This section consolidates all Foundation communications and materials into one accessible hub.
South Africa’s entrepreneurial landscape continues to shine, thanks to individuals whose determination, innovation, and passion for business growth and community upliftment inspire industries and create lasting impact. At the forefront of this progress are the...
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, KST has published its 2013/21 KST Close-Out Report: Eight Years of Partnering for Excellence in Education. The close-out report is an account of the work of KST since its inception in 2013, primarily in the Free State...
The Adopt-a-School Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and has marked this milestone with a renewed commitment to continue improving education delivery to marginalised communities in South Africa. Adopt-a-School, a non-profit organization that...
On the 09th of September 2022, The Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation hosted its second biennial Thari Programme conference at Seemahale Secondary School in Botshabelo in the Free State. The Thari Programme is a five-year pilot programme, implemented by the Foundation’s...
The Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) hosted its annual Career Guidance Day for learners at the Diepsloot Combined School on Tuesday, 23 August 2022. The event was held in collaboration with Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Adopt-a-School, and the...
KwaZulu-Natal start-up entrepreneurs will have easy access to assistance to grow their business with the launch of the Black Umbrellas incubation lounge at Regent Business School at the Durban campus. A partner entity of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, this is the second...
KwaZulu-Natal experienced severe and deadly floods, with lives lost and many injured. Further the floods cause widespread damage to many homes, schools and community facilities. Many families, schools and learners were left displaced and are currently picking up the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On Friday, 14 May, KST’s Project Manager: Curriculum, Pumeza Tena, officially handed-over a life science laboratory to the educators of Sediba-Thuto Secondary School in the Fezile Dabi District in the Free State. Tena facilitated a half-day training workshop for...
The Free State province was again the top performing province in the country with a matric pass rate of 85.1%. The province has consistently achieved among the best pass rates nationally. The Foundation’s partner entity, KST, which combines the best practices of Cyril...
“The creation of shared value, in which financial benefit also produces social benefit, has to be a strategic imperative for all companies.” – Dr Tshepo Motsepe, chairperson of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation. Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Black...
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Adopt-a-School, was awarded the Top Empowerment Socio-Economic Award at a virtual awards ceremony on 23 July. The Top Empowerment Awards have been tracking and highlighting companies and individuals leading transformation in...
Nomasonto Keetse, Managing Director of Entle Kreative Solutions shares her journey in business and her experience of being on the Black Umbrellas programme. “If you want to start your entrepreneurial journey, just go for it! Remember to be resilient, assertive, and...
The Department of Basic Education South Africa recently acknowledged that the Fezile Dabi District in the northern Free State has a winning formula to achieving the excellent and consistent academic performance of 90% and above for four consecutive years (2016-2019)....
Black Umbrellas’ new CEO, Mark Frankel, together with Rand Mutual Assurance CFO, Bilal Adam, unveiled the plaque and cut the ribbon to Black Umbrellas’ latest incubator at Bara Mall in Diepkloof, Soweto on 25 November. Opened in partnership with Rand Mutual Assurance,...
Coinciding with National Book Week in the first week of September, an initiative by the Department of Arts and Culture and the South African Book Development Council to promote literature and encourage reading, KST’s District Whole School Development Programme...
2019 has been an exciting year for Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Black Umbrellas. Black Umbrellas was nominated for this year’s InBIA (International Business Innovation Association) awards and competed with international thought leaders and were awarded...
On 30 August 2018, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) celebrated six fruitful years of partnership with Adopt-a-School Foundation and the Department of Education at an event Bochum village, Limpopo. The launch took place at Phagamang Secondary School, where...
Adopt-a-School Foundation had the honour of being one of four organisations to exhibit at the South Africa-UK Business Forum. The South Africa-UK Business Forum took place on the 28 August 2018 at the FNB Portside Centre in Cape Town. The Forum was also attended by...
Adopt-a-School Foundation alongside Barberton Mines and the Mpumalanga Department of Education, launched an assembly area and extensions to the admin facility at Emjindini Secondary School. The launch represents the culmination of the Whole School Development projects...
Adopt-a-School Foundation in collaboration with Sibanye-Stillwater, have handed over a brand new school hall to the children of Embonisweni Primary School in Welkom. This project was made possible by Adopt-a-School’s partner, Sibanye-Stillwater and through this...
Adopt-a-School Foundation is a partner entity of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation and has transformed Enhlahleni Primary School through the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI) by the Department of Basic Education.
CRET hosted its 5th Annual Awards evening on 26 January 2018 to honour recent graduates and to recognise outstanding achievements by students on the bursary programme. Top students were awarded accordingly to their faculties of study, the most improved learner and top...
Currently in its fourth phase of implementation, the Kagiso Shanduka Trust (KST) District Whole School Development Programme, a partnership between Kagiso Trust and the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation in collaboration with the Free State Department of Education, is...
In 2017, Adopt-a-School Foundation, a partner entity of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, reached their goal of an 80% matric pass under the Department of Basic Education’s Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS).* This achievement is the result of holistic...
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