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- A pilot LIAT community of practice to stimulate local economic development through innovation launched
- Spare a thought for the thousands of healthcare workers on the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19
- Dr Parker's interview with Voice of the Cape
- Dr Steyn-Kotze's interview on Iona.fm -Thinking point - '65 years of the Freedom Charter
- EPD researcher exchanges knowledge with the Research Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience at the University of Coventry
- Ethics and human rights in artificial intelligence research initiative for the African region
- HSRC / SPC conference postponement announcement -
- HSRC Commences Survey to understand how South Africans are coping with the lockdown
- HSRC Facilitates High-Level Food and Nutrition Security Validation Workshop
- HSRC, UKZN conduct COVID-19 survey
- Human Sciences Research council hosts strategies on South Africa's AU chairship
- IED-HSC Team Leading FAO Rapid Assessment of Covid-19 impacts on Agro-food System in South Africa
- Prof Ivan Turok awarded prestigious Research Chair at the UFS by SARChI
- Professor Reddy's interview on NewzRoomAfrika
- SA commemorates World NO Tobacco Day 2020
- The HSRC, UKZN launch joint survey looking at how COVID-19 impacts health workers
- University of Johannesburg and IED Teams Explore Innovation Toolbox Construction
- Media and COVID-19
- 100 Days of SA National lockdown | Professor Narnia Bohler-Muller weighs in
- Minister Blade Nzimande: Public perception survey on impact of Coronavirus COVID-19 on South Africans
- 9 signs you might be an aggressive driver
- 9 signs you might be an aggressive driver
- CEM considers progress on state of readiness for the reopening of schools
- Civil society watch, 31 August - 4 September
- Confidence in Ramaphosa decreasing, study finds
- Covid-19 and the role of the judiciary: Contradictions and confusion
- Dr Justin Visagie on Radio 786
- Dr Tholang Mokhele's interview on Lesedi FM
- Fita brings in its own medical experts to challenge ban on cigarette sales
- HSRC Study on COVID-19 indicates overwhelming compliance with the lock down
- Lack of economic density is the problem, rather than high population density
- Mkhize leads virtual meeting to mark World No Tobacco Day
- Prof Moshabela's interview on SAFM
- Prof Reddy's interview with eNCA
- South Africans willingly sacrificing human rights to Covid lockdown: poll
- Women integral to FoodForward SA's approach to food security and distribution
- #CoronavirusSA: Almost all smokers buying cigarettes during lockdown - Study
- #LockedDown: Workers rights on the Covid-19 May Day
- 'Deepening inequalities?': The impact of Covid-19 school closures on education in SA
- 'It's truly terrifying': Hunger stalks SA's children during Covid-19 lockdown
- 40 per cent of South Africans feel coronavirus 'exaggerated'
- 61% of SA says CR did a great job of Covid-19 lockdown - survey
- Adapting, living through and surviving COVID-19
- Africa Day delegates call for African solutions to COVID-19
- Africa: Minister Blade Nzimande Calls for African Solutions to COVID-19 During Africa Day
- Almost 30% of SA stalked by hunger during lockdown, survey finds
- Back to school, Part 1: No dress-up for 'Treasure Island' this year
- Ban on cigarette sales will remain, says minister
- Ban on cigarettes a crucial part of fighting Covid-19: HSRC
- Behind the masks: Meet the people who keep Gauteng's field hospital going
- Beyond a bio-medical fix - The value of 'people's science'
- Blade Nzimande releases HSRC report on impact of Covid-19 on South Africans
- Blade Nzimande releases HSRC report on impact of Covid-19 on South Africans
- Booming illegal cigarette trade puts all at risk of COVID-19
- Business Eye - Covid-19: Economic density is the problem
- Calls for bolder action as lockdown exposes fault lines of inequality
- Can books lessen the impact of COVID-19 on learners?
- Cigarette ban 'a big failure in every way', says report
- Cigarette ban is no smoke and mirrors trick
- Cigarette ban will ease pressure on health system, help social distancing, say experts
- Citizens who trust Ramaphosa willing to sacrifice human rights to curb Covid-19 spread, survey finds
- Communication Committees Welcome Presentation From GCIS On Covid-19 Programmes
- Comorbidities raise concerns
- Confidence in President Ramaphosa nosedives across the population - survey
- Coronavirus - South Africa: Council of Education Ministers (CEM) considers progress on State of Readiness for the Reopening of Schools
- Could the debate over SA's alcohol sales ban have a subtext you're missing?
- COVID-19 'compounding' peace and security in Africa
- Covid-19 and SA's macroeconomic responses: Lessons from the Great Recession of 2007-09
- Covid-19 financial impact on SA universities stands at over R3.8bn
- COVID-19 has changed the way South Africa's only toll-free mental health helpline works.
- COVID-19 highlights South Africa's need for local level social data
- COVID-19 Highlights South Africa's Need for Local Level Social Data
- Covid-19 in South Africa - perspective is needed
- Covid-19 increasing income related poor health by six times new research finds
- COVID-19 Pandemic - Researchers present findings on views of South African public on lockdown
- Covid-19 reveals migration links in South Africa's human economy
- Covid-19 Survey Findings
- Covid-19 update: Western Cape eyes Level 1 due to decline in cases
- Covid-19 will leave 3 out of 4 small / medium businesses out of work
- Covid-19: Eastern Cape fears as worst predicted
- Covid-19: Economic density is the problem - Prof Turok on OFM
- COVID-19: how the lockdown has affected the health of the poor in South Africa
- COVID-19: how the lockdown has affected the health of the poor in South Africa
- Daring acts in search for a pack of fags
- Data suggests little social distancing among smokers
- Dennis Brutus: South African Literary Giant Who Was Reluctant To Tell His Life Story
- Details scant as Ramaphosa announces tweaking of Level 4
- Do a Covid-19 Mental Wellness Self-Check
- Dr Alexis Habiyaremye on SAFM
- Dr Chijioke Nwosu on Channel Islam International
- Dr Chijioke Nwosu on Radio Islam
- Dr Habiyaremye interview on NewzRoomAfrika
- Dr Habiyaremye on NewzRoomAfrika
- Dr Justin Visagie - Resettling informal communities, bad idea
- Dr Justin Visagie on Channel Islam International
- Dr Justin Visgaie on SAfm 28 July
- Dr Masekela on Channel Islam International
- Dr Masekela on eNCA
- Dr Masekela on Radio Lotus
- Dr Masekela on SABC Channel 404
- Dr Masekela on SAFM
- Dr Nelly Sharpley on NEWSROOM AFRICA
- Dr Parker's interview on Radio 786
- Dr Saahier Parker on Channel Islam International
- Dr Saahier Parker on Metro FM
- Dr Saahier Parker on Radio Lotus
- Dr Saahier Parker on Voice of the Cape
- Dr Saahier Parker's interview on Cape Talk
- Dr Saahier Parker's interview on Radio Islam
- Dr Visagie - interview on SABC Channel 404
- Dr Visagie's interview on NewzRoomAfrika
- Dr Yul Davids on SAFM
- Dr Zuleikha Mayat (94): 'Live every moment, love all humanity, stay true'
- Dr Zuleikha Mayat (94): 'Live every moment, love all humanity, stay true'
- ENHANCING GLOBAL COOPERATION TO COMBAT COVID 19 AND BUILDING A COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE FOR MANKIND
- First leg of Cigarette sale ban court challenge resolved
- Flu season is bad news for Covid-19 severity, scientists warn
- FoodForward SA highlights integral role of women in food security, distribution
- Four minutes - that is how long it took to find banned cigarettes
- Freedom of speech and public interest, not allegiance, should underpin science advisement to government
- Gauteng's dealings raise red flags, PE doctors thrive against the odds, and schools come under pressure to perform
- Government cops flak from tripartite alliance for 'heavy handed' lockdown
- Government to provide reasons for cigarette ban: FITA
- Govt cops flak from tripartite alliance for ‘heavy handed’ lockdown
- How Covid-19 funeral rules caused disruption, anxiety in Eastern Cape
- How school closures impact education in South Africa
- How the Covid-19 lockdown has affected the health of SA's poor
- How to keep children learning at home without material resources
- HSRC and UKZN's School of Medicine release results of Health workers survey
- HSRC supports tobacco ban during lockdown
- Hunger numbers: Millions, millions, millions need food
- Hunger, stress grows, yet support for Ramaphosa remains high
- If we invested in this today, South Africa could save billions - and fight COVID-19
- Impact of school closures on education outcomes in South Africa
- Impact of school closures on education outcomes in South Africa
- Impact of School Closures On Education Outcomes in South Africa
- Interview - Dr Glenda Kruss on Classic fm
- Keeping hunger at bay in a time of crisis
- Latest Covid-19 update
- Let's paint our colours to the mask
- Lifestyle diseases and Coronavirus
- Lifestyle diseases and coronavirus
- Lifestyle diseases and coronavirus - know your numbers to help keep you healthy
- Lockdown is a psychological pressure cooker, data shows
- Lockdown Is Riling Black and White South Africans - Could This Be a Reset Moment?
- Lockdown is riling black and white South Africans: could this be a reset moment?
- Lockdown is riling black and white South Africans: could this be a reset moment?
- Lockdown regulations: S.Africans not willing to give up right to privacy - study
- Majority of South Africans adhere to lock down regulations affecting the sale of tobacco products
- Making sure lifestyle diseases are under control during COVID-19
- Malnutrition, health services and democracy: The responsibility to speak out
- Masks - Who wears them and Why it matters
- Minister Blade Nzimande calls for African solutions to Covid-19 during Africa Day
- Minister Blade Nzimande opens policy forum on state of innovation in South Africa
- Minister Blade Nzimande releases the outcome of Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) second part of the public perception survey on the impact of the Coronavirus on South Africans
- Minister Blade Nzimande to open policy forum on state of innovation in South Africa
- More needed to help Covid-19-struck small-scale farmers
- More needed to help Covid-19-struck small-scale farmers
- More than just Covid-19
- Most citizens sticking to tobacco ban
- Mthembu: Cigarettes sales will be allowed under level 2
- NCOP approves Cybercrimes Bill, two amendment bills
- New survey by UJ and HSRC reveals parents wants children to stay at home
- No thanks, say informal-sector entrepreneurs to easy loans offer
- Nzimande to release outcome of HSRC survey
- Only 1 in 5 South Africans Believe They're At High Risk For COVID-19, New Research Suggests
- Organisation discusses malnutrition in SA children on World Hunger Day
- Paediatric experts say kids are at low risk of contracting, spreading Covid-19
- Pandemic responses must ensure human rights are protected
- Pharmacy fast-tracks rollout of medication smart lockers
- Plea to raise R10 million to feed
- President Cyril Ramaphosa's job performance
- President Ramaphosa's approval rating drops
- Previewing President Ramaphosa's nation address: Prof Narnia Bohler Muller
- Prof Moshabela's interview on eNCA
- Prof Narnia Bohler Muller dissects President Ramaphosa's speech
- Prof Narnia Bohler Muller interview on Prontuit TV
- Prof Priscilla Reddy on Newsroom Africa
- Prof Reddy's interview on PowerFM
- Professor Khangelani Zuma's interview on SAFM
- Professor Moshabela on PowerFM
- Professor Moshabela on SABC Channel 404
- Professor Narnia Bohler-Muller interview on UbuntuRadioZA
- Professor Reddy reports on the results of HSRC survey
- Professor Reddy's interview on Channel Africa
- Professor Reddy's interview on Radio 702
- Professor Reddy's interview on Radio 702
- Professor Reddy's interview on Radio 702 - insights from the HSRC Survey
- Professor Reddy's interview on SAFM
- Professor Reddy's NewzroomAfrika
- Progress on state of readiness for reopening of schools - Angie Motshekga
- Psychological 'facemasks' can save millions of lives
- Public must develop safe death rites
- R350 unemployment grant applications are now open via e-mail
- Reconfiguring dense informal settlements is in the policy spotlight - and rightly so
- Reopening of schools: Bold leadership and planning required
- Research survey shows that the Lockdown fosters distress and social division
- Rural retreat: Allowing people to return home during lockdown could turn a tide
- SA adhering to masks as more than 70% wear them, unlike the US
- SA citizens willing to sacrifice human rights in COVID-19 fight, study finds
- SA feels lockdown sows 'division' and has people anxious about the future
- SA's nurses: Poorly trained, in poor health, and living in fear
- SAFM podcast with Professor Turok and Mark Misselhorn
- Schools prepare to reopen
- Schools prepare to reopen
- See you in court: Cabinet takes a hard line on tobacco sales ban
- Smoke and mirrors: 4 minutes - that's how long it took to find banned cigarettes during lockdown
- Smokers, industry fuming over S. Africa's U-turn on tobacco sales
- Smoking can worsen the virus effects
- Social data is critical in combatting the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa
- Social scientists feel left out in Covid-19 fight
- Social scientists feel left out in Covid-19 fight
- Some citizens willing to sacrifice rights to curb COVID-19 spread - survey
- South Africa: Democracy Works Foundation & Human Science Research Council - Building an Inclusive Post-Covid-19 Economy for South Africa
- South Africa: Funeral Practices and Cultural Dignity in the Time of Covid
- South Africa: The Calculus of Trust - Diminished Public Confidence in the President's Performance
- South Africans still puffing away despite tobacco ban
- Study: Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers
- Support for Ramaphosa's handling of Covid-19 drops to 61%
- Surf youth programme shifts focus to feeding the hungry in lockdown
- Survey shows coronavirus impact on health workers
- Survey shows South African firms in some sectors are highly innovative
- The 'tobacco tango' - inside the illicit cigarette trade
- The great cigarette ban debate
- The hidden struggle: The mental health effects of the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa
- The horror of child hunger stalks our land
- This is why we banned cigarette sales: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma tells court
- Tobacco ban a 'deal with the devil', undermining transformation - lobby groups
- Tobacco ban a ‘deal with the devil’, undermining transformation - lobby groups
- Tobacco ban shrouded in smoke
- Tobacco is banned to protect lives - Dlamini-Zuma
- UKZN, together with Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), investigates impact of COVID-19 on health workers
- Using SA's HIV experience to counter Covid-19 - Alan Whiteside
- Vaccine manufacturing will test Africa's willingness to collaborate
- VIDEO: Briefing on outcome of HSRC COVID-19 survey
- WATCH: Survey on impact of COVID-19 in SA
- Western Cape Liquor Authority working closely with police to ensure safe trading methods
- Women integral to FoodForward SA's approach to food security and distribution
- World No Tobacco Day 2020 - Protecting Our Youth from Industry Influence
- Yawning gap between rich and poor in SA has expanded in Covid-19 era - study
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- From innovation to uptake: why South Africa's water technologies are getting stuck in the pipeline
- COVID-19: Nurses have highest levels of distress among health-care workers
- Democratic oversight in the time of the Covid-19 lockdown
- Ethics and human rights in artificial intelligence research initiative for the African region
- Feminist Movements for a Sustainable Future
- Hack Ur Culture - Hackathon
- HSRC/PPT Policy Brief: Upgrading Dense Informal Settlements by Building Upwards
- Living through global trauma: Mental-health implications of COVID-19 from a developing country perspective
- New COVID-19 model underscores impact of interventions on epidemic trajectory
- Not a 'skop, skiet en donner' moment: Defence Force deployment in the time of COVID-19
- PASET RSIF: Call for Scholarships - 3rd Cohort of RSIF PhD Scholarships
- South Africa needs to re-think science, technology and innovation policy
- South Africa's Freedom Charter campaign holds lessons for the pursuit of a fairer society
- The COVID-19 impact on sexual- and reproductive-health rights and gender-based violence
- Tuberculosis in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
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