14 June 2014
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) wishes to extend its condolences to the family of the Secretary to Parliament, Mr Michael Coetzee, who passed away on Friday, 13 June 2014. “No words can express how we feel at this time. We wish his…
09 June 2014
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) wishes to extend its condolences to the family of the former President of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, whose mother, Nomaka Epainette Mbeki, passed away on Saturday, 7 June 2014. “We mourn the loss of…
04 June 2014
3 June 2014MEDIA STATEMENT The Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) has now been physically incorporated into the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) as well, as AISA staff moved to their new offices on Monday 2 June 2014, at the HSRC building…
20 May 2014
To mark the official opening of the 4th Annual African Unity for Renaissance Conference and Africa Day Expo, South African former President HE Thabo Mbeki will share the podium with Dr Salim Ahmed Salim, former Organisation of African Unity’s…
08 May 2014
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has appointed Professor Daniel Plaatjies as Executive Director of the Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery (DGSD) Research Programme with effect from 1st June 2014. Professor Plaatjies, a…
02 May 2014
How does the public feel about voting, the value of their vote and do they believe their vote will make a difference? Results from the annual South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) series, conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council…
Just over half of the population (51%) is unsatisfied with the state of democracy in South Africa, and only 33% were satisfied with the way democracy is working, according to the latest findings of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS),…
01 April 2014
An estimated 6.4 million people were living with HIV/AIDS in 2012. This is one of the main findings of The South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour Survey 2012, officially launched today by Minister of Science and Technology,…
27 March 2014
LAUNCH OF THE FOURTH SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL HIV, BEHAVIOUR AND HEALTH SURVEY, 2012 Tuesday, 1 April 2014, 10:00 – 11:00 Members of the media are invited to the launch of the HSRC’s latest HIV National Household Survey, followed by a media…
20 March 2014
Pretoria, 20 March 2014 The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has appointed Professor Vasu Reddy as Executive Director of the Human and Social Development (HSD) Research Programme with effect from 1 April 2014. Professor Reddy joined the…
