Developmental, Capable and Ethical State
2 Nov 2018 | Indian Ocean Rim Association meets in Durban
The HSRC's Prof Narnia Bohler-Muller, along with Mr Selby Modiba from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), represented South Africa at a me...
30 Oct 2018 | Monitoring and responding to political violence in SA
Prof Mia Swart, Research Director at the Human Sciences Research Council, talks about violence in different spheres of South African life and strategi...
28 Sep 2018 | Symbolic support for land reform as a redress policy in South Africa
" 1. Benjamin RobertsChief Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council2. Narnia Bohler-MullerExecutive...
12 Jun 2018 | New Honorary Research Associate, Dr Ian Goldman joins HSRC
Dr Goldman was deputy director general and head of evaluation and research at the South African Presidency’s Department of Planning, Monitoring ...
23 Feb 2018 | Making the road by walking: The evolution of the South African Constitution
New book announcement Written by the HSRC's Prof Narnia Bohler-Muller, Dr Michael Cosser and Gary Pienaar is now available from Pretoria University L...
28 Nov 2017 | SASAS survey hits the road
The Democracy Governance and Service Delivery research programme has launched the longitudinal study, South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS). T...
8 Aug 2014 | Female participation in political formation reduces corruption and increases transparency
A United Nation Millennium Project report in 2005 justifies increasing the representation of women in political office, arguing that women in office a...
2 May 2014 | The power of the ballot box: public attitudes towards voter efficacy
How does the public feel about voting, the value of their vote and do they believe their vote will make a difference? Results from the annual South Af...
2 May 2014 | Trends in satisfaction with democracy in South Africa
Just over half of the population (51%) is unsatisfied with the state of democracy in South Africa, and only 33% were satisfied with the way democracy ...
15 Oct 2013 | Reference group on analysis and use of crime stats proposed
A top crime expert has told Parliament’s police committee that crime statistics for the past two years could not be trusted, because they were b...