This section consolidates all Foundation communications and materials into one accessible hub.
Adopt-a-School Foundation and its partners go Back to School for Mandela Day. Adopt-a-School Foundation celebrates 20 years of building an inclusive society through education. Adopt-a-School, a partner entity of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, prides itself on...
The Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) celebrated this past year’s academic successes with a well-attended ceremony held in honour of top achieving students and graduates who have completed their studies through the Trust’s prestigious bursary programme. The...
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation is committed to social justice and transformation in its mission to foster an inclusive society. The Foundation connects with the private sector and philanthropic individuals to improve education, develop skills, and grow small Black-owned...
Congratulations to Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation CEO, Mmabatho Maboya, on her election as the new Chairperson of the council of the Independent Philanthropy Association of South Africa (IPASA). IPASA is a voluntary association of independent philanthropists and over 40...
Regent Business School has partnered with Black Umbrellas to open a business lounge at Regent’s Auckland Park Campus. From Wednesday 6 July, entrepreneurs have been able to access the space for their work and business needs. This is the first of three business...
Pamuka co-founders, Nathi Pasiya and Dalitso Mukumbe, reveal the challenges they have faced as entrepreneurs and discuss the support they received through Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity Black Umbrellas’ incubation programme. Pamuka specialises in industrial...
Join the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) in investing in the future. Send forth skilled and talented visionaries into the world; eradicate youth unemployment; break the cycle of generational poverty; build a culture of paying it forward; change the futures of...
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s partner entity, Adopt-a-School. Established in 2002, Adopt-a-School, implements a Whole School Development model that aims at improving the governance, academic, infrastructural, social and security...
In South Africa more than 60% of employment opportunities come from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Black Umbrellas, has launched a drive to raise R750 000 and provide 12 SMEs with skills development and resources for...
Regional Manager for Black Umbrellas Gauteng, Nthonyana Kitsa, was recently interviewed by Impact SA. She discusses what the intent of ESD and CSI initiatives are, the value of having programmes that support communities and small businesses, and the importance of...
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation’s partner entity Black Umbrellas has launched the Siyafunda Portal, an exciting portal which aims to provide holistic entrepreneurial development by extending learning interventions to entrepreneurs and employees. By signing up to the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
“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...
The Free State Province produced outstanding 2021 National Senior Certificate results, retaining first place nationally for the third consecutive year with a matric pass rate of 85.7 %. Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation has partnered with the Free State department of...
In its 2021 annual report, Black Umbrellas unpacks the impact achieved through meaningful collaboration, access to opportunity and SME support. Black Umbrellas COO, Xolile Ndumndum, speaks of the value of training and opportunities and resources. In order to help...
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation thanks all donors who participated in the 2022 Presidential Golf Challenge that nominated the Foundation as the beneficiary of the funds raised. The Presidential Golf Challenge is a fundraising initiative coordinated by the Department of...
On the 11th of February 2022, the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) welcomed 30 new students to its programme. The students were welcomed through a hybrid induction programme held both physically and virtually. This new cohort of students will be joining the many...
Despite yet another challenging year, the Matric Class of 2021 achieved a pass rate of 76.4%, a 0.2% increase from the 76.2% achieved in the previous year. This was not an easy achievement, considering the Class of 2021 has endured restrictions and disruptions for two...
The Thari Programme is a pilot programme established in 2017 by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation to tackle social ills in eight schools of Botshabelo in the Free State Province and a school at Diepsloot in Gauteng Province. The Foundation found that the abuse, neglect and...
De Beers Group unveiled a R27 million school in its labour sending area community of Maokeng in Kroonstad, in partnership with the Free State Department of Education and KST on Friday, 26 November 2021. The construction of Phuleng Primary School falls under De Beers...
16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children begins today, 25 November, and runs to 10 December. This year’s global theme is “Orange the world: End violence against women now!” The Thari Programme is implemented by Foundation partner entity,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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