by Tara Polzer Ngwato | Poverty & Inequality, Social Cohesion & Protest
The Indlulamithi South Africa Scenarios 2030 were launched in June 2018 as a multi stakeholder, research driven initiative to provide tools in the form of scenarios to focus leaders from different sectors and people from all walks of life on South Africa’s trajectory...
by Thobile Disemelo | Social Cohesion & Protest
Social Surveys Director Dr Tara Poltzer is featured in this months’ edition of the Democracy Works Newsletter. Read her full...
by Thobile Disemelo | Social Cohesion & Protest
The COVID-19 crisis and worldwide lockdowns effectively shut down all traditional forms of data collection and forced researchers to become more creative and tech savvy in their quest for robust, representative and ethically sourced data. Social Surveys Africa is...
by Tara Polzer Ngwato | Poverty & Inequality, Social Cohesion & Protest
The Indlulamithi South Africa Scenarios 2030 were launched in June 2018 as a multi stakeholder, research driven initiative to provide tools in the form of scenarios to focus leaders from different sectors and people from all walks of life on a key question: What would...
by Tara Polzer Ngwato | COVID-19, Social Cohesion & Protest
Trends matter a great deal, especially for research and planning. And so what happens in a time of crisis, when all standards seem to change? What is the point of a trend if there is a sudden and unpredictable disruption – like COVID-19 – altering the best-laid plans...
by Tara Polzer Ngwato | Gender & Sexuality, Social Cohesion & Protest
Freedom House South Africa Director Paul Graham writes that an informed solution to South Africa’s chronic gender-based violence and collective violence against foreign nationals must take into account insights from research into the nature of this violence, including...