Media
HSRC provides media briefs (or press releases) on a regular basis to the media. Here you can browse the archive of media briefs.
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20 May 2019 | Pan Africanism, Peace and Security, Sustainable Development and Science and Technology take centre stage at AUR 2019
Pretoria, Monday 20 May 2019 – To revive Pan Africanism that speaks to the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century and drives developme...
23 Apr 2019 | HSRC publication to make a vital contribution to the national debate on poverty and inequality
As part of the build-up to Freedom Day, the Minister of Science and Technology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, together with the Human Sciences Research Co...
18 Apr 2019 | Joint launch of the HSRC's 50/90th Commemoration and new book State of the Nation: Poverty and Inequality
This year the HSRC is commemorating its 50th anniversary and the 90th anniversary of its predecessor, the National Bureau of Educational and Social Re...
26 Mar 2019 | HSRC to attempt first standardised survey of innovation in the informal sector in South Africa
Pretoria, Monday 25 March 2019 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), on behalf of the Department of Science and Technology, will for the...
25 Mar 2019 | HSRC to lead a study on the health impacts of climate adaptation actions in rural Southern Africa
Pretoria, Tuesday 19 March 2019 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), working with researchers based at universities in Zimbabwe, the Un...
13 Mar 2019 | Youth development in Africa to take the centre stage at the 2019 AYGS Conference
Pretoria, Wednesday 13 March 2019 – Emerging scholars from different parts of Africa will meet in South Africa for the 13th annual Africa Young ...
7 Dec 2018 | Safety of women and children must include the LGBTIQ community
Pretoria, Thursday 6 December 2018 – Coming during the annual commemoration of the 16 Days of Non Violence Against Women and Children campaign, ...
3 Dec 2018 | Statement by the HSRC and UNAIDS on a joint 2018 World AIDS Days partnership seminar on HIV drug resistance
The fifth South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey, conducted in 2017 by the Human Sciences Research Counc...
21 Nov 2018 | Elections in Cameroon, Madagascar and DRC: A breakthrough into peaceful societies or a source of renewed conflict?
Pretoria, Tuesday 20 November 2018 – The Human Sciences Research Council’s (HSRC) Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA), UNISA’s I...
21 Sep 2018 | Professor Chapman receives 2018 HSRC Medal in Social Sciences and Humanities
Professor Chapman is also Professor Emeritus and Fellow of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study,...