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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 Conference 2026 concluded with an awards ceremony recognising exceptional research papers and presentations under the theme, The Age of Digitality and the Future of Society: Rethinking Knowledge, Ethics, and the Role of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The ceremony, chaired by… View Article

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Kempton Park, Wednesday, 16 September 2026 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Annual…

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09 November 2005

Participants in three focus group interviews perceived people migrating to Gauteng as a threat to the settled populations. While in-migrants in general were seen to be benefiting from social and infrastructural opportunities planned for Gauteng…

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Factsheet 4: Migration intentions – findings from an HSRC migration survey

More than a third (36%) of people living outside Gauteng who participated in a household survey in 2001 indicated that they intended to move to Gauteng within five yearsFootnote 1. Converted into numbers, this proportion translates into 7.2 million…

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Factsheet 1: Potential for Attrition

20 June 2005

Key finding: The study revealed that 55% of educators intend to leave the education profession. Two-thirds of this group fall in the technology, natural sciences, economics and management fields. Some of the reasons for wanting to leave the education…

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Factsheet 2 : Absenteeism Among Educators in South African Public Schools

Key finding: Absenteeism from work is attributed to chronic conditions such TB, high-risk drinking, lung or breathing problems, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and anaemia. The burden of absenteeism on the education labour force was highest due to…

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Factsheet 3 : Context of Educators in South African Public Schools

Key findings: There are major variations in the mean annual school fees, with the Free State charging the least (less than R 100 per child per year) and Gauteng charging the most (more than R 800). The average class size is lowest in the Northern…

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Factsheet 4 : Health Status of Educators in South African Public Schools

Key finding: 10.6% of educators have been hospitalised in the previous 12 months. Another indication of educator’s health status is that at least 75% have reported a visit to a health practitioner in the six months before the study. The most…

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Factsheet 5 : Alcohol Use Among Educators in South African Public Schools

Key finding: The overwhelming majority of educators (75%) did not drink alcohol in the past 12 months; 20% are classified as low-risk drinkers; and 5.3% are high-risk drinkers. Male educators (15%) are significantly more high-risk drinkers than…

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Factsheet 6 : HIV Prevalence Among South African Educators in Public Schools

Key finding: Overall, 12.7% of all educators are HIV positive. HIV prevalence is the highest in the 25?34 age group (21.4%), followed by the 35?44 age group (12.8%). Those educators 55 years and older had the lowest HIV prevalence (3.1%). There are…

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Factsheet 7 : Predictions for Prophylaxis and Antiretroviral Therapy in South African Public Schools

Key finding: More than a fifth (22 %) of the HIV-positive educator population would need antiretroviral therapy if health care providers use the national criteria based on WHO?s conservative guidelines for the initiation of antiretroviral therapy…

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Factsheet 8 : Workplace Policies in Public Education: A Review Focusing on HIV/AIDS.

Key findings: A review of all key Department of Education’s (DoE) workplace policies as well as two unions’ HIV/AIDS policies, concludes that the transformation of the education sector has been on the whole successful. The major criticism…

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