This section consolidates all Foundation communications and materials into one accessible hub.
Solar Buddy, an Australian non-profit organisation, donated 3 000 solar lights to Adopt-a-School as part of the 2018 Global Citizen campaign. The lights were sponsored by Flight Centre Foundation. Almost a thousand lights were donated to learners and staff at...
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s partner entity, Black Umbrellas, has shared its most recent performance milestones. It shows continued impressive growth and development of small and medium sized Black enterprises in South Africa.
28 March 2019 Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Established as Shanduka Foundation in 2004, the corporate social investment arm of the Shanduka Group, the Foundation changed its name in 2015 following Cyril Ramaphosa’s divestment...
Adopt-a-School’s Fundraising Manager, Cassandra Pireu-Pilossof, joined 14 other climbers in March to tackle Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. A fundraising challenge to build a library at Qhobosheane Primary school in Soweto, it was undertaken in...
For Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, overcoming unemployment, poverty and inequality through education and SME growth and development, both promotes and is dependent on an inclusive and empowered society in which all people fully and equally enjoy all human rights and...
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust participated in Tracker South Africa’s “Tomorrow’s Man Programme” in March by hosting 12 boys from Minerva Secondary School for the day. The initiative aims to raise responsible young men by providing access to...
Adopt-a-School, together with Premier Optical, visited Mosaledi Primary School and Sengana Primary School in Hammanskraal in March to dispense spectacles to 58 learners as part of its social welfare drive in School Health Week from 4 to 8 March. Good vision is key to...
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation was pleased to collaborate with the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) to celebrate World Wildlife Day on 3 March with one of the biggest outdoor classroom days. Four hundred learners from 30 schools participated in a...
Adopt-a-School Foundation recently hosted the #Kili4Kids Climbers Press Launch. Twenty volunteers are set to begin their hike of Mount Kilimanjaro on 11 March 2019. These brave volunteers are attempting to raise R1.4 million to construct a library, inclusive of...
Adopt-a-School Foundation have partnered with Flight Centre Foundation South Africa to raise funds to build a library at Qhobosheane Primary School in Soweto. The school is under the Adopt-a-School programme and the community surrounding the school is characterised by...
KST in partnership with the Free State Department of Education handed over infrastructure to 8 schools in Thaba Nchu in the Motheo District. With an investment of over R8 million, the infrastructure will benefit 4208 learners and 151 educators from Ereskuld Primary,...
The Free State Department of Education hosted the Motheo Well-done Function at Setjhaba se Maketse School in Botshabelo. The aim of the Well-done function was to honour and celebrate through awards, the tireless work and contribution of key role players within the...
Last year, ahead of Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100, Solar Bu ddy in partnership with Global Citizen, the Flight Centre Travel Group and Adopt-a-School Foundation delivered 6,000 solar lights to students at eight schools supported by the Thari safe park in...
The Love-a-School Fundraiser at Montecasino hosted by Adopt-a-School Foundation on 13 February 2019, was a great success. Thank you to all that attended and the comedians that participated; Mojak Lehoko, Angel Campey, Chris Mapane and Stig Khwalo Dlamini. The event...
Help support Adopt-a-School Foundation by joining them for a night of laughter in support of education. Adopt-a-School Foundation is hosting a night of live comedy featuring awesome comedians at Parker’s Comedy and Jive – MonteCasino, on 13 February 2019. Get your...
The Free State Department of Education hosted the Fezile Dabi Well-done Function at function at Kahobotjah Secondary School in Sasolburg. The aim of the Well-done function was to acknowledge and celebrate through award categories, the tireless work and contribution of...
KST’s Kaya Nyati chatted to ENCA recently about Fezile Dabi, South Africa’s top performing district for matric results. Nyati discussed lessons that other provinces can learn from the KST & FSDoE partnership, and how private- public partnerships can...
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Infrastructure development is a key part of KST’s District Whole School Development programme and is awarded to schools based on two categories, basic infrastructure and incentivised infrastructure. The provision of infrastructure is preceded by a thorough...
President Cyril Ramaphosa, chairperson and co-founder of the Adopt-a-School Foundation, addressed 1 040 guests at the Foundation’s 12th annual ‘Back to School’ party on Saturday 20 October 2018, at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and International Convention Centre, in...
KST hosted a sod turning ceremony at Phuleng Primary School in the Fezile Dabi District in partnership with De Beers Group and the Free State Department of Education. “With the start of this project, we are investing in the lives of our children, leaving a mark and...
In celebration of Teacher’s Day on 05 October, Adopt-a-School, in partnership with Croxley South Africa, hosted a teacher-themed Big Books event at Qhobosheane Primary School in Diepkloof, Johannesburg. It was the first of five such events aimed at developing reading,...
CRET alumna, Mavis Mahlangu, was a guest speaker at the Nelson Mandela University 2018 School of Accounting BCom George Excellence Awards. She shared her experiences, including challenges and success, with accounting students, emphasising that hard work and a daily...
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation today announced the appointment of Mmabatho Maboya as its new Chief Executive Officer. The Foundation provides innovative programmes that focus on improving education and supporting small business development. Maboya steps into the role at...
Black Umbrellas graduates, Samuel and Motlapele Molefi, founders and owners of Modi Mining were named as the overall winners of the 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year competition sponsored by Sanlam and Business Partners. Modi Mining was established with the sole objective...
CRET hosted its first ever women’s month lunch for the Gauteng based female students on Saturday 25 August 2018. The get together aimed to inspire, motivate and engage with female students on critical issues facing young women. Among the attendees was domestic...
Black Umbrellas CEO, Seapei Mafoyane, hosted some of Gauteng’s most prominent women for lunch to celebrate the contribution of women to the world of business and society at large. It was Black Umbrellas’ 3rd annual Women’s Celebration which takes place during Women’s...
The Thari Programme for Women and Children hosted its second annual career expo in Diepsloot as part of its work in coordinating the stakeholder collaboration network in the Diepsloot community. The expo was held at Diepsloot Combined School and six other schools from...
Fezile Dabi and Motheo districts participated in activities in KST schools to mark the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth. This year’s theme, Be the Legacy, was aimed at encouraging citizens to take action against poverty. The Fezile Dabi team visited Phirihadi...
Back to School for a Day on Mandela Day, an initiative of the Adopt-a-School Foundation, is a celebration of active citizenship in our schools. Adopt-a-School and its partners celebrated Nelson Mandela’s legacy at Tshilidzi Primary School in Soweto. Tshilidzi Primary...
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