HSRC In The News


27 Jul 2016 | Majority stills feels close to the ANC

Speculation is rife that the ruling party has lost some of its appeal among South Africans, many of whom have grown frustrated with waiting for the pr...

30 Jun 2016 | Subtle and hidden forms of racism pervade our lives

Our society is further divided according to social differences such as gender, sexuality. Our South African laws institutionalised the idea of race,....

27 Jun 2016 | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards Close to $23 Million in Grants in the Second Quarter of 2016

The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced today that it approved $22.9 million in grants during the second quarter of 2016.A...

9 Jun 2016 | South Africa's new urban agenda: Transformation or compensation?

The paper provides a critical and constructive assessment of what lies behind these contrasting agendas. It considers the positive and negative featur...

29 May 2016 | Ban on donations 'would hurt party politics'

A TOTAL ban on private donations to political parties could have a harmful effect on electoral politics, DGSD's Chief Research Manager, Gary Pienaar s...

12 May 2016 | Longer walk to freedom

There is much unfmished business in post-apartheid South Africa. Over the past year, a series of racist and bigoted outbursts on social media have gen...

12 May 2016 | Mixed views on race relations

THERE is  much  unfinished busi­ness in post-apartheid South Africa. Over the past year, a series of racist and  bigoted  outb...

12 May 2016 | The longer walk to freedom: making sense of our attitudes towards race

Twenty years since the formal end of apartheid,.South Africa still has considerable distance to travel to become a country of true social cohesion.To ...

5 Apr 2016 | Black graduates battle to get work

No matter what you study or how well you do in your course, if you are black you have less chance of finding a job after graduating from Rhodes Univer...

5 Apr 2016 | Maths competition aims to get local pupils up to speed

APRIL 15 is the closing date for entries to the annual mathematics challenge, a collaboration between the South African Mathematics Foundation and the...