HSRC In The News
26 Sep 2019 | Science and Innovation conducts study tour to Europe for 4IR policy, 23 Sep to 1 Oct
South Africans in Europe to talk policy for 4IRThe Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) is leading a visit to Europe this week, on a study tour ...
25 Sep 2019 | Reflections on change as UP and HSRC celebrate anniversaries with Academy of Science of South Africa
In celebration of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Humanities’ centenary, the Academy of Science of South Africa’s Human...
25 Sep 2019 | The rights to NHI access by migrants are not absolute
The rights of migrants to healthcare are not absolute, writes Prof Narnia Bohle-Muller, in Daily Maverick. There are exceptions and international huma...
25 Sep 2019 | Xenophobia, like racism, must be treated as a crime
Persecuting foreigners is contrary to SA’s constitutional promise that the country belongs to all who live in it. Analysis by Themba Masuku In m...
24 Sep 2019 | 'No Drama' Ramaphosa is missing his opportunities to be presidential
The country is weary of seeing President Cyril Ramaphosa constantly reacting to events, be it protests, xenophobia or ANC secretary-general Ace Magash...
24 Sep 2019 | NHI access for the asylum seekers and undocumented migrants is a complex issue
There is no certainty in South African law about asylum seekers and undocumented migrants having access to socio-economic rights. This is also the cas...
22 Sep 2019 | Artificial Intelligence has a gender bias problem - just ask Siri
Suggest to Samsung’s Virtual Personal Assistant Bixby “Let’s talk dirty”, and the female voice will respond with a honeyed acc...
19 Sep 2019 | A modest retaliation against xenophobia
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa are reshaping the African continent. Of recent the BBC reality check team reported that violent riots in the commer...
18 Sep 2019 | Public opinion versus reality on immigration in SA
In the 2017 Human Sciences Research Council’s Social Attitudes Survey, 71% of the South African public identified the threat posed by immigrants...
18 Sep 2019 | The judiciary: Corrupt, or partners in realising a transformed society?
The sensitivity and slowness inherent in the separation of powers are a reality in South Africa’s relatively new constitutional democracy, where...