HSRC In The News


15 Jun 2021 | Making condoms cool during Youth Month

A non-profit organisation with a focus on health issues has called on young hip-hop artist to aid in making condom use cool. Kro Barz has come to the ...

15 Jun 2021 | Ramaphosa: Creating opportunities for youth a govt priority

Ramaphosa used his weekly newsletter on Monday to reflect on the fateful events of June 16, 1976, when the youth of Soweto and other parts of the coun...

14 Jun 2021 | Disturbing that youth are uninformed about June 16, says Cyril Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa says it is disturbing that knowledge and awareness about the historic events of June 16 that transpired 45 years ago was dim...

14 Jun 2021 | Govt to launch actions aimed at empowering youth

This week, government is set to launch a range of actions to create opportunities for the youth as the country gears up to celebrate Youth Day on Wedn...

14 Jun 2021 | Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande releases results on the impact of COVID-19 on students

Higher Education and Training Minister Dr. Blade Nzimande releases the results of a study on the impact of COVID-19 on students in the post-school edu...

14 Jun 2021 | Securing a brighter future for youth

“The Presidential Youth Employment Intervention was built on the understanding that to address the youth unemployment crisis requires innovative...

10 Jun 2021 | 'Undo fear', says chair in African feminist imaginations

The South African Research Chairs Initiative, or SARChI, launched a chair in ‘African feminist imaginations’ at Nelson Mandela University,...

9 Jun 2021 | HSRC and Wits HCRU to study South Africa media consumption habits and behaviours during COVID-19

Guest: Prof Jennifer Watermeyer, Director, Wits Health Communication Research Unit (HCRU). To listen to the interview please click here...

7 Jun 2021 | The NHI Bill is the best way to attain universal health coverage and health equity

By Narnia Bohler-Muller and Moremi Nkosi National Health Insurance is part of our journey towards redressing the injustices of the past and creating ...

4 Jun 2021 | Cities becoming ungovernable?

The jury is out on how the ruling party will‚ at national and provincial government levels and through its departments‚ treat municipaliti...