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Real R&D spending declines as business investment weakens

29 October 2026

Pretoria, Wednesday 28 October 2026 – South Africa’s gross domestic expenditure on research and development (R&D) increased to R44.237 billion in 2024/25, according to the latest National R&D Survey. However, real R&D expenditure declined by 1.9%, resulting in R&D intensity falling from 0.62% of GDP in 2023/24 to 0.60% in 2024/25. The findings suggest that,… View Article

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Media release – Local Elections @30: HSRC calls on all voters to participate in the Election Satisfaction Survey

26 October 2026

Pretoria, Monday, 26 October 2026 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is calling on all…

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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…

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

20 June 2005

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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Factsheet 9 : Workplace Policies: Practices and Perceptions of Educators

Key findings: The interview-based survey of educators shows that the majority are aware of some DoE workplace policies or directives, such as giving sick leave to educators (87%) and the prohibition on sexual relationships between educators and…

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Factsheet 10 : Educator Attrition and Mortality in South Africa

EDUCATOR ATTRITION AND MORTALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA A Study into Gross Educator Attrition Rates and Trends, including Analysis of the Causes of these by Age and Gender, in the Public Schools System in South Africa 1997/8 ? 2003/04 conducted by the…

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Factsheet 1 : The reality of abuse and how it’s represented in the media

03 June 2005

The general public even many professionals understand relatively little about the realities of the sexual abuse of young children: Child sexual abuse is not new to South Africa or the region. Child molestation has occurred throughout history and in…

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Factsheet 2 : Overview of research findings

There is very little research on the incidence and prevalence of child abuse in South Africa, and available research uses a variety of definitions of child abuse. There are similar problems with national data collection systems, such as those of the…

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Factsheet 3 : Legal and policy responses

Policy and law: Many laws and policies are in place in South Africa to protect children?s rights and to improve child protection and services to abused children. A draft national strategy on child abuse and neglect has been formulated. It remains to…

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Factsheet 4 : Clinical services and treatment programmes

The book makes two key points regarding the treatment of sexually abused children: A fairly diverse range of clinical services and treatment programmes has been implemented in the region. These range from fairly well-resourced, clinical interventions…

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Factsheet 1 : The youth labour market

02 June 2005

The youth labour market is probably the most important phase in any young person?s development, particularly the transition from school to work or further/higher education and training. It comprises several important institutions including…

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Factsheet 2 : Low levels of training in the workplace

The workplace plays a pivotal role in human resources development in South Africa. The national economy and its associated institutions of enterprise training are the key institutions in this area. National economy The functioning of the national…

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