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VWSA Show of Hands Volunteer Day at Tshilidzi Primary School
Volkswagen South Africa partnered with Adopt-a-School Foundation for the annual Great Show of Hands initiative at Tshilidzi Primary School in Tshiawelo, Soweto. VWSA employees together with their loved ones gave their support and time to make a difference in a school...
A Story Worth Telling: Adopt-a-School’s transformation of Enhlahleni Primary School in Dannhauser
Adopt-a-School Foundation is a partner entity of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation and has transformed Enhlahleni Primary School through the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI) by the Department of Basic Education....
CRET Annual Awards
CRET hosted its 5th Annual Awards evening on 26 January 2018 to honour recent graduates and to recognise outstanding achievements by students on the bursary programme. Top students were awarded accordingly to their faculties of study, the most improved learner and top...
The Japanese Embassy in South Africa Invests in a Primary School in Botshabelo, Free State.
The overcrowding of classrooms in South Africa’s public schools creates a disadvantage for both teaching and learning. For educators it becomes challenging to provide individual attention to each learner if there are more than 30 learners in one class. Educators are...
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust: Tracker Tomorrow’s Man Programme
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation and it's partner entity Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust are proud to have participated in Tracker's "Tomorrow's Man Programme". The Foundation hosted Grade 11 and 12 learners from Minervra High School in Alexandra. Tracker’s Tomorrow’s Man...
LISTEN: The work of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s Strategy and Partnerships Executive, Mmabatho Maboya, was interviewed on Radio Massiv Metro about the work of the Foundation. https://soundcloud.com/massivmetro/jampas-speaks-to-the-cyril-ramaphosa-foundation-mmabatho-maboya
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
KST hosts dignity days in the Free State
With continued reports highlighting how the girl child misses school during her monthly period due to a lack of access to sanitary towels, KST in partnership with the Free State Department of Education hosted 2 dignity days (one in each district). The Dignity Days...
Cyril Ramaphosa goes back to school to raise funds for Adopt-a-School Foundation
Over 800 industry leaders and government officials attended the 11th annual Adopt-a-School Foundation ‘Back to School’ fundraising event at the Sandton Convention Centre on Saturday, 14 October 2017. The event, which has become a highlight on the philanthropic...
KST and Free State Department of Education Infrastructure Launch
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, geld an infrastructure handover launch in Botshabelo and...
Thari Programme provides vulnerable women and children with safe space to thrive
The Thari Programme for the support of Women and Children is a groundbreaking initiative designed to provide safe places for vulnerable children, youths and women that are inclusive, free from violence, academically effective, gender sensitive, and promote health and...