25 July 2021 At the recent Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) graduate awards ceremony, the First Lady of South Africa and Chairperson of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, Dr Tshepo Motsepe, reflected upon the challenges the pandemic presented for students. Dr Motsepe...
“The three words I would use to describe CRET are education, future and youth!” Watch what Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) beneficiaries had to say about their CRET journey on the occasion of the CRET Annual Student Awards on 1 July.
Mokgadi Mashapu is from Diepkloof in Soweto. She works as a baker with Hadasha Enterprises. The company has been supported by the Foundation’s partner entity, Black Umbrellas, which develops small Black-owned businesses. This helps create employment in South Africa....
Princess Shabalala, from Soshanguve near Tshwane, works for Mbhuduma Business Solutions as a Marketing Officer. The company has been supported by the Foundation’s partner entity, Black Umbrellas, which develops small Black-owned businesses. This helps create...
Lethabo Lekhele is from Munsieville township near Krugersdorp. In 2020 she sent an email to Foundation partner entity Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) for study support. “Today I am working as a Ground Hostess,” Lethabo says. This is as a result of CRET’s...
Mamoratehi Modise lives in Maokeng in Kroonstad. In 2019 she saw a poster at the Phuleng Primary School advertising a position for a Safety Health Environment (SHE) representative. The SHE representative was needed for a building project at the school that Foundation...