The 9th annual Black Umbrellas National Enterprise Development Awards (NEDAs) took place on 11 November 2021. The virtual event celebrated top performing entrepreneurs in the Black Umbrellas programme with a formal ceremony that included inspirational speeches, trophy handovers and captivating performances. Black Umbrellas, a partner entity of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, is an enterprise development…
KST has successfully completed its pilot of the District Whole School Development model in Motheo and Fezile Dabi districts in the Free State as at 31 August 2021. The pilot programme was implemented in 2013 through an innovative partnership between Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, Kagiso Trust and the Free State Department of Education. Over the eight…
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation is pleased to report that the top learner of the Free State in the South African National Geography Olympiad (SANGO) was Oratilwe Letsie from Kgabareng Secondary School, a school supported by Adopt-a-School. Adopt-a-School is a Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity that implements a holistic Whole School Development model to improve schooling in…
Learner well-being and community involvement is one of the pillars of the Whole School Development Model implemented by Adopt-a-School Foundation. The pillar includes visual and auditory support programmes to support learner performance. Learners from Boitekong Secondary School in Boitekong Township and Meriti Secondary School in Meriting, Rustenburg were recently screened for eyesight testing and received…
Learner well-being and community involvement is one of the pillars of the Whole School Development Model implemented by Adopt-a-School. The pillar includes visual and auditory support programmes to support learner performance. Learners from Boitekong Secondary School in Boitekong Township and Meriti Secondary School in Meriting, Rustenburg were recently screened for eyesight testing and received spectacles…
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Black Umbrellas’ business lounge at Chesswood Office Park, Berea in East London was officially opened on 23 September. The launch of the Black Umbrellas business lounge marked the beginning of an initiative that seeks to give entrepreneurs and small business owners access to essential office infrastructure and resources. To commemorate…
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation is pleased to report that four of its nominees for the BRICS Women Innovation Contest won Special Recognition certificates in July. Karina Strijdom of Brain Boosters, Welma Venter of Brainwave Careers, Thuli Phiri of African Storyteller and Tebogo Langa of Oakantswe Construction impressed as South African women-owned and led businesses. Langa is a…
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The Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust’s (CRET) alumni are giving back and paying it forward with an initiative of their own, supporting deserving students just like they were once supported. Now in established careers as a result of the bursary and development support they received from CRET, the alumni have established their own CRET Alumni Fund….
There is exciting fresh talent taking to the skies today as five newly qualified drone pilots celebrate at a graduation ceremony hosted by The Academy of Aviation and Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET). All five students are beneficiaries of education funding from CRET. Velile Mngoma, Amanjee Moosa, Azwindini Mugari, Braiden Kitching and Jayden Brink are…
