Swami Vimokshananda with the youth at the Swami Vivekananda's Youth Day function 2009.

The Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa is a religio-humanitarian institution established to promote Vedanta as exemplified by the life and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda. Sri Ramakrishna's message of practical spirituality and Swami Vivekananda's humanistic ideas provide the impetus for the Centre's work in South Africa.

The spiritual progress of the individual and thereby the community at large forms the central thrust of the activities of the Centre. The Centre is also involved in numerous humanitarian and social upliftment programmes amongst the disadvantaged people in South Africa.

The Centre is a Branch of the worldwide Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, West Bengal, India. In South Africa the Centre has both Public Benefit Organisation and Non-Profit Organisation status, below are the respective numbers:

• Public Benefit Organisation No.: 930007651
• Non Profit Organisation No.: 053-063-NPO