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30 Jul 2021 | Ramaphosa on vaccine charm offensive as study finds people believe prayer is effective against Covid-19

President Cyril Ramaphosa was due to visit vaccination sites on Thursday to encourage citizens to get the jab as a study found seven in 10 South Afric...

30 Jul 2021 | South Africa: Better Safe Than Sorry - SA Public Remains Sceptical About Schools Opening During the Pandemic

Schools reopened on 26 July 2021 with the expectation that all primary school learners are expected to go back to school daily from Monday 2 August 20...

30 Jul 2021 | Wasting urbanisations potential will leave us with cities of hungry, angry people

We need to take a much closer look at the cities we have crafted onto the festering carcass of apartheid urban life Urban experts such as Prof Ivan T...

29 Jul 2021 | Better safe than sorry - SA public remains sceptical about schools opening during the pandemic

Schools reopened on 26 July 2021 with the expectation that all primary school learners are expected to go back to school daily from Monday 2 August 20...

29 Jul 2021 | DCES launches National COVID-19 survey for persons with disabilities in South Africa

Are you a person with a disability and want to share your experiences and thoughts about disability and COVID-19 in South Africa? Complete this survey...

29 Jul 2021 | More than 642 000 migrant or displaced children live in SA

The National Migration and Urbanisation Conference which began on Monday and culminates on Friday unearthed problems migrants faced in South Africa. ...

27 Jul 2021 | New tool will measure adoption of technology and innovation at municipal level

South African municipalities will in the future be able to use a technology-based tool to inform them about upscaling or adopting innovation to improv...

27 Jul 2021 | Call for ''ethics of care'' to deal with social crisis in SA

COVID-19 and the recent unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng came into sharp focus during the launch of the HSRC’s 2021 “state of the natio...

27 Jul 2021 | Municipalities Urged To Use Innovation Tool For Improved Service Delivery

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), together with its partners, has launched a multi-million-rand information technology tool aimed at hel...

27 Jul 2021 | Overcoming pandemic fatigue: How to uplift your organisation

As we move past the half year mark for 2021, it is a time of reflection as we realise how far the world has come in our efforts to combat the coronavi...