• SACN urban governance indicator development report 

  Sekyere, E.; Lunga, W.; Ngungu, M.; Lawana, N.; Ramaphakela, T.; Ramasobana, K.; Maoba, P.; Mmagampa, M. (2021-04-08)

  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 ...
• Land reform and belonging in South Africa: a place-making perspective 

  Bank, L.J.; Hart, T.G.B. (Routledge, 2021-03-09)

  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 ...
• An indelible African footprint: the story of the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) 

  Hendricks, C.; Mjimba, V.; Simelane, T.; Maritz, E. (HSRC Press, 2021-04-06)

  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 inequality and income inequality: theories, measurement, and trends 

  Mathentamo, Q.; Lunga, W. (Springer, 2021-02-01)

  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 ...
• COVID-19 survey on persons with disabilities: enabling better responses to future crises 

  Hart, T. (2021-03-31)

  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 ...
• Sharing information through television and mobile devices can help improve the consumption of fruit and vegetables 

  Neluheni, M.; Sinyolo, S.; Ndinda, C. (2021-04-06)

  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 ...
• Impervious to policy: revisiting the HSRC's heterodox economic approach to South Africa's persistent structural complexities 

  Ngandu, S. (HSRC Press, 2021-04-08)

  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 ...
• He who pays the piper calls the tune: personal reflections on collaborators, conspirators and researchers at the HSRC 

  Hart, T.G.B. (HSRC Press, 2021-03-31)

  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 HSRC into the future: an afterword 

  Soudien, C. (HSRC Press, 2021-04-07)
• The De Lange Report of 1981: A 'geology' 

  Pauw, J.C.K.; Van Zyl, C. (HSRC Press, 2021-04-07)

  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 ...
• Development, decolonization and the curriculum: new directions for new times? 

  Soudien, C. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021-03-31)

  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 ...
• Financing clean energy technology in BRICS cities: recommendations from renewable energy financing experts in BRICS 

  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 ...
• Olive Schreiner: the story of an African giant 

  Cosser, M. (BestRed, 2021-04-07)

  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 ...
• Richard Goldstone: fine balancer of the scales 

  Cosser, M. (BestRed, 2021-04-07)

  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 ...
• Athol Fugard: prophet not without honour 

  Cosser, M. (BestRed, 2021-04-07)

  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, ...
• Empowering backyard shack owners 

  Teagle, A. (HSRC Press, 2021-04-08)

  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 ...
• Vaccine nation?: potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa 

  Bohler-Muller, N.; Roberts, B.; Runciman, C.; Alexander, K.; Mchunu, N. (2021-04-07)

  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 ...
• The fabric of dissent: public intellectuals who have shaped SA's history 

  Oosthuizen, A. (HSRC Press, 2021-04-08)

  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 ...
• Being ALHIV and staying alive: what do we know about adolescents living with HIV in South Africa? 

  Naidoo, I.; Mabaso, M.; Zungu, N. (2021-04-08)

  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 ...
• South Africa needs a single anti-corruption unit and real-time monitoring 

  Teagle, A. (2021-04-08)

  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 ...

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