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14 Oct 2021 | Socioeconomic wellbeing and human rights-related experiences of people with disabilities in Covid-19 times in South Africa.
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1 Oct 2021 | Call for abstracts: 8th International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry 2022
Intersectionality offers a framework for understanding how inequalities are experienced, often exponentially. Through this lens we can explore how div...
30 Sep 2021 | Macroeconomic policy dialogue on South Africa's long-term economic policy options beyond 2021
About the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) The HSRC was established in 1968 as South Africa’s statutory research agency and has grown to ...
3 Sep 2021 | "If you're a woman who can do math, you can do anything"
“The gender gap in STEM is partly born from a gap between confidence and capability,” said Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe, CEO of the Motsepe F...
23 Aug 2021 | Basic Education Department needs a few lessons in 21st-century learning
Most teachers are under-resourced, underpaid, overburdened, inadequately skilled – and expected to shove a one-size-fits-all curriculum set for ...
23 Aug 2021 | Covid-19: Vaccination train begins drive to inoculate communities in remote parts of SA
Transvaco – a vaccination train in support of government's efforts for South Africa to reach herd immunity against Covid-19 – began operat...
23 Aug 2021 | Health experts urge change in Covid-19 messaging to tackle vaccine hesitancy
In the past 24 hours, about 194 000 people were vaccinated. So far the total vaccinations in the country have been over 9 million. The national healt...
23 Aug 2021 | How hesitant are South Africans about getting vaccinated?
Vaccinations are now open to all adult South Africans at long last. In recent weeks, there has been growing concern that demand for vaccines among peo...
23 Aug 2021 | Low vaccination rates due to access issues and misinformation - The Mail & Guardian
In a series of surveys looking at vaccine acceptance rates, researchers found that those living in rural areas, informal settlements and townships wer...
23 Aug 2021 | South Africa's looming mental health crisis
In 2020, mental health accounted for 19% of Sanlam’s disability claims – up 11% from 2019. While the numbers are too low to read much into...