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Working from anywhere: is South Africa ready?

Chetty, K.; Motala, S. (2021-04-08)

Academics have long advocated for remote working, citing the flexibility benefits for workers and the cost savings for employers. In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown requirements forced remote work upon South ...

Informal backyard housing development at a crossroads

Teagle, A. (2021-04-08)

Townships in Gauteng and the Western Cape are abuzz with construction activity as homeowners respond to the need for housing by building and upgrading backyard rental units. This trend has the potential to improve living ...

Beyond the formal economy: meeting young people where they're at

Teagle, A. (2021-04-08)

Does the notion of the proper job and terms like formal and informal employment make sense in the world today? Are our ways of thinking about work preventing us from supporting young people's livelihoods? At a recent ...

Science forum 2020: solving global crises requires breaking thought barriers

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

At the virtual Science Forum 2020, scientists and social scientists discussed ways of addressing the interlinked crises facing humanity today. To create a just future world requires that we challenge the lines we have drawn ...

HSRC research during COVID-19: the importance of policy briefs in supporting engagements between researchers and policymakers

Sobane, K.; Gastrow, M.; Oosthuizen, A. (2021-04-08)

The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a public health challenge it is a broad, complex, and dynamic social and human challenge. The HSRC, as South Africa's public social science research institute, has undertaken a wide range ...

COVID-19, the science communication clarifier

Trollip, K. (2021-04-08)

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted science, but also reinforced the relevance and credibility thereof, reinstating the paramount importance of facts, as well as science literacy and understanding. The global crisis has ...

How South Africa can prepare for a data-driven education system

Jantjies, M.; Plantinga, P. (2021-04-08)

There are significant disparities in South Africa's education system. Schools are divided into quintiles, from one to five. The poorest, in quintile one, struggle enormously with a lack of resources and support. They also ...

The impact of COVID-19 on informal food traders in SA

Babalola, M.A.; Mcata, B.; Maila, M. (2021-04-08)

Early in 2020, countries the world over started to close borders and restrict trade and movement in desperate attempts to contain SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus, which causes the disease COVID-19. In South Africa, HSRC ...

COVID-19 and human rights limitations: taking public opinion into account

Bohler-Muller, N.; Roberts, B.; Davids, Y.D.; Gordon, S.; Majikijela, Y. (2021-03-23)

In this policy brief we analyse the willingness to sacrifice specific human rights in the context of COVID-19 in South Africa. It is argued that the suspension of certain freedoms is sometimes considered or perceived as ...

A baseline assessment for future impact evaluation of informal settlements targeted for upgrading: summary report

Ndinda, C.; Hongoro, C.; Labadarios, D.; Mokhele, T.; Khalema, E.; Weir-Smith, G.; Douglas, M.; Ngandu, S.; Parker, W.; Tshitangano, F.; Maluleke, T.; Manyaapelo, T.; Zama, S.; Kheswa, N.; Ngubeni, A.; Moloto, M.; Rathogwa, F.; Lekodeba, A.; Dlamini, P.; Dlamini, Z.; Gcwabe, A.; Meiring, L.; Mahlangu, N.; Chilwane, D. (Department of Human Settlements, 2021-03-31)

This study reveals that informal settlements cannot be considered as temporary transit settlements of individuals seeking opportunities in urban areas. They are home to the urban poor who neither have access to subsidised ...

Coherence of food and agricultural policies with NCD prevention in South Africa: the case of fruit and vegetable policies study: methodology & fieldwork report

Ndinda, C.; Sinyolo, S; Neluheni, M.; Setswake, G.; Hlatshwayo, T. (2021-04-06)

This report presents the progress made on the IDRC-funded study, titled: The coherence of agro-food policies with NCD prevention policies in South Africa: The case of fruits and vegetables. This progress report focuses on ...

Drug-resistant HIV in South Africa: status and response

Moyo, S.; Hunt, G.; Feizzadeh, A.; Zuma, K.; Rehle, T. (2021-04-06)

As with other antimicrobial agents, widespread use of life saving antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for the management of infection with HIV comes with the risk of the development of antimicrobial resistance. The risk of the ...

Bram Fischer: a defiant Afrikaner

Steyn Kotze, J. (BestRed, 2021-04-06)

Fischer set the course of South Africa's struggle history through his selfless act of standing up against the injustices of apartheid, and fighting for the end of racial discrimination. Born into a prominent Afrikaner ...

Nadine Gordimer: writer with a conscience

Steyn Kotze, J. (BestRed, 2021-04-06)

Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer is one of South Africa's greatest literary treasures. A self-proclaimed political novelist by accident of birth, Gordimer grew up in a home that was not particularly politically conscious. ...

Zapiro: The sword of satire

Steyn Kotze, J. (BestRed, 2021-04-06)

Shapiro was conscious of the autocracies of the apartheid regime from a very young age. His mother, a refugee from Nazi Germany, was influential in shaping his social consciousness. He reminisces: 'By the time I was eight ...

Sandile Ngcobo: empowering the people

Cosser, M. (BestRed, 2021-04-06)

Retired chief justice Sandile Ngcobo had an illustrious career as a lawyer, a judge and a chief justice spanning over four decades, up to (and beyond) his formal retirement in 2011. During his tenure as chief justice, ...

TIMSS in South Africa: making global research locally meaningful

Reddy, V.; Hannan, S. (HSRC Press, 2021-03-31)

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an assessment of the mathematics and science knowledge of fourth and eighth grade learners1 around the world. TIMSS was developed by the International ...

The value of a 'fixed' mandate for the knowledge commons: a history of the HSRC's role in R&D and innovation measurement (1966-2018)

Kruss, G.; Ralphs, G. (HSRC Press, 2021-03-31)

This chapter traces the history of the HSRC's experience in one specific knowledge field 'science, technology and innovation (STI) measurement to illuminate these tensions. The measurement of STI expenditure and performance ...

The repositioning of the HSRC to support educational change in post-apartheid South Africa

Makgamatha, M.M.; Mapadimeng, M.S.; Namome, C. (HSRC Press, 2021-03-31)

The dawn of democracy in South Africa following the 1994 general elections and the formation of a democratic government preceded changes to institutions of governance to support a newly founded state. These were no ordinary ...

South African government women's empowerment and gender equity responses to COVID-19

Ndinda, C.; Ngungu, M.; Adebayo, P.W.; Moolman, B.; Chimbwete, C.; Lynch, I.; Shozi , M. (2021-03-31)

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