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: RACIAL SEGREGATION
2022 Prison notebook V2957/88
Gertrude Fester captures an important time and place in the history of South Africa. Apartheid South Africa was a violent, torturous, exploi...
2022 A man from Manganeng: the life of John Kgoana Nkadimeng, 1927-2020
Nkadimeng, while formidably intelligent, well read, and steeped in the oral history of the region, was initially a migrant worker from Sekhu...
2021 Ontological well-being and the effects of race in South Africa
The concept of ontological insecurity draws attention to uncertainty, instability, and threats to autonomy, as these relate to people' s ide...
2021 Social inequality and spatial segregation in Cape Town
Cape Town is widely considered to be South Africa's most segregated city. The chapter outlines the history of social stratification and spat...