04 June 2020
Pretoria, Wednesday 03 June 2020 – As the country enters the lockdown alert level 3 and the schools prepare for the phased reopening, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) will release the…
11 May 2020
Pretoria, Monday 11 May 2020 – The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a fast spreading, primarily respiratory disease, has brought to the fore the importance of lung health, and with this, the dangers of tobacco use. It is commonly…
26 April 2020
Pretoria, Sunday 26 April 2020 – The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Dr Blade Nzimande today announced the results of the survey conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council of the impact and awareness of the…
14 April 2020
HSRC investigates impact of COVID-19 on health workers Pretoria, Tuesday 14 April 2020 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), in partnership with the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, will conduct…
09 April 2020
Pretoria, Thursday 9 April 2020 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) today commenced the second part of its public perception survey on the impact of the coronavirus on South Africans. This follows the first survey conducted from…
01 April 2020
Pretoria, Wednesday 1 April 2020 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) extends it condolences to the family, the CODESRIA network, and indeed the entire global social science community on the passing of Professor Thandika Mkandawire. The…
27 March 2020
Pretoria, Friday 27 March 2020 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) today announced that it would launch its public survey to better understand what the South African public knows about Covid-19, state of readiness to deal with this…
17 March 2020
Pretoria, Tuesday 17 March 2020 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) today announced that it would conduct a public survey, via social media and some follow-up qualitative studies, to better understand what the South African public…
HSRC Press has won two prestigious NIHSS book awards: for the non-fiction edited volume category and for the non-fiction biography category. The awards were presented at the fifth Humanities and Social Science Book Awards held at The Square,…
11 March 2020
Pretoria, Wednesday 11 March 2020 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) invites members of the media to a book launch and media seminar for the book titled, Equitable Rural Socioeconomic Change: Land, climate dynamics and technological…
