26 June 2025
Pretoria, Thursday 26 June 2025 – Today, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the BRICS PartNIR (Partnership on New Industrial Revolution) Innovation Center (BPIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in…
26 March 2025
Immediate Release 25 March 20205 The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) will hold the South African Public Relationship with Science Conference on 26 and 27 March 2025 to give stakeholders an opportunity to explore the…
23 November 2023
Cape Town / Toronto November 23, 2023 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, are pleased to share the documentary film, The Sprit of Kanju: Leaders Transforming Africa. The film has been…
26 July 2023
Pretoria, 25 July 2023 – Youth employment is a key accelerator of economic growth and essential for fostering human development, making it the cornerstone for achieving South Africa’s development. Nonetheless, a significant portion of the…
08 March 2023
DigitALL gender equality: HSRC commemorates International Women’s Day 2023 Pretoria, Tuesday 7 March 2023 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and partners invite members of the media to the International Women’s Day commemoration to be…
09 December 2022
Cape Town, Sunday, 4 December 2022 –The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in partnership with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) will host a dialogue titled, Science for Inclusivity, Innovation, Food…
24 November 2022
Pretoria, Tuesday 15 November 2022 –Physical, symbolic and structural types of violence are embedded in the lives of young people in the Global South. However, having struggled against violence related to colonialism, slavery, and capitalist…
Pretoria, Wednesday 16 November 2022 –What roles can macroeconomic policies play in expanding an inclusive industrial sector in South Africa? To what extent does the country’s longstanding Industrial Policy Action Plan incorporate and provide for…
11 December 2020
Please find below the the PDF of the TIMSS powerpoint for the Western Cape province. The Western Cape is one of the two most economically affluent provinces and its economy demands high-skilled tertiary education graduates, especially in Science,…
08 December 2020
“The South African TIMSS 2019 Mathematics and Science achievement, at the secondary level, continues to increase, achievement gaps decreased slightly but are still significant, but the pace of achievement improvement must increase to meet the…