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24 Feb 2021 | South Africa recovered 2 million jobs lost during lockdown - but there's a catch
South Africa’s job market has staged a significant recovery, according to the latest National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (N...
23 Feb 2021 | Concerns about declining investment in Research & Development: Dr Glenda Kruss
The South African scientific medical fraternity has not only been highly regarded for some time, but has been recently praised internationally for the...
18 Feb 2021 | 'Black Africans more likely to be willing to accept a vaccine than white people,' new survey reveals
Black South Africans who don't have matric are seemingly more willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine than white and better-educated people. That is acc...
17 Feb 2021 | Architect David Adjaye builds an African future
Economic and social inequality in South Africa is repeatedly reported as being the highest in the world. Spatial inequality, in particular, continues ...
17 Feb 2021 | South Africa recovered 2 million jobs lost during lockdown - but there's a catch
South Africa’s job market has staged a significant recovery, according to the latest National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (N...
17 Feb 2021 | South Africa's health care workers eager for first vaccines
ELANDSDOORN, South Africa (AP) — After testing thousands of people for coronavirus, South African nurse Asnath Masango says she can’t wait...
17 Feb 2021 | South African medics hope vaccine will stop variant
Healthcare workers at the Ndlovu Care Group in rural north eastern South Africa are eagerly awaiting the first jabs of the Johnson & Johnson vacci...
16 Feb 2021 | 'The symbolism of District Six is absolutely powerful'
In commemoration of those who were forcibly removed from the area, UCT News spoke to Emeritus Professor Crain Soudien Professor Crain Soudien is the ...
16 Feb 2021 | Dialogue to uncover policy options for sustainable and equitable macroeconomic reconstruction and recovery beyond COVID-19
About the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) The HSRC was established in 1968 as South Africa’s statutory research agency and has grown to ...
16 Feb 2021 | Science Forum 2020: Solving global crises requires breaking through barriers
by Andrea Teagle The barriers between and within the sciences and social sciences was a central theme at the Science Forum, co-hosted by the Departme...