Research data

The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:

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Research data: POST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA

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2009 Whither democracy?

It will take longer that the term of President Jacob Zuma to heal the fracture in the polity that has resulted from the ruling party's inter...

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2009 The state and transformation

It is now familiar that under Thabo Mbeki the democratic project experienced several major reversals. While holding on to the formal constit...

2009 Race and opportunity in the transition from school to higher education in South Africa

While South Africa is well into its second decade of democracy, higher education opportunities in the country remain different for different...

2009 Traditional leadership, democracy and human rights: a theoretical quagmire

traditional leadership in South Africa is an example of the tension that exists between democracy and human rights as defined in Eurocentric...