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Real R&D spending declines as business investment weakens

29 October 2026

Pretoria, Wednesday 28 October 2026 – South Africa’s gross domestic expenditure on research and development (R&D) increased to R44.237 billion in 2024/25, according to the latest National R&D Survey. However, real R&D expenditure declined by 1.9%, resulting in R&D intensity falling from 0.62% of GDP in 2023/24 to 0.60% in 2024/25. The findings suggest that,… View Article

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Media release – Local Elections @30: HSRC calls on all voters to participate in the Election Satisfaction Survey

26 October 2026

Pretoria, Monday, 26 October 2026 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is calling on all…

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HSRC Annual Conference 2026 honoured outstanding research papers and presentations

17 September 2026

Kempton Park, Thursday, 17 September 2026 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Annual…

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HSRC launches National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Survey 2017 results

10 July 2018

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) invites you to the launch of its fifth National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Study (SABSSM V) findings. The survey which provides a comprehensive assessment of HIV behavioural status of the…

HSRC to release the results of the study on the Voices of critical skilled migrants in SA

18 June 2018

Pretoria, Monday 18 June 2018 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) will release the results of the study on the Voices of critical skilled migrants in South Africa on Friday 22 June 2018. The study which was conducted in Gauteng…

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World No Tobacco Day

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…

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Nominations open for 2018 HSRC Medal for the Social Sciences and Humanities

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…

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The North West Province: For 15 years South Africans in North West have been getting angrier. Here’s why

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

Africa’s industrialisation top of the agenda at the 8th AUR Conference

14 May 2018

Pretoria, Thursday 10 May 2018 – The Human Science Research Council’s 8th African Unity for Renaissance International Conference and Africa Day Expo will bring together continental experts to look at the question of Africa’s…

Africa’s industrialisation top of the agenda at 8th AUR Conference

11 May 2018

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HSRC to collaborate with Angola’s Development Workshop to look at building sustainable cities

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…

Eminent African scholar, Dr Ibbo Mandaza to deliver the annual Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture

22 March 2018

Pretoria, Thursday 22 March 2018 – The Human Science Research Council’s (HSRC) Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA), in collaboration with the University of South Africa’s Archie Mafeje Research Institute (AMRI) invites members…

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HSRC’s study on Vuwani yields lessons for citizen engagement and social cohesion

20 March 2018

Pretoria, Tuesday 20 March 2018 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) today released the results of its exploratory study in Vuwani which looked at the drivers of violence and conflict that…

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