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27 October 2009:
Public sector excellence award for HSRC
The HSRC was awarded the 2009 GOLD Award for Public Sector Excellence in the category for Best Reputation: Training and Development Sector, as voted by the citizens of South Africa by the Brand Leadership Academy, an independent organisation that promotes public sector excellence.
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01 September 2009:
Tackling teenage pregnancy in schools
Teenage pregnancy in South Africa: With a specific focus on school-going learners. The purpose of the study was to document, review and critically analyse literature on teenage pregnancy with a focus on school-going adolescents.
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11 August 2009:
Skills shortages hamper growth targets
The recent action by health professionals in South Africa, protesting against low salaries and poor working conditions, highlighted reasons for the frequent emigration of key figures from the medical sector. But this is not the only professional field that is facing shortages.
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07 August 2009:
Launch of children, AIDS, and poverty study
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Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities, Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, will attend the launch of the final report of the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS (JLICA) study.
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27 July 2009:
Development and Dreams: The urban legacy of the 2010 Football World Cup
Comprehensive HSRC research on the urban legacy of the 2010 mega-event is being released and showcased in Johannesburg and Durban this week. Beginning on Monday 27 July at the DBSA Vulindlela Auditorium and continuing at the Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity (ccrri) in Durban on Wednesday 29 July ...
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12 June 2009:
HSRC Press rocks Cape Town bookfair
The HSRC Press is once again hosting a vibrant programme of panel discussions and workshops at the 2009 Cape Town Book Fair. From dialogue on sexuality and desire to debate around teacher shortages, from looking at the legacy of the 2010 World Cup to unpacking pro-poor and environmental policies, the schedule of events covers a broad range of contemporary issues.
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10 June 2009:
The urban legacy of 2010
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With precisely a year to go before the start of the 2010 FIFA* World Cup, is it too late or too soon to talk about what legacy the mega-event will leave behind?
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09 June 2009:
SA epidemic has stabilised - third national HIV survey
South Africa's HIV epidemic has levelled off at a prevalence of 10.9% for people aged two years and older, with 5.2 million people estimated to be living with HIV in 2008. HIV prevalence has also declined among children aged 2-14, from 5.6% in 2002 to 2.5% in 2008, and a decline in new infections has also been noted among teenagers aged 15-19.
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29 May 2009:
Report: Israel practicing apartheid in Palestinian territories
The Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (HSRC) has released a study indicating that Israel is practicing both colonialism and apartheid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The study is being posted for public debate on the HSRC website.
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22 May 2009:
New SAHA head appointed
Professor Leickness Simbayi has been appointed as executive director of the large research programme on the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), from 1 June 2009.
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13 May 2009:
New PEPFAR head urged to boost focus on children and families
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The Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS (CCABA) has congratulated Dr Eric Goosby on his nomination to lead PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. CCABA members including the HSRC also issued a call to increase the focus on children and families in the global AIDS fight.
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02 April 2009:
MSM study warns of parallel HIV epidemics
DURBAN - South Africa may be experiencing parallel heterosexual and homosexual HIV epidemics, researchers warned here today at the 4th South African AIDS Conference.
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01 April 2009:
Child Care Forums valuable, but lack networks
Child Care Forums provide much-needed services, but their role and relationships with other service providers need to be clarified, said Vuyiswa Mathambo of the HSRC here at the 4th SA AIDS Conference. Child Care Forums are locally-based groups caring for vulnerable children within their communities.
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01 April 2009:
Insufficient support for HIV-discordant couples
The needs of HIV-discordant couples (i.e. where one partner is HIV positive and the other HIV negative) have received insufficient attention in the research and policy agenda. Discordant couples ought to be provided with sexual and reproductive health services in a supportive and non-discriminatory environment; and should be engaged in the HIV response.
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30 March 2009:
Mixing religion and politics
South Africans tend to oppose political intervention by religious leaders in relation to swaying voting decisions during times of elections and broader state decision-making. The latest round of the annual South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), conducted nationally in November and early December 2008, included a detailed module on religious beliefs and practice.
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17 March 2009:
How will South Africans vote in the upcoming elections?
The African National Congress (ANC) remains the most popular party among voters, but with less than a majority at 47%. The DA seems on course to maintain its official opposition status with 7% of the electorate saying they would vote for the party. More voters, at 3%, expressed preference for the newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) over the other old, established parties such as the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the Independent Democrats (ID) with only 2% and 1% respectively, saying that they would get their votes.
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23 February 2009:
In memory of Prof. Wally Morrow
The HSRC would like to express its deepest sympathy to the family of Professor Wally Morrow, an HSRC Councilor and member of the Editorial Board of HSRC Press, who died on Wednesday, 11 February.
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10 February 2009:
Home truths: Facing the Facts on Children, AIDS, and Poverty
The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS, a two-year, independent alliance of researchers, implementers, policy-makers, activists and people living with HIV, has released its' final report "Home Truths:
Facing the Facts on Children, AIDS, and Poverty", on 10 February, 2009.
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