Listen: Issues around education and entrepreneurship
Black Umbrellas CEO, Seapei Mafoyane talking education and entrepreneurship on PowerFM, with Iman Rapetti. https://soundcloud.com/powerfm987/issues-around-education-and-entrepreneurship
Listen: CRET Executive Director Interviewed on MixFM
The Executive Director of the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET), Chantelle Oosthuizen shared the story of CRET in an interview on MixFM.
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation congratulates its founder, Cyril Ramaphosa, on his election as President
The management and staff of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation and its partner entities, Adopt-a-School, Kagiso Shanduka Trust, Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust and Black Umbrellas, congratulates our founder, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, on his election as President of the Republic of South Africa. We know President Ramaphosa will show as great a commitment to addressing South Africa’s national…
CRF and CRET on Expressions SABC 1 TV show
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s CEO, Donne Nicol, and CRET student achiever, Palesa Mokoena, were guests on Expressions talk show. Expressions is a Youth TV Current-Affairs show that is an agent of transformation. In the episode Expressions reported on the CRET Student Awards and looked at South Africa’s young achievers and organisations that have supported them to get…
KST and Free State Department of Education Infrastructure Launch
Currently in its fourth phase of implementation, the Kagiso Shanduka Trust (KST) District Whole School Development Programme, a partnership between Kagiso Trust and the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation in collaboration with the Free State Department of Education, is operating in the Fezile Dabi and Motheo districts. We recognise that to achieve excellence in education, a holistic…
Exceptional graduates honoured at CRET Student Awards
Graduates who excelled academically and personified outstanding leadership skills and social commitment, were celebrated at the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust’s (CRET) Student Awards hosted at the FNB Conference Centre in Johannesburg on Friday evening, 26 January 2018. The CRET scholarship programme does not only facilitate academic access, but also contributes to all-round youth development. In…
Adopt-a-School helps matrics to achieve exceptional results despite challenges
In 2017, Adopt-a-School Foundation, a partner entity of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, reached their goal of an 80% matric pass under the Department of Basic Education’s Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS).* This achievement is the result of holistic school development programmes that go beyond academic programmes and address basic amenities, social influences, and school leadership….
Resilient learners camp at school to achieve good academic results
Emmanuel Mofammere, 18-year-old matriculant from Lenyora la Thuto Comprehensive School which is one of the schools supported by KST in Botshabelo, Free State Province where the District Whole Schools Development Programme is being implemented is the recipient of the first ever Siyandisa Foundation Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to the Top 25 performing matriculants in…
KST congratulates the Free State on top matric results
Kagiso Shanduka Trust (KST), a partnership between the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, Kagiso Trust and the Free State Department of Education, has implemented its District Whole School Development Programme (DWSDP) model in two districts in the Free State. KST congratulates the Free State on attaining 86% for the 2017 NSC, placing the Province in first position…
Black Umbrellas celebrates R2 Billion Milestone
Black Umbrellas is proud to have reached the remarkable milestone of R2 Billion in combined client turnover and unveiled a new brand and logo.