Dr Konosoang Mabafokeng Sobane

TELEPHONE: 012 302 2013
EMAIL: ksobane@hsrc.ac.za
Recent

CzASE Studies: Critical Zones Africa South & East

Critical Zones Africa South & East (CZASE) will bring together ??80 university and associated research organization-based researchers in five trans-di....

Mainstreaming Engaged Research through the National System of Innovation

Towards Engaged Research Agenda for Impact in the NSI Although the HSRC and many other institutions have had a long-standing focus and history on enga....

The COVID-19 Wake-Up Call: Underscoring Longstanding Inequalities in the South African Health System BMGF

Taking Stock Almost three years into COVID, through a series of engagements with academics, civil society, policymakers, the health sector, and commu....

MOU: Science journalism and comms: Moving a compendium of socio-behavioural research on COVID-19

This Memorandum establishes a partnership between HSC and IC within the HSRC in collaborating on the project: Science journalism and comms: Moving a c....

Development of a paper and facilitation of a Masterclass at the Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) Annual Forum, November 2021

A Consortium led by the HSRC???s Impact Centre (IC) was awarded the SGCI commissioned Masterclass paper on Public Engagement in Research and Innovatio....

Development of a policy brief for transgender women in HIV/STI and TB.

The purpose of the project is to develop a policy brief for transgender women in living or affected by HIV/STI and TB in South Africa.....

DMV: Needs Assessment amongst Military Veterans of the RSA, and their Dependent's

PHASE 1 1. Survey of relevant reports, legislation, and literature on MVs. 2. In-depth interviews (5 to 10) with key members of DMV and MV association....

THE PERCEIVED PREVAILING FORMS OF STIGMA AND PREJUDICES AGAINST KHOI AND SAN PEOPLES

Comprehensive research report investigating prevailing forms of stigma and prejudices against the Khoi and San Communities. The research is envisaged ....

Women's Access to the City in Post-Apartheid South Africa

The objectives of this current evaluation are to: 1. Establish the extent to which the national housing programmes and policies have facilitated women....

CCI - Research to support the Implementation of a Communications Programme

The scope of this project has three components informed by the main objectives as laid out in the TORs. These are: the literature review component, th....

Developing a research paper on the causal relationship between skills development and employability of artisan graduates, and proposition of possible exit opportunities

The objectives of the research paper as outlined in the QDPE TOR are: ??? To empirically determine whether the country has a skills or a jobs problem ....

Policy Brief Training: NIHSS

Prepare a workshop to train NIHSS staff to write policy briefs....

The Sesame Workshop / Takalani Sesame

The Play Every Day project, a partnership between the Sesame Workshop and the LEGO Foundation, is aimed at helping children become creative, lifelong ....

Military Veterans Pilot - CEO Discretionary Fund

The main activities would be the: 1. development of the research tools (primarily interview schedules); 2. conducting of several interviews with Mr. K....

SPEED Year 4- Supporting Policy Engagements For Evidence-based Decisions (SPEED) for Universal Health Coverage in Uganda

EuropeAid is funding SPEED project in Uganda at part of its call for support to Public Health Institutes EuropeAid/1351/C/ACT/Multi). SPEED is the acr....

A study to conduct a need analysis and develop a capacity building plan for GDE District Officials

The purpose of this project as stipulated in the Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership & Governance (MGSLG) terms of reference (ToR, February 2014) is t....

Research Study on the Implementation of Evaluation of the Outcomes System

To determine whether the whole-of government planning linked to outcomes has been adequately introduced and effectively implemented; whether an effect....

A Multi-disciplinary study exploring the challenges facing the mining industry - a specific focus on platinum around Rustenburg in the North West

The spate of labour unrest that resulted in clashes between the police and miners in the Lonmin Marikana mine in 2012 is a cause for concern among the....