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Adopt-a-School awarded Top Empowerment Socio-Economic Award
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...
Career guidance and psychosocial learner support at Diepsloot Combined School
Every year, a large number of matriculants from disadvantaged communities exit school with little to no information about how to pursue their studies at institutions of higher learning and other available opportunities due to lack of career guidance at schools. Since...
Black Umbrellas clients share their journey on the programme
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...
Black Umbrellas COVID-19 resource portal
COVID-19 and the measures to contain it are leaving many small business owners uncertain about their future. Challenges include access to markets, supply chains and financial stability. Visit the Black Umbrellas COVID-19 portal here for more insights from the CEO’s...
Hear the call, be the change, support learners during Covid-19 for Mandela Day
This Mandela Day, Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity Adopt-a-School is running a collective campaign throughout July and August. The campaign encourages corporates and individuals to unite and support learners affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Adopt-a-School...
KST infrastructure development programme benefits schools during COVID-19 pandemic
Infrastructure built and refurbished in beneficiary schools by KST, a collaboration between Kagiso Trust and Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation that leverages the best practices of each organisation’s Whole School Development programmes in the Free State, is proving effective...
Now is the time to beef up development of youth say leading practitioners
Leading youth development practitioners at a webinar hosted last week by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation and its partner entity Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) called for the support of South Africa’s youth now to realise society’s needs in the future. “We have been...
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust Students Take a Stand Against Gender Based Violence
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) through a partnership with The Academy of Aviation is supporting 11 students undertaking SAQA-accredited curriculum around Tourism and Aviation careers at the academy. The students of The Academy of Aviation took a stance against...
The successes of the collaboration and the effectiveness of the KST Whole School Development Model
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)....
New initiative to focus on youth and women-owned SMEs
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Black Umbrellas, has announced an innovative partnership with the Jobs Fund to further its business development programme. Recognising the demand for online training and support in an increasingly digital world, the R107.9...
SCAM ALERT! BEWARE OF FAKE INFORMATION AND WEBSITES!
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation has been notified of a scam that has been circulating on social media and WhatsApp. The scam relates to apparent lockdown relief fund claims using various links as shown on the image. The Foundation is not associated with these scam websites...
The commitment of Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust to our youth pays off
Thari Programme raises awareness on children’s rights
1 – 7 June 2020 marks Child Protection Week, an initiative aimed to raise awareness on the rights of children as articulated in the Children’s Act of 2005. Thari, a programme of Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation that is implemented by its partner entity, Adopt-a-School, aims...
Exciting campaign to equip classrooms in schools across the country
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Adopt-a-School , has partnered with ChairClub to help equip classrooms in schools across the country. Throughout 2020 ChairClub will donate a locally manufactured school chair to an adopted school for every office chair sold...
From a one-man business to employment for the community
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, Black Umbrellas, has empowered Black-owned SMEs through its businesses development and incubation programmes to generate over R3 billion in turnover. Bathale Media is a 100% Black-owned multimedia and digital content...
First Lady launches Kanana Early Childhood Development Centre
First Lady, Dr Tshepo Motsepe, launched a radically transformed Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) in the North West township of Kanana on 12 March. What were once tiny, decrepit shacks that packed 200 preschool children, now is a brick and mortar facility that...
Adopt-a-School commemorates School Health Week at Meriti Secondary School
School Health Week, always the first week of March, highlights the importance of healthcare and learner well-being in education. Adopt-a-School tackles a wide range of health and well being issues facing our schools, including hygiene and sanitation, sexual education,...
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Presidential Golf Challenge Fundraising Dinner
Speaking at the 2020 Presidential Golf Challenge Fundraising Dinner, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: “Last year the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation was the beneficiary of the Presidential Golf Challenge, where over R5.3 million was raised. The funds that were raised were...
School sanitation benefits from Presidential Golf Challenge
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation was nominated as the beneficiary of the 2019 Presidential Golf Challenge. As a partner entity of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, Adopt-a-School Foundation was appointed to implement sanitation projects at four schools in 2019. Through funds...
Celebrating excellence in schools
Congratulations to Gertrude Joalane Phirimana, a mathematics educator at Zamokuhle Junior Secondary School near Matatiele in the Eastern Cape, who won third place in the award for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics in the GET phase at the 20th National Teachers Awards...