17 February 2011
PRETORIA – A review of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in four southern African countries has been undertaken by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). As the target year of 2015 comes into sight there is increasing…
24 January 2011
The Education Skills Development research programme of the HSRC as embarked on an ongoing process of reviewing developments in education, skills development and innovation in a newsletter titled RESDI (Review of Education, Skills Development and…
06 January 2011
From the research programme on Education and Skills Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) 1. At first glance we are surprised at the fairly dramatic increase in the pass rate from 2009. We need to understand the trend of the pass…
14 December 2010
Dr Olive Shisana, CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council HSRC), has been appointed as the new president of the International Social Science Council (ISSC) during a meeting of the ISSC in Nagoya, Japan, on 12 December 2010. The ISSC, founded in…
13 December 2010
In his 2010 State of the Nation Address to Parliament this year, President Zuma committed Government to improve the state of education in the country by ensuring that educators are at school, on time and on task. The Department of Basic Education…
25 October 2010
PRETORIA – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) enjoys a positive public image and credibility in the professional sphere and in the public domain. Evidence of the high esteem the HSRC commands as a research institution is its ability to…
19 October 2010
The Human Science Research Council (HSRC) has appointment Professor Margaret Mabugu from the department of economics at the University of Pretoria as executive director for the research programme on Economic Performance and Development, effective on…
12 October 2010
The Human Science Research Council (HSRC) has announced the appointment of two deputy CEOs to support the CEO, Dr Olive Shisana. Dr Temba Masilela has been appointed deputy CEO for research and Mr Peter Pedlar deputy CEO for operations and…
07 October 2010
Do provincial governments have a role to play in promoting economic prosperity, and to what extent do current provincial policies possess the attributes of a developmental state? These attributes are defined as the ability to plan longer term, to…
07 September 2010
The South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) is being relaunched at a seminar in Pretoria today. • Visit the SASAS website • Visit the seminar…
