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 proud to have collaborated with The Gauteng City-Region Observatory and the Human Sciences Research Council in c0-hosting a seven-part online seminar series on adapting social data collection practices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.