31 August 2012
PAN: Children will provide high-quality, timely information which can be used to inform decision making and policy. It will strengthen the dialogue between the producers and the users of child-related research evidence to build networks between…
31 July 2012
n overview of families in South Africa reveals significant changes over the years, including a transformation of the family structure and family relations. Unlike in the past, the presence of nuclear families and intimate couples has emerged as the…
18 July 2012
With reference to an E-TV news interview by Prof. Modimowabarwa Kanyane, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) would like to clarify that a statistic from a Public Service Commission report, entitled Human Resources Development Strategy…
31 May 2012
HSRC Press is proud to launch the first two books in its new Voices of Liberation series. This series celebrates the lives and writings of South African and African liberation activists and heroes. The human, social and literary contexts presented in…
16 March 2012
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and study partners kick starts its R42m national health survey, the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES) in four provinces as from Monday, March 19, 2012. Several…
23 February 2012
The Fourth South African National HIV, Behaviour and Health Survey (SABSSM 4), undertaken by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) every 3 years, has been underway for just over a month. Fifty seven teams of field-workers are visiting selected…
27 January 2012
Two significant national surveys will be conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) this year. The principal investigators of both studies are Dr Olive Shisana, CEO of the HSRC, Professor Leickness Simbayi (HAST), Professor…
28 November 2011
Port Elizabeth – More than 14 million South Africans took part in HIV counselling and testing campaign over the past year – that is the size of the urban populations of Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria, Soweto and Port Elizabeth…
24 November 2011
Professor Arvin Bhana has been appointed as executive director of the Human and Social Development (HSD) research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). He holds a PhD in Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of…
17 November 2011
In their approach to COP17, governments need to see the environment not in conflict with economic growth, but as a means of boosting jobs and livelihoods. A positive ‘green growth’ agenda can help to revive the global economy from its…
