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Urbanisation in Africa, Prof Ivan Turok shares his thoughts
In this episode of In Focus we explore urbanisation in Africa with Prof. Ivan Turok, the Executive Director of the Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (EPD-HSRC).
Migration and mobility: New trend, movement between two places
The HSRC's Prof. Monde Makiwane was invited to deliver a presentation to Parliament on: Migration and Mobility. The video of this presentation is now available on the YouTube channel of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa.
VakaYiko consortium meets in Accra
The VakaYiko consortium, a network of non-governmental organisations, working in Ghana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe to build the capacity of policy-makers on Evidence Informed Policy Making (EIPM) is meeting in Accra.
The Africa we want: call for abstracts
The 10th edition of the AYGS conference will be held at the University of Limpopo from the 14 to 17 March 2016 under the theme The Africa we want. It will focus on culture with its many aspects and dimensions, and the role that culture plays in sustainable development, peace and good governance, as well as integration on the continent.
Interrogating the effects of norms and narratives in everyday life
Christopher Colvin, a contributor to Ethical Quandaries in Social Research edited by Deborah Posel and Fiona C Ross, recently participated in a Indexing the Human panel discussion about “Experiments in/on Everyday Life: Postcolonial science and critical normativities”.
BRICS Heads of State 2015 Ufa Declaration
The BRICS Ufa Declaration issued from the BRICS Heads of State Summit on 9 July 2015 in Ufa in the Russian Federation presents a strong commitment for continued action in implementing its strategic five long-term goals. The five goals for strengthening economic cooperation and development, consolidating peace and security, ensuring social justice, sustainable development and quality of life, global political and economic governance reform, and progress through knowledge and innovation sharing, are the pillars on which the BRICS long-term strategy was found. The Ufa Declaration highlights the immediate priorities of the long-term strategy, and the calls on the BRICS governments and institutions to begin implementation.
Stepping up programmes to ensure TVET students/staff can take charge of their health
The results of a survey on the HIV and AIDS related knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of students and staff at South African Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges in South Africa, 2014 survey have been released.
Index report confirms HIV-positive women bear brunt of stigma
The Stigma Index survey gathered information from 10 473 people living with HIV (PLHIV) and was undertaken by the Human Sciences Research Council on behalf of SANAC. Key partners in the survey were the National Association of People Living with AIDS (NAPWA), the Positive Women’s Network, and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).
Central African Republic President Mrs Catherine Samba Panza hosts info day in Pretoria
The Embassy of the Central African Republic (CAR) to South Africa in collaboration with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) cordially invite you to the Central African Republic Information Day.
Titled Central African Republic: From Crisis to Peace and Sustainable Development – The Way Forward, this rare occasion will be addressed by CAR President, H.E. Mrs Catherine Samba Panza.
SAJS describes Drinking with Ghosts as a powerful work
Drinking with Ghosts: The Aftermath of Apartheid’s Dirty War is a powerful work dealing with South Africa’s violent political struggles, its political transition, and the ways dark and secret pasts continue to haunt post-1994 South Africa. South Africa’s modern political history is covered in an ever-increasing number of books, both scholarly and more popular.
