Dash Gilbert on pursuing excellence beyond matric   In 2016, South Africa’s education debate was driven by one urgent question: who gets access? A decade later, the learners who entered the system during that era are asking a more complex one: what happened after...

Rishen Krishna Moodley on discipline beyond matric In 2016, South Africa’s education debate centred on one defining question: who gets access? Ten years later, a generation that entered the system during that period is beginning to answer a different one: what is...

Simphiwe Kate Sakala on resilience beyond matric In 2016, South Africa’s education debate was driven by one urgent question: who gets access? In 2016, South Africa's education debate centred on a single, urgent question: who gets access? A decade later, the young...

A generation asks what came after access In 2016, South Africa’s education debate was shaped by one urgent question: who gets access? Ten years later, a new question is emerging from the very learners who entered the system during that era: how do we ensure access...

A generation learns that access is only the beginning For years, South Africa’s education conversation focused on access: getting learners through the door and into university. But for many high-performing students, a different challenge began after matric – adjusting...

The Ruta Sechaba Foundation invests in the brightest learners   South Africa, 29 August 2023 - The RutaSechaba Foundation (RSF), a non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering South Africa’s brightest young minds, has unveiled an extraordinary vision of South...

They say it takes a village to raise a child. At Ruta Sechaba we say it takes a single committed funder to raise the next generation of leaders. In just one example, that commitment comes from Exxaro, a South African-based diversified resources company with operations...

Ruta Sechaba Foundation in partnership with Exxaro has awarded ten high school scholarships to learners from across the Limpopo Province. These learners will be starting their Grade 8 in 2023 at the Northern Academy High School managed by Curro Holdings in Polokwane....

We are always delighted when our Ruta Sechaba scholars achieve great results. In the 2022 matric exams, the top ten scholars earned 59 distinctions between them. With an average mark of 85%, these learners were the superstars of the Ruta Sechaba programme last year....