15 Years
Signs of a great future
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...
Fostering an inclusive, empowered society through education and enterprise
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,...
Small businesses value expert guidance
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...
‘’Where there’s a will, there’s a way’’: A Programme Manager’s on-the-ground experience of eradicating pit toilets
Feizel Mamdoo, Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s Communications Executive, sat down with Arnold Maluleke, a Programme Manager of its partner entity, Adopt-a-School Foundation, for an insight into his work eradicating pit toilets. As a youth, Arnold Maluleke dug pit toilets...
Thari Programme advocates for the protection of children during Child Protection Week
31 May 2023 By Bernice Maponyane, Programme Manager: Social Welfare, Adopt-a-School Child neglect and abuse are distressing issues that South Africa continues to grapple with. The country faces significant challenges in safeguarding children and ensuring their...
Class act: Here’s why the Free State is tops in education
By Penwell Dlamini, Sunday Times, 16 April 2023 Schools in the Free State, one of SA’s poorest provinces, have gone from near-bottom to the top of national education. Penwell Dlamini visited some schools to find out how this turnaround happened. A pupil arrives at the...
Make the digital world safer, more inclusive, more equal
08 March 2023 The United Nations declared its theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March as “DigitAll: Innovation and Technology for gender equality”. Technology is of profound significance in today's world. It has revolutionised virtually every aspect of...
Don’t Give Up. Options are available for post school study and training
31 January 2023 Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Adopt-a-School, encourages all students who did not succeed in obtaining their matriculation qualification to not give up and to explore available options to continue schooling or training. “Failing matric can...
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s 2020-2022 Annual Report
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s Annual Report for 2020-2022 has been published. The report provides an overview of the work of the Foundation and its partner entities for the periods March 2020 – February 2021 and March 2021 - February 2022. The period of review was...
Taking care of your mental health today, to do better tomorrow
09 November 2022 The stress of exams during this time can strain one’s mental health. As students sit their final exams, Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) helped ease the stress and anxiety of its beneficiary students by convening an advice session with the South...
Effective ways to prepare for the exam season
09 November 2022 Exam season is upon us, and this time can be stressful for a lot of students. Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust has compiled some helpful tips to assist students to revise and prepare for the exam room. Revision tips Make a realistic revision schedule:...
KST Close-Out Report: Eight Years of Partnering for Excellence in Education
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, KST has published its 2013/21 KST Close-Out Report: Eight Years of Partnering for Excellence in Education. The close-out report is an account of the work of KST since its inception in 2013, primarily in the Free State...
Joy as Adopt-a-School Foundation hands over an ablution block and classrooms at a school in need
The Adopt-a-School Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and has marked this milestone with a renewed commitment to continue improving education delivery to marginalised communities in South Africa. Adopt-a-School, a non-profit organization that...
Business in the blackouts: How SMEs can be agile in the face of load shedding
03 September 2022 According to government estimates, load shedding can cost the country's economy about R500 million per day. The effects of South Africa's struggles with blackouts, especially impact micro to medium-sized enterprises that play such a significant role...
Adopt-a-School Foundation’s Heritage
21 September 2022 In the storeroom of a school in Soweto, draped in cloth to protect it over the years from the dust, is a fax machine. Many may not to know what a fax machine is. At its height in the 1980s through to the early 1990s, it was a technological marvel for...
Psychosocial and care support services for learners in the spotlight at Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s Thari Programme Conference
13 September 2022 Psychosocial and care support services for learners was in the spotlight at the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s Thari Programme’s Second Biennial Conference in Botshabelo township in the Free State on 9 September. Held in partnership with the National...
The Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s Thari Programme hosts conference to discuss the results of its five-year pilot project in Botshabelo
On the 09th of September 2022, The Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation hosted its second biennial Thari Programme conference at Seemahale Secondary School in Botshabelo in the Free State. The Thari Programme is a five-year pilot programme, implemented by the Foundation’s...
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA EDUCATION TRUST IGNITES LEARNER INTEREST WITH CAREER GUIDANCE EXPO HOSTED IN DIEPSLOOT
The Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) hosted its annual Career Guidance Day for learners at the Diepsloot Combined School on Tuesday, 23 August 2022. The event was held in collaboration with Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Adopt-a-School, and the...
First Black Umbrellas incubation lounge launched in KZN to empower youth and entrepreneurs
KwaZulu-Natal start-up entrepreneurs will have easy access to assistance to grow their business with the launch of the Black Umbrellas incubation lounge at Regent Business School at the Durban campus. A partner entity of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, this is the second...
Inspired by the resilience of women
09 August 2022 By Mmabatho Maboya, CEO, Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation On 09 August 2022, we mark National Women’s Day, and extend the commemoration campaign to boost awareness of and mobilisation against gender inequality and its consequences for the entire month. August...