degree in: Electrical Engineering (Heavy current)

Records Management Intern

• National Diploma or Degree in: Records Management/ Achieves

Records Management: Administration Intern

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Office Management and Technology
• Office Administration

Project Portfolio Management Intern

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Information Technology
• Software Development
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Project Industrial Development Intern

• National Diploma or Degree in: Building / Civil Engineering

Supply Chain Management Intern

• National Diploma or Degree in: Supply Chain Management / Logistics

Science and Technology Park: Laboratory Intern

National Diploma or Degree in:

• Microbiology
• Chemistry
• Biotechnology
• Food Technology

Science and Technology Park: Design Centre Intern

National Diploma or Degree in:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

Science and Technology Park: Research Intern

• National Diploma or Degree in: Agricultural Economics / Economics

Knowledge Management Intern

National Diploma or Degree in: 

• Business Information Systems
• Data Science
• Informatics
• Knowledge Management
• Information and Knowledge Management

Requirements

• Relevant studies must have been completed.
• South African citizen (preference will be given to applicants from Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality).
• You must not be studying full-time.
• You must be unemployed.
• You must not have relevant experience pertaining to your field of study
• You must not have participated in any other internship programme.
• You must be between the ages of 18 - 35 years.