South Africa: Education, Research Centers, & Universities
- Academy of Science of South Africa (Pretoria)"ASSAf was inaugurated in May 1996 ...activist in its mission of using science for the benefit of society..." The web site offers information on programs, events calendar, and publications, including:
-- Science for society. (Online) The ASSAf newsletter -- Pretoria: The Academy, 2006-
-- South African journal of science. (Online): full text access for issues since January 2001. - Africa Portal Library (Centre for International Governance Innovation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; South African Institute of International Affairs, Johannesburg, South Africa)A digital library of over 5000 books, journals, and documents related to African policy issues; a directory of experts; plus, news analysis and opinion articles.
- African Studies in the Post-Colonial University. (2012) Edited by Thandabantu Nhlapo & Harry Garuba.
-- Cape Town, South Africa: University of Cape Town, 2012. 53 pages in PDF format. - Anchored in Place: Rethinking Universities and Development in South Africa. (October 2018). Edited by Leslie Bank, Nico Cloete & Francois van Schalkwyk. -- Cape Town, South Africa: African Minds, 2018. 254 pages in PDF format.
- "Back to the Blackboard: Looking Beyond Universal Primary Education in Africa," edited by Peroshni Govender & Steven Gruzd (2004). NEPAD policy focus series.-- Johannesburg, South Africa: South African Institute of International Affairs, 2004. 104 pages in PDF format ; via Africa Portal Library
- Bridging the Digital Divide A project of Centre for Popular Memory, University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa)"...concentrates on the generational and cultural divisions between apartheid survivors and their descendants, and the IT skills divide between what is perceived to be a 'developing' country and first world technology. This project seeks to build strategic partnerships that will result in strengthening scholarly dissemination."
- Centre for Higher Education Transformation (2018) (Wynberg, South Africa)
- The CHET site offers information on research, news, and online publications about higher education in South Africa and around the African continent.
- African Higher Education Open Data
- The Children's Institute (University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa)
- "... child policy research and advocacy in South Africa. Our activities focus on key challenges to the well-being of South Africa's children: poverty, inequality, HIV/AIDS, high infant and child mortality and morbidity, violence and abuse, and limited voice."
- South African Child Gauge 2021/2022: Child and adolescent mental health. 208 pages in PDF format
--With back issues since 2005, annual snap-shots of the status of South African children. - South African Early Childhood Review 2017. 27 pages in PDF format
- South African Early Childhood Review 2016. 21 pages in PDF format
- All CI Publications: arranged by date, theme, author.
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (Pretoria)"[Since 1945]...the CSIR undertakes directed and multidisciplinary research, technological innovation as well as industrial and scientific development..." The website features information about programmes and a small but growing archive of online research publications.
- Department of Education in South Africa (See Republic of South Africa below)
- 45th Durban International Film Festival, July 18-28, 2024 (Durban, South Africa)
- Herpetological Association of Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- "Founded 1965, the HAA is dedicated to the study and conservation of reptiles and amphibians, particularly those of Africa." HAA publishes a subscription-based journal, African journal of herpetology ; see sample issue from 2011
- 13th Conference of the Herpetological Association of Africa, 23-27 January 2017, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- See also: FrogMAP--The Atlas of African Frogs, 2013 (Cape Town, South Africa) -and- Johan Marais' African Snakebite Institute (South Africa)
- International Bureau of Education on South Africa (UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland)
- Documents & resources (Reports and statistics)
- International Network for Higher Education in Africa (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)"Established in 2003, at the Boston College Center for International Higher Education [in the United States], before moving to the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa in 2013." This site features recent news on higher education from around Africa, information about various research projects, as well as full text access to a journal, a newsletter, and other publications sponsored by the Network.
--See especially: International journal of African higher education -and- African Higher Education News - JWTC--Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)A university-based blog in South Africa featuring commentaries and interviews. "...an experiment in global conversation based in the South...to be a critical node in the re-territorializing of global intellectual production."
--See especially: The Johannesburg Salon. Edited by Lara Allen and Achille Mbembe. Volume 1 (2009) -and- Volume 2 (2010) --via Yumpu.com
- Khanya College--Education for Liberation (Johannesburg, South Africa)"...an independent, non-governmental organisation...established in 1986, the primary aim of Khanya College is to assist various constituencies within working class and poor communities to respond to the challenges posed by the forces of economic and political globalisation...offers assistance through providing educational and training workshops, publications and research to organisations and individuals in these communities."
--See especially: Karibu: a working class newspaper -and- Jozi Book Fair--Plus: Khanya, a journal of activists--40th anniversary edition, June 2016 52 pages in PDF format
- Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (Johannesburg, South Africa)"...founded [in 2010] by a group of South Africans with experience in research, academia, policy-making and governance who saw the need to create a platform of engagement around strategic issues facing South Africa."
--Documents
- Medical Research Council of South Africa (Tygerberg, South Africa)
- National Film and Video Foundation: Gateway to the South African Film and Television Industry (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- OER Africa (Nairobi, Kenya; Braamfontein, South Africa)"...a ground-breaking initiative established by the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide). We play a leading role in supporting higher education institutions across Africa in the development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to enhance teaching and learning."
--See especially: OER Repositories in Africa - PRAESA--Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa)"...Established by Dr Neville Alexander in 1992, PRAESA emerged from the struggle against apartheid education...Local areas of work until 2011 included language planning and policy formulation at national and provincial government levels, in-service teacher education, developmental research into multilingual classrooms, early literacy teaching and learning, promoting a culture of reading...Since 2006, a particular concentration has been on reading promotion through the establishment of community based reading clubs...in 2012, PRAESA begins a new phase, with a biliteracy development focus by initiating a national reading-for-enjoyment initiative..."
- READ Educational Trust (Braamfontein, South Africa)"[Established in 1979]...READ Educational Trust is a South African-based NGO that operates in the education and literacy sectors broadly, and in educator training and school resource provision specifically." This site offers information on various training and literacy programs, plus: links to education departments in SA provincial governments and other NGOs.
- Republic of South Africa: Department of Education (Pretoria)This website includes annual reports and other publications since 1999. See especially:
-- Education Statistics, 1999-
-- See also: Provincial government education departments - Republic of South Africa: Department of Higher Education & Training (Pretoria)
--See especially: Documents...Reports and publications (statistics) - SERI : Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa)"...a non-profit organisation providing professional and dedicated socio-economic rights assistance to individuals, communities and social movements in South Africa. SERI conducts applied research, engages with government, advocates for policy and legal reform, facilitates civil society coordination and mobilisation, conducts popular education and training, and litigates in the public interest. The SERI Law Clinic is registered as a public interest law centre."
--See especially: Research reports ; Working papers ; and, Other publications - Soul Beat Africa Network (Cape Town, South Africa: Soul City Institute for Health & Development Communication; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: The Communication Initiative Network)The Soul Beat Africa website offers the current news about programs and the archive. "...for communicators, practitioners, media makers, academics, researchers and others who are using communication for change in Africa."
-- See especially: Soul Beat Africa newsletter
- Trevor Noah Foundation (Rosebank, South Africa)A non-profit organization committed to helping to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all in South Africa, aligning their efforts with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal no. 4. Currently, the foundation works with multiple partners to support its "Khulani Schools" programme, emphasizing quality classroom instruction, improving digital access, and targeted, employment skills development; as well as "Education Changemakers", a skills training programme for young teachers.
--See also: COVID-19 and South African Educational Resources - Universities and Research Centers in South Africa
- Africa Institute of South Africa, HSRC, Pretoria
- African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Durban
- African Centre for Migration & Society, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town
- African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
- Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
- Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town
- Centre for Policy Studies (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE), Johannesburg
- Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape Town
- The Edge Institute, Braamfontein
- Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria
- Institute for Global Dialogue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
- Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, Cape Town
- Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg
- Institute for Security Studies, Johannesburg
- Institute for Strategic Studies, University of Pretoria
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth
- North-West University, Potchefstroom
- Rhodes University, Grahamstown
- South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town
- SAIIA: South African Institute of International Affairs, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
- SAIDE: The South African Institute for Distance Education
- SAIRR: South African Institute for Race Relations, Johannesburg
- Stellenbosch University, Matieland
- TMALI--Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa (Tshwane/Pretoria)
- Universities South Africa (Pretoria)"...formerly known as Higher Education South Africa (HESA), is a membership organisation representing South Africa’s universities. Our new name was launched on 22 July 2015 in order to reposition the organisation as a representative body of South Africa’s public universities, that aims to promote a more inclusive, responsive and equitable national system of higher education."
- University of Cape Town
- University of Cape Town--Centre for African Studies
- University of Cape Town--HUMA: Institute for Humanities in Africa
- University of Cape Town--Centre for Conflict Resolution
- University of Cape Town--Faculty of Law
- University of Cape Town--Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance
- University of Fort Hare, Alice
- University of Free State, Bloemfontein
- University of Johannesburg
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban--Centre for Civil Society
- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban--Centre for Communication, Media & Society
- University of KwaZulu-Natal--School of Law (College of Law & Managament Studies)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban--Development and Population Studies
- University of Limpopo, Sovenga
- University of Port Elizabeth
- University of Pretoria
- UNISA--University of South Africa, Tshwane/Pretoria
- University of Venda (Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province)
- University of the Western Cape, Bellville
- University of the Western Cape, Bellville--Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance, & Human Rights
- University of the Western Cape, Bellville--PLAAS, Institute for Poverty, Land & Agrarian Studies
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- Walter Sisulu University for Science and Technology (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
- Zoological Society of Southern Africa (South Africa)The site includes information about the organization and its activities, links to South African universities offering Zoology degrees, related links, a newsletter, and the society's subscription-based journal, African zoology