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Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust 2021 Virtual Awards
On 1 July Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) hosted its Annual Student Awards as a virtual event. The ceremony awarded graduates and beneficiaries from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Engineering as well as the Faculty of...
SMEs as a Catalyst for Change
For World SMME Day on 27 June, Black Umbrellas and Regent Business School hosted an insightful webinar on the challenges, opportunities and lived experiences of South African entrepreneurs.
Join Black Umbrellas’ Giving Society and stand a chance to win a prize
Join the Black Umbrellas Giving Society #BUClub and donate as little as R150 a month to help 100% Black-owned businesses in our incubation programme become scalable and sustainable enterprises. Additionally, you stand a chance to win prizes to the value of R5 000!...
Thari Programme Research Study
The Thari Programme currently has a research study underway in partnership with the University of Free State. The study is an evaluation of the Thari pilot programme to build a scientifically proven model. It aims to explore and describe whether and how the Thari...
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust is inspiring in enabling young people to fulfil their potential
‘As we commemorate 16 June 1976 and honour our youth, we call on the business community to join with us in investing in our future, to send forth skilled and talented visionaries into the world; to eradicate youth unemployment; to break the cycle of generational...
A Stitch In Time Saves SMEs
13 June 2021 Cliched as it may be, the proverb about ‘teaching a man to fish’ still holds water now more than ever, especially for small business owners. The proverb says, ‘If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day but, teach a man to fish, and you feed him for...
Thari Programme spotlights bullying in schools, this Child Protection Week
03 June 2021 30 May to 6 June marks National Child Protection Week in South Africa. The week is commemorated annually to raise awareness of children’s rights as articulated in the Constitution of South Africa and the Children’s Act No. 38 of 2005. South Africa's...
Hlahlindela Secondary School receives tablets
Adopt-a-School Foundation continues to erect computer labs and media centres and facilitate the donation of devices to marginalised schools. In May, Adopt-a-School showcased one of its digital projects at Hlahlindlela Secondary School in the rural community of Kwa...
KST Science Lab handover
On Friday, 14 May, KST’s Project Manager: Curriculum, Pumeza Tena, officially handed-over a life science laboratory to the educators of Sediba-Thuto Secondary School in the Fezile Dabi District in the Free State. Tena facilitated a half-day training workshop for...
Thari Programme School Health Week awareness campaign in collaboration with Botshabelo Moral Regeneration Forum
On 12 May 2021 and 13 May 2021, the Botshabelo Moral Regeneration Forum held a School Health Week awareness campaign at four high schools. The campaign was held for Grade 8 learners to address risk behaviours like early sexual relations, smoking substances, drinking...
SMEs to benefit from Black Umbrellas partnership with CSIR
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Black Umbrellas, has partnered with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to provide technical and technological support to small Black-owned businesses in South Africa. The partnership aims to provide...
Adopt-a-School strengthens donor relations
On 30 March Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Adopt-a-School, hosted a Donor Engagement Webinar with its partners to discuss the impact that Covid-19 has had on schools; on Adopt-a-School programmes; its donors; and CSI in general. The aim of the webinar was...
ChairClub and Adopt-a-School donate 100 school chairs
Adopt-a-School in partnership with Chair Club, an office chair manufacturing company, recently visited Diepsloot Combined School to donate 100 chairs for foundation-phase classes. ChairClub managing director, Travers Hathrill, said one of the biggest demands in South...
Bursary Return On Investment calls for holistic offerings
“Returns on Investment for bursary support must address the high drop-out rate of first years through offerings of holistic student support, including psychosocial support and mentorship.” So said Executive Director of the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET),...
Partner with Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation to help bridge the digital divide
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation calls on business to partner with it and its partner entities to provide learners, teachers, students and entrepreneurs in its programmes with the necessary tools to function online. Contact info@cyrilramaphosa.org
KST Helps Free State to Top Matric Results Again
The Free State province was again the top performing province in the country with a matric pass rate of 85.1%. The province has consistently achieved among the best pass rates nationally. The Foundation’s partner entity, KST, which combines the best practices of Cyril...
Whole School Development helps 100% pass in science
The Foundation congratulates Eketsang Secondary School educator, Ms Patricia Kamusoko, on achieving a 100% pass rate by her learners in physical science in the 2020 matric examinations. The result surpasses even the high pass rates achieved in 2018 and 2019. Eketsang...
Proof of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s R402 million investment is in the pudding
Since its inception in 2004 and to date, the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation has committed R402 million and raised R1.2 billion for education and small business development through its partner entities. Over a million learners, students and emerging entrepreneurs have...
An inclusive, empowered society: Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation is working to get it right
As South Africa closes out a difficult 2020, the struggle of the year is clearly evident with the unemployment rate hitting a record 30.8 percent, millions of families battling food insecurity and learners who had no access to digital education resources during...
KST’s extra classrooms improves school’s Covid-19 safety
Towards the end of 2020, KST Fezile Dabi District Manager, Nathan Pillay, officially handed over a block of four classrooms to the Sandersville Combined School’s SGB. The principal of the school, Ms Ruiters, extended her “heartfelt gratitude’ on behalf of the school...