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13 Aug 2021 | 'It is okay not to be okay' - Mental health issues and coping skills among the youth amidst the Covid-19 pandemic (Webinar)

On International Youth Day the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), in partnership with the Departme...

13 Aug 2021 | SA COVID-19 and Vaccine Social Listening Report 9 August 2021, Report 13

click HERE for a detailed report This report is compiled following the methodology of the WHO Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA) (see her...

13 Aug 2021 | Zuma supporters campaign for KZN voters not to back ANC in local gov elections

Guest: Dr Joleen  Steyn  Kotze | Senior Research Specialist Democracy and Citizenship, in the Developmental, Capable, Ethical State Research...

12 Aug 2021 | STATE OF RECRUITMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

The recruitment industry has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic with some shifts being recorded. What are some of the notable shifts?  Wednes...

11 Aug 2021 | Women are still peripheral to South Africa's land debate

In 1951, the young intellectual Isaac (‘IB’) Tabata observed that dispossessing black people from their land was central to the machinery ...

11 Aug 2021 | Cyril Ramaphosa ''has a mountain to climb to cleanse ANC rot''

South Africa’s embattled health minister, Zweli Mkhize, has bowed to pressure to step aside over corruption allegations, but analysts say Presid...

11 Aug 2021 | DIGITAL REVOLUTION HAS SOUTH AFRICANS WORRIED: SURVEY

The survey, which measures public attitudes to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), has also found that while South Africans are “cautiously ...

11 Aug 2021 | JOBS NEED TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE AS COUNTRIES GREEN THEIR ECONOMIES

World leaders are meeting at the United Nations (UN) Climate Action Summit which is being punted as the defining political event for climate for 2019....

11 Aug 2021 | Reluctant to be vaccinated for COVID-19? Here are six myths you can put to rest

SOUTH Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout programme, outlined by the Ministry of Health, had three phases, starting with the most vulnerable popul...

11 Aug 2021 | SA'S (FINALLY) TALKIN BOUT THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

About 40 people from government, universities and public research institutions gathered at the sprawling campus’s multipurpose meeting centre. A...