26 July 2016
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 2016 Two recent radio talk shows focused on issues relating to voter confidence in elected leadership [1], and on the link between socio-economic circumstances and voter preferences[2]. Callers on both shows expressed frustration…
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 2016 Speculation is rife that the ruling party has lost some of its appeal among South Africans, many of whom have grown frustrated with waiting for the promises of a “better life for all”. According to some analysts,…
21 July 2016
Members of the media are invited to the ambassadorial forum on the preparations for elections in the Federal Republic of Somalia. The seminar, which is organised by the embassy of the Federal Government of the Somali Republic in collaboration with…
27 June 2016
Our South African laws institutionalised the idea of race. Because of this past, we have been using race to declare who is in or who is out, to pit one group against the other. In addition to skin colour, ethnicity, language, culture, or religion can…
22 June 2016
HSRC researcher involved in Canadian Government-funded “Saving Brains” research which finds: Babies exclusively breastfed to six months old half as likely to have later conduct disorders; Enriched play/stimulation to age 2 creates…
To: ALL MediaAttention: News EditorsFor immediate release21 June 2016 Media advisory || Rebellion of the Poor: seminars on community protests || 30 June and 1 July 2016 We would like to invite journalists to attend an extraordinary two-day…
14 June 2016
The Freedom Charter that underpins our Constitution provides that ‘The preaching and practice of national, race or colour discrimination and contempt shall be a punishable crime…’. The South African government is drafting the…
27 May 2016
We recently reported data from the HSRCs South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) series in which we showed that while there are signs of improving race relations, feelings of inter-racial dislike and mistrust persist at consistently high…
24 May 2016
His Excellency, Thabo Mbeki, will be the keynote speaker at the 2016 Africa Day Expo tomorrow (Wednesday, 25 May), which will take place at the Ditsong Museum of South Africa in Pretoria. The former South African statesman, who is famous for his…
19 May 2016
Members of the media are invited to attend the 2016 Africa Day Expo to be held in Ditsong Museums of South Africa, Pretoria on 25 May 2016. This year the expo will feature prominent names such as former President Thabo Mbeki, the Queen of African…
