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20 Oct 2020 | #PutSouthAfricaFirst movement causing alarm with xenophobic sentiment
Following a tirade of xenophobic tweets under the hashtag #PutSouthAfricaFirst movement, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has released resea...
20 Oct 2020 | Markers and makers of masculinity: A conversation with Sinakekelwe Khumalo
AT: There’s a thread running through your research papers of gender-based violence, ideas of what it means to be a man, and risky sexual behavio...
21 Sep 2020 | Sinakekelwe Nkwanyana one of 200 exceptional young South Africans
HSRC PhD intern Sinakekelwe Nkwanyana has made it to the Mail & Guardian’s top 200 exceptional young South Africans. Sinakekelwe Nkwanyana ...
21 Sep 2020 | Stewart Ngandu appointed to Higher Education and Research chamber of education SETA
Stewart Ngandu has been appointed as a member of the Higher Education & Research Chamber of the Education, Training and Development Practices Sect...
31 Aug 2020 | Hack Ur Culture - Hackathon
Launch: 24 September 2020 (Heritage Day)Ends: 18 October 2020Closing date for entry: 10 September 2020 Ayeye! Calling all creative and tech pioneers ...
28 Aug 2020 | New COVID-19 model underscores impact of interventions on epidemic trajectory
A new, systems dynamics model joins the cohort of COVID-19 models seeking to provide insights into the epidemic in South Africa. Used to capture the 1...
19 Aug 2020 | COVID-19: Nurses have highest levels of distress among health-care workers
In the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses were less confident in their COVID-19 training and had a higher perceived risk of infection than ...
6 Aug 2020 | Feminist Movements for a Sustainable Future
“The cost to the global economy of gender-based discrimination in social institutions is $6 trillion (7.5% of the global GDP)”, according ...
15 Jul 2020 | Ethics and human rights in artificial intelligence research initiative for the African region
The growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and industries within the African continent hold much promise for proffering innovative approa...
11 Jul 2020 | South Africa needs to re-think science, technology and innovation policy
How can policy enable STI to respond rapidly and effectively to emergencies like COVID-19, against a backdrop of enduring poverty and inequality and a...