Botshabelo, May 23, 2024 – To commemorate National Child Protection Week, the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s Thari Programme hosted a two-day dialogue focused on enhancing positive parenting skills. Positive Parenting: A Parent and Child Dialogue ran on Wednesday 23 May and Thursday 24 May. It brought together parents, teachers and experts for an open dialogue session…
But questions remain about whether the schooling system is set to ensure only the best pupils make it to matric — disadvantaging many others 22 January 2024 – BY TIMESLIVE PREMIUM EDITORIAL As another new school year begins, what has become clear is that interventions in public schools by the Free State education department are…
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust’s end-of-year newsletter for 2023 has been published. The newsletter provides an overview of CRET’s initiatives and work throughout the year. CRET’s theme for the year – as conceptualised by their beneficiary students – is “Leave No One Behind”, which speaks to CRET’s commitment to youth skills development support projects and programmes…
By Mmabatho Maboya, CEO, Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation The vulnerabilities of school children in South Africa demand urgent attention. Violence at schools and at home, abuse, bullying, gangsterism, alcohol and substance abuse, and teenage pregnancy are among just some of the ills that plague many school communities, impacting learning outcomes and the well-being of children….
6 September 2023 In August this year the Department of Basic Education reported that over 279 000 students enrolled for the May/June matric examination rewrite. However, this represented only 60% of the candidates who were eligible to rewrite. This is concerning as it potentially disadvantages a large number of young people from progressing to higher…
09 August 2023 As we celebrate the role of women in society this Women’s Month, Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation focuses on inspirational women in its small business incubation partner entity, Black Umbrellas. Earlier this year, Zandile Gqoboza, the Foundation’s Research and Stakeholder Relations Officer, researched the Black Umbrellas programme and interviewed its women beneficiaries for a…
01 August 2023 Time management is important for students, to balance their studies and other daily activities. It refers to the process of organising and planning how to arrange one’s time between different activities. Managing time well is something that can be learned and practiced in order to make the most of your daily routine….
20 June 2023 Sharlotte Mkansi, Youth and Skills Development Administrator of Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET), a Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, recently gained the thoughts of Vianka Gounden, a hearing-impaired student that CRET supports, about South Africa’s recognition of sign language as its 12th official language. Of the 195 countries in the world, only 41…
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation is an independent Public Benefit Organisation. It advances programmes that target socioeconomic challenges in education, small business development, youth development, social cohesion and nation building as well as those affecting children, women and families. The Foundation has its origins as Shanduka Foundation, which was launched in 2004 as the CSI arm of…
9 June 2023 In a recent impact study conducted by Black Umbrellas, a Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity that implements an incubation programme to develop small Black businesses, emerging entrepreneurs cited gaining support from the business development incubator as one of the contributors to their growth. The study found that more than 70% of SMMEs…
