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11 Mar 2021 | Opportunities and challenges in implementing the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on Friday last week hosted a discussion to look into the opportunities and challenges in implementing the A...
11 Mar 2021 | At least 1.5m signatories from civil society call on MPs to reject 'unconstitutional' 2021 Budget
The current Budget will cut public spending by R265-billion over the next three years in areas that directly affect human rights, say social movements...
11 Mar 2021 | The role of South Africa's social scientists in COVID-19 responses: why it matters
The effects of COVID-19 have been devastating to economies across the globe. This has been true in South Africa too where the unemployment rate has sh...
11 Mar 2021 | Tim Hart appointed as Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University
The Stellenbosch University has appointed DCES’s Tim Hart as a research fellow in the university’s Department of Sociology and Social Anth...
10 Mar 2021 | Does SA government meet its constitutional obligation on socioeconomic rights?
By Gary Pienaar, Narnia Bohler-Muller and Michael Cosser The question to be answered by Parliament when it scrutinises the government’s Budget i...
10 Mar 2021 | HSRC and USAf announce nominees for the 2020 Medal in Social Sciences and Humanities
Pretoria, Wednesday 10 March 2021 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Universities South Africa (USAf) are pleased to announce the ...
9 Mar 2021 | Essential medicines list back in focus in NAPPI Mapping virtual launch
“The Importance of the essential medicine list (EML) with regard to universal healthcare coverage (UHC) and access to essential medicines”...
8 Mar 2021 | 'Thriving Africa' ideal should not depend on externalised systems - Dr Nkisang Moeti
President of the Moeti Practicum Institute of Botswana Dr Nkisang Moeti said on Friday that the ideal of a "thriving Africa", should not depend on ext...
8 Mar 2021 | Book Review: Food Insecurity on Campus: Action and Intervention edited by Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady
In Food Insecurity on Campus: Action and Intervention, editors Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady present background research and case studies from...
8 Mar 2021 | Renaming cities: Let's promote the Eastern Cape's rich, hidden history of endorsing the pen over the sword
By Leslie Bank The news that the former settler cities of East London and Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape were getting new names sparked an outcry...