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17 May 2022 | Are you involved in scientific, technical or data activities?

ARE YOU A RESEARCHER, LECTURER, SCIENTIST, JOURNALIST, EDUCATOR, ENGINEERING, MEDICAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL? DO YOU COMMUNICATE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATIO...

11 May 2022 | Centre for Community Based Research clinic launch

The Centre for Community Based Research (CCBR) launched the Ikusas’elihle Clinic Facility on 20 April 2022. KwaMpumuza Traditional Council&rsquo...

14 Apr 2022 | Vaccine perceptions among South Africans: How do we get more people vaccinated?

In February 2021, South Africa rolled out its national COVID-19 vaccination programme as an initiative to curb the pandemic. As the roll-out progresse...

13 Apr 2022 | Migration scholars release statement on international migration situation in South Africa

Pretoria, Wednesday 13 April 2022 – International migration in South Africa (SA), particularly as it relates to the labour market, is a highly c...

21 Feb 2022 | Fed-up SA citizens take to the streets, blaming foreigners for crime and the unemployment crisis

Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini, known as Nhlanhla Lux, is credited for saving Maponya Mall when violence and looting flared across KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng aft...

21 Feb 2022 | Historically disadvantaged universities still lag in R&D

Historically disadvantaged institutions continue to lag previously white institutions in research and development (R&D) despite government interve...

21 Feb 2022 | South Africa should design economic policy based on strengths of regions: here's how

Economists and policy-makers seem to have a blind spot when thinking about how the economy functions and what determines success. Analytical framework...

21 Feb 2022 | WHY SOME SOUTH AFRICANS WILLING TO BE VACCINATED STILL HAVEN'T HAD THE COVID JAB

President Cyril Ramaphosa set a target to get 70% of the country’s adults vaccinated by the end of 2021 but by that time only 39% of adults had ...

16 Feb 2022 | HSRC launches a study into HIV prevalence in South Africa

The Human Sciences Research Council has launched a study into HIV prevalence in South Africa. The study known as South African HIV prevalence, Inciden...