01 May 2022 Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation is committed to fostering an inclusive and empowered society through improving education and growing small Black businesses. The Foundation believes that progress in education and enterprise development are the most direct means to fostering an inclusive and empowered society, which is its purpose. This is in…
26 April 2022 South Africa’s Bill of Rights enshrines the rights of people in the country and affirms the values of human dignity, equality and freedom. Among these rights are those to basic and further education, children’s rights like protection from neglect or abuse, and the right to freely choose one’s trade, occupation or profession….
19 April 2022 The Board of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation has announced a R1 million donation to the Solidarity Fund for flood relief. The donation is the Foundation’s contribution towards humanitarian relief efforts currently underway and assisting communities that have suffered the devastating effects of the recent heavy rains and floods. Joining the relief efforts of…
Adopt-a-School Foundation announced an exciting partnership with ChairClub, a proudly South African and local chair manufacturer, in May 2020. The campaign Buy One, Give One, committed that every chair sold from its office chair range, a school chair was donated to disadvantaged schools in rural and urban communities across the country. On Friday, 8 April,…
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) has recently announced an exciting partnership with Funzi, an international online platform that helps people learn the most important skills for their careers and aims to ensure that learning is accessible to everyone. Students supported by CRET have the opportunity to learn 21st-century soft skills via Funzi courses on their mobile phones….
Meet Joslyn Silwana and Shella Mfisa, directors at Eco Acquittal. The company manufactures and distributes environmentally friendly treatment solutions for pit latrines, portable toilets and septic tanks. As a product mainly geared towards rural communities, the Pit Doctor’s mission is to restore health, safety and dignity to those who use pit latrines. Watch how this…
08 April 2022 Thina Hlophe, Black Umbrellas Stakeholder and Engagement Manager When the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act was introduced in 2003, the goal was to meet specific economic transformation goals by creating an environment where more Black persons could be part of the ownership, management, procurement and skills development process to drive socio-economic…
22 March 2022 The United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development explicitly frames human rights as equal and indivisible and that people, communities and societies need to enjoy access to these rights for their development. It declares: “The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and…
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation CEO in conversation with 5FM Mmabatho Maboya, CEO of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, spoke to 5FM recently about the work of the Foundation with special focus on entrepreneurship and small business enterprise. Listen to the full interview below. Black Umbrellas Stakeholder Engagement Manager in conversation with Channel Africa Thina Hlophe, Black Umbrellas Stakeholder…
“The staff profile of the Foundation speaks to the talents, skills and qualifications of women despite the social and structural barriers that they experience.” – Mmabatho Maboya, CEO, Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation. International Women’s Day, which is celebrated annually on 8 March, is a day to acknowledge and celebrate women’s achievements. In commemoration of International Women’s…
