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Hiring freeze at HSRC to continue for ‘foreseeable future’

Image: Ken Teegardin [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr

Funding shortfalls exacerbated by pandemic and difficulty raising external income

The 2020/2021 financial year will be difficult for South Africa’s Human Science Research Council, with a hiring freeze set to go on indefinitely.

In its 2019/2020 annual report the council warns of constricted income due to the Covid-19 pandemic and shortfalls in external funding,

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