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Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation marks its 20th anniversary!

22 CRET students graduate – including in medicine and surgery, international relations, shipping and logistics, and environmental management The Free State is again the top-performing region, boasting an 89% matric pass rate. Motheo is the second best performing district, and Fezile Dabi ranks in the top ten.

Adopt-a-School marks its 20th Over 700,000 learners have benefited from Whole School Development since inception. KST supported Mothe District achieves the Free State province’s highest district results with a pass rate of 87.9%. The Public Sector Leaders magazine notes Black Umbrellas as a ‘’top 4 programme unlocking youth potential in South Africa’’. The Thari Programme…

Cyril Ramaphosa founds the Shanduka Group. A 5% shareholding is set aside for two trusts – Fundani, an educational trust, and Mabindu, a small business development trust.

President Cyril Ramaphosa becomes Patron of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation. Dr Tshepo Motsepe is appointed Chairperson of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation Motheo District debuts in the top 10 districts in the 2020 NSC examinations. Free State province achieves the highest matric pass rate.

The Foundation celebrates its 15th anniversary. KST is extended by a further five years following a funding partnership with the First Rand Empowerment Fund Black Umbrellas is the recipient of the 2019 International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) awards for the second time. Free State province achieves the highest matric pass rate.

Fezile Dabi District is the highest performing district in the country for a second year running. Donnè Nicol resigns as CEO of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation to take up the position of Special Advisor to the President of South Africa. Mmabatho Maboya is appointed CEO of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation.

Black Umbrellas reaches R2 billion in combined turnover of its small business clients. The Foundation launches the Thari Programme pilot. Free State province achieves the highest matric pass rate for the second year, with Fezile Dabi District the best performing district in the country.

Black Umbrella achieves R1 billion in combined turnover by its incubator clients. Free State province achieves the highest matric pass rate in the country.

The Foundation partners with Kagiso Trust to form KST, which signs a matched-funding partnership with the Free State Department of Education to implement Whole School Development at a district level. Black Umbrellas wins the Impumelelo Award as ‘’Social Entrepreneur of the Year’’, and is runner-up in the Mail & Guardian Investing in the Future Awards.