ACCELERATING INDUSTRIALISATION IN AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR JOB CREATION AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION Event: AURC 2018 Conference dates: 23 to 25 May 2018 Venue: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Important dates and deadlines Deadline for submission of Abstracts: 31 January 2018. Notification of accepted abstracts: 15 February 2018 Submission of full draft manuscripts: 30 April 2018 Call...

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The Africa Young Graduates and Scholars (AYGS) conference is a platform that was conceived by the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) research unit of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and organised annually to enable young scholars, to produce and share research-based knowledge about the development challenges facing Africa as well as to...

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Speaker: Dr. Virginie Grzelczyk (International Relations at Aston University, UK)  Date:                         16 May 2017 Time:                         12:00 – 14:00 Venues:                    Video Conference Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town North Korea is notable for its political and economic isolation, yet the Korea Central News Agency’s daily editions are filled with articles outlining...

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Sexuality education (SE) at schools has been designed to equip young people with information on values and norms that will enable them to resist becoming sexually active before they are physically and emotionally ready, and to teach them relationship communication and decision-making skills so they can become responsible, sexually healthy adults, Writes Olga Bialostocka....

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MEDIA STATEMENT 3 June 2014 - The Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) has now been physically incorporated into the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) as well, as AISA staff moved to their new offices on Monday 2 June 2014, at the HSRC building in Pretoria. AISA will now function as a strategic research...

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