16 October 2019
The 11th round of the South African Science Lens® competition, a photographic competition celebrating the splendour and wonder of science, opens for entries today. This year, for the first time, the South African Agency for Science and Technology…
18 April 2019
This year the HSRC is commemorating its 50th anniversary and the 90th anniversary of its predecessor, the National Bureau of Educational and Social Research (NBESR) through archival work, research, publications, public lectures, a social science…
07 December 2018
Pretoria, Thursday 6 December 2018 – Coming during the annual commemoration of the 16 Days of Non Violence Against Women and Children campaign, the Human Sciences Research Council today met with civil society and government representatives to…
13 August 2018
Introduction One of the major problems facing South Africa is anti-immigrant violence. This type of hate crime discourages long-term integration of international migrants and acts as a barrier to an otherwise economically beneficial population…
23 July 2018
TO ALL MEDIA/NEWS EDITORSDEPUTY PRESIDENT MABUZA ATTENDS THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS 2018 CONFERENCE IN AMSTERDAM Deputy President David Mabuza will lead a South African delegation to the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) under the theme…
04 June 2018
Tobacco control has achieved much in the past 50 years in many countries of the world, including South Africa where smoking amongst adults fell 54% (1) between 1994 and 2012 : from 34% to 17.6%; and amongst children fell 26.5 % between 1999 and 2011…
25 May 2018
Pretoria, Tuesday 22 May 2018 – The humanities and social sciences are increasingly important as societies around the world confront the realities of poverty, inequality, and many other phenomena which impact on social cohesion and the…
15 May 2018
Steven Gordon_The North West Province. For 15 years people in North West have been getting angrier. To listen to the interview click here
23 March 2018
Pretoria, Friday 23 March 2018 – Amidst optimism about the growth and developmental trajectory of the country, remain the intractable challenges of poverty and inequality. As the largest dedicated research institute in the social sciences…
11 December 2017
Pretoria, Monday 11 December 2017 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) was an active participant in many of the conversations about science at the annual Science Forum South Africa (SFSA), hosted by the Department of Science and…
