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Help develop Black-owned businesses
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...
Spotlight on Black Umbrellas Gauteng Regional Manager, Nthonyana Kitsa
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...
Black Umbrellas launches Siyafunda Portal
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 Foundation donates R1 million to the Solidarity Fund for flood relief
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...
Mohloli Secondary School receives 213 school chairs donation
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 and Funzi expanding opportunities for South African students
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...
Eco Equittal – A Black Umbrellas Success Story
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 in the media
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....
Women Lead Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation
“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...
Free State Province produces top matric results again
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...
Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem of resilience
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...
SCHOOL SANITATION BENEFITS FROM PRESIDENTIAL GOLF CHALLENGE
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...
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust welcomes 2022 student cohort
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...
Adopt-a-School Foundation Congratulates the 2021 Matric Class for its resilience
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...
Thari Programme commemorates 16 Days of Activism in Botshabelo, Free State
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, FREE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND KST UNVEIL A MULTI-MILLION SCHOOL IN KROONSTAD
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...
Support 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children
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,...
Black Umbrellas Hosts the 9th Annual National Enterprise Development Awards
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 Successfully Completes School Development Pilot in Free State
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...
Adopt-a-School supported learner tops Olympiad
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...