This project was commissioned by the Southern African Cities Network (SACN) to develop sub-national governance indicators for South African cities. To achieve this the project draws from relevant literature that takes into ...
Political debate around South African land reform peaks in the run up to the national elections.2019 was no exception. Escalating urban 'land grabs' in 2017 had already increased emotion, tension and political urgency on ...
This chapter provides a brief historical narrative of the development of AISA and its contribution to knowledge production, information sharing and capacity building in Africa. It outlines the changing imperatives of a ...
Happiness is self-reported by individuals and people report different levels of happiness. Some people report high levels while others report low levels of happiness. The magnitude of the difference between the reported ...
In early May 2020, I proposed that the HSRC and the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities conduct a study that looked specifically at the challenges encountered by persons with disabilities during the ...
A healthy diet is crucial to building a strong immune system, but how do we encourage people to eat better? Looking at data from the 2018 General Household Survey, HSRC researchers investigated the extent to which access ...
This chapter looks at the economics research that was conducted by the HSRC over two decades and across four previous iterations of the economics unit, namely the Economic Employment Policy Research Programme (EEPR), 2000 ...
Having worked at the HSRC for 16 years and recently having undergone my fifth or sixth organisational transformation, one could do with greater stability especially if this might change the funding model, create formal ...
The De Lange Report, officially known as the Report of the Main Committee of the HSRC Investigation into Education, was submitted to the Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa in July 1981 (HSRC 1981). The HSRC had received ...
The purpose of this chapter is to work critically with this South African decolonial moment in higher education. It asks what insights the South African interaction of this discussion bring the questions raised by the ...
Chetty, K.; Kanyane, M.; Pillay, K.; Hongoro, C.(2021-04-07)
The role of cities in the battle against climate change must be strengthened. Considering the acceleration of urbanisation, the high numbers of people now living in cities and their importance from an asset value and ...
The two epigraphs at the beginning of this bio-sketch - the first from a letter to a friend and the second from a 'collection of musings' - epitomise Olive Schreiner's importance as a social commentator: her keen sense of ...
Even-handedness and impartiality are the defining qualities of Judge Richard Goldstone, former justice of the Constitutional Court. Tellingly, his concern - for victims on all sides of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict ...
Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard was born in 1932 in Middelburg, in the Karoo desert region of South Africa, the middle child of three. His father, Harold David Fugard, was a native English speaker of Irish descent. His mother, ...
Innovative financing initiatives are seeking to provide more inclusive credit to entrepreneurial homeowners. Partnering with social enterprise Bitprop, Xoliswa Sidinile (40) went from an RDP homeowner to a subsistence ...
As South Africa geared up for its national COVID-19 vaccine rollout, concerns were expressed about the extent to which the adult public would voluntarily take it. In response, a recent survey by the University of Johannesburg ...
Globally, countries have consulted their best scientific experts to mitigate the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, many failed as infections continued to surge and economies buckled. This pandemic may be ...
Approximately 1.7 million adolescents aged 10-19 years are living with HIV in the world, the majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, South Africa ranks as the highest HIV-burdened country in the world. New ...
Small-to-medium enterprises are an engine for economic growth in developing countries. They are, however, also disproportionately affected by state corruption. At a recent webinar co-hosted by the HSRC, delegates from the ...