HSRC Seminar: Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture - Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa: Lessons from Other Parts of the Continet 4 September 2020 

Online seminar Overview: The Mafeje Memorial Lecture provides a platform to highlight Prof Mafeje’s contribution to our understanding of the Agrarian question, discuss current debates on the land question and to learn from the experiences of other African countries.  In Africa most subsistence farmers in communal areas have been facing...

2 June 2020

  Online seminar  Overview: Traditional Oslo innovation surveys provide a useful empirical tool to assess the innovation performance of economic sectors, through the lens of firm-level activity. However, to the extent that innovation in the cultural and creative industry takes place outside of the formal sector - in highly contingent, informal settings - are traditional approaches sufficient to create an evidence base appropriate to the South African context?  Presenter:...

HSRC Seminar: Impact of China's Belt and Road on the African Free Trade Agreement and infrastructure under the new normal 6 August 2020 

Online seminar Overview: The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AFCTA) has become critical in fast tracking regional economic integration which requires continental infrastructure development.  China, has already begun extensive infrastructural development in Africa through the Belt and Road (BRI).  The BRI is increasingly seen as a catalyst for...

HSRC Seminar: Township Economy 4 August 2020

 Online seminar Overview: Book launch - Township Economy provides a unique insight into township informal business and entrepreneurship. It is set in the post-apartheid period, in the third decade of Africa’s democracy and draws on evidence collected from 2010-2018 in 10 township sites, nine in South Africa and one in Namibia. The book focuses on micro-enterprises, the business strategies of township entrepreneurs and the impact of autonomous...

HSRC Seminar: Fighting for freedom - The Charter 65 years on 25 June 2020

 Online seminar Overview: This seminar, which commemorates the 65th anniversary of the Congress of the People, includes a discussion of the history of the Freedom Charter and engages key questions such as its relevance today and its impact on post-apartheid society. Chair: Prof. Crain Soudien, CEO, HSRC Speakers: Ms Baleka Mbete Chairperson of the Archives Sub-Committee of the NEC of the ANC Key note address on the...

HSRC Seminar: HSRC-USAf Dialogue Series: The Impact of COVID-19 on Different Student Groups 
22 June 2020 

Online seminar Overview: The first in the new HSRC-USAf Dialogue Series celebrates Youth Month by focusing on the impact of universities’ COVID-19 response on different groups of students. Following the welcome to the new series by the respective Heads of the HSRC and USAf, Prof. Crain Soudien facilitates five distinct inputs on the impact of universities’ COVID-19 responses on...

HSRC Seminar: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Class, Mental Health and Human Rights

 4 June 2020
 
Online seminar Overview: This webinar addresses some of the main findings of the online multilingual Covid-19 Democracy Survey conducted by researchers from the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change (CSC) and the Human Sciences Research Council’s Developmental, Capable and Ethical State division (DCES). Phase 1 of the survey covers the days from 13-18 April, Phase 2 from 18-27 April,...

HSRC Seminar: Coronavirus - Lessons in remote learning from China and Europe
 7 April 2020
 Online seminar Overview: Is the quality of online teaching comparable to classroom teaching? Does the virus expose the challenges of the digital divide? This webinar offers an opportunity to hear first-hand from scholars managing these efforts in China. We also contrast the Chinese experience to those of sociologists in Italy and Germany, where the virus has forced governments to introduce...

HSRC Seminar: On democracy and authoritarianism: Systems, ideologies, freedom and vulnerabilities in the era of COVID-19 

15 April 2020
 Online seminar Overview: How do constitutional democracies such as South Africa deal with COVID-19? Do or should states facing national disasters or emergencies hold on to human rights and constitutional obligations; and if they choose to limit rights and responsibilities, on what grounds do they do so and how do we test the fairness and reasonableness of...

HSRC Seminar: Refracted Economies: Reimagining youth livelihoods in an age of technological innovation
 23 April 2020 Online seminar Overview: The future of work in a technological age is topical, especially in the context of wide-scale youth unemployment. Current conversations centre on helping young people enter existing professions, become entrepreneurs or enhance (often science) skills development with a view towards salaried employment. Often missing are more nuanced conversations,...

HSRC Seminar: Transgender women and HIV in South Africa 
26 May 2020

 Online seminar Overview: Transgender women (TGW) constitute an extremely vulnerable, stigmatized and hidden community in South Africa. Stigma and transphobic responses make transwomen more vulnerable, so they constitute a key population for HIV infection. Internationally, the prevalence of HIV amongst the transgender community is considerably higher than the general community. The material for these presentations was...

HSRC Seminar: Water innovation in South Africa 5 May 2020

 Online seminar Overview: South African scientists have been among the significant contributors to new knowledge creation in the water innovation domain, especially in water treatment technologies. This innovation dynamism has however not been translated into a large-scale uptake of new technologies to avert the looming threat of water shortage. This study takes a close look at the challenges and opportunities in the adoption and...

HSRC Seminar: The Role of Research in Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) for Rural Transformation and Technological Innovations in South Africa 28 May 2020 
Online seminar Overview: Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) are gaining currency as new strategies for Africa’s development. IKS is a unique system of knowledge owned, inherited or developed by close groups, communities or individuals of common historical or genetic origin. For generations past and present, IKS have driven...

HSRC Seminar: Getting children back to school safely - What the medical experts say 
29 May 2020 Online seminar Overview: Following a nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 19 May 2020, the Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshegka announced that schools will re-open, in a phased manner, from 1 June 2020.
 This seminar, from paediatric medical experts, discusses the risk levels for school going children through three questions: (1) Do children get Covid-19?, (2) Are children...

HSRC Seminar: Blue Economy for Women's Economic Empowerment 4 November 2019 HSRC Building Pretoria Overview: This seminar discusses the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) and research on the extent of women’s inclusion in the Indian Ocean’s Blue Economy sectors, as well as recommendations to facilitate an enabling environment and creative policy thinking and development for women’s economic empowerment through the Blue Economy. Presenter: Prof. Joleen Steyn Kotze, Developmental, Capable...

The HSRC's Dr Saahier Parker is interviewed on Channel Islam International about the Covid-19 awareness survey being undertaken by the HSRC. For more on the survey: www.hsrc.ac.za/COVID19

Language Rites: A symposium on language practices in South African Higher Education Institutions Dr Alude Mahali On SAFM3 http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/events/events/language-rites-2019

Dr Alude Mahali On SAFM discusses Language Rites: A symposium on language practices in South African Higher Education Institutions http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/events/events/language-rites-2019

Dr Alude Mahali On SAFM3 discusses Language Rites: A symposium on language practices in South African Higher Education Institutions http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/events/events/language-rites-2019

HSRC and partners to embark on a joint HIV and TB pilot study The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and its partners will be conducting a joint TB and HIV pilot study in KwaZulu-Natal between the 26th of August and the 20th of September. The purpose of the pilot study is to determine the feasibility of conducting a larger joint Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (TB/HIV) survey. The project will: • determine survey uptake of combined HIV and TB testing • assess data quality...

1/3 HSRC's Advocate Gary Pienaar's interview on NewzRoomAfrika on Sunday 21 July 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would seek a judicial review of the Public Protector's findings against him. NewzRoomAfrika interviewed the HSRC’s Advocate Gary Pienaar about this issue.

HSRC's Advocate Gary Pienaar's interview on NewzRoomAfrika on Sunday 21 July 2019 2/3 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would seek a judicial review of the Public Protector's findings against him. NewzRoomAfrika interviewed the HSRC’s Advocate Gary Pienaar about this issue.

HSRC's Advocate Gary Pienaar's interview on NewzRoomAfrika on Sunday 21 July 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would seek a judicial review of the Public Protector's findings against him. NewzRoomAfrika interviewed the HSRC’s Advocate Gary Pienaar about this issue.

HSRC's Dr Vijay Reddy interviewed on ClassicFM.