HSRC In The News
14 Apr 2022 | South Africa commences fieldwork for ahead of Business Innovation Survey
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, has welcomed launch of the 2019-2021 South African Business Innovation Su...
14 Apr 2022 | UJ scoops two awards at prestigious HSRC Medal for the Social Sciences and Humanities ceremony
Universities South Africa and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) honoured two teams from the Faculty of Humanities at the Univesity of Johanne...
7 Apr 2022 | Previewing National Food and Nutrition Security Survey with Dr Thokozani Simelane
Phase three of the National Food and Nutrition Security Survey kicks off in Gauteng on the 11th of April. The survey is conducted by the Human Science...
4 Apr 2022 | Informal business trading a chance for SA to have inclusive economic growth
In the early 2000s, former president Thabo Mbeki introduced into the public imagination the notion that SA has a dual economy. The first is characteri...
4 Apr 2022 | South Africa's former white schools are the most racially diverse - yet one population group is conspicuous by its absence
Preliminary research indicates that while white students almost exclusively attend former whites-only schools — and are vastly overrepresented i...
1 Apr 2022 | South Africans have low trust in their police. Here's why
THE legitimacy of legal authorities is recognised globally as crucial for the state’s ability to function in a justifiable and effective manner....
31 Mar 2022 | ''Africa should create the world in its own image,'' VC argues at conference
Young academics from across Africa converged at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Arts and Design from 22 – 24 March to Re...
28 Mar 2022 | Majority of South Africans have no confidence in police, new study shows
A new study by the Human Sciences Research Council has revealed shockingly low levels of trust in the country’s police force. According to the s...
16 Mar 2022 | Study could help end discrimination against people who stutter
Stuttering can be debilitating and frustrating. This is something Dr Dane Isaacs knows all too well. “Growing up with a stutter has not been th...
15 Mar 2022 | Japan bolsters UNICEF support to SA COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
The Government of Japan has committed $2.1 million, through UNICEF South Africa, to strengthen vaccine cold chain systems and to build capacity in pro...