Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS)
Injury Mortality Surveillance Colloquium
Health, especially the Forensic Pathology Services from Mpumalanga, and more recently those from Limpopo, North-West and Gauteng, are collaborating to enhance data collection technology, Read more
SAFA D-Licence certificate ceremony held at the Institute for Social and Health Sciences
Two of the six foundational principles held by the Unisa Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS) are Community: Building Solidarity; and Citizenship: Participating in Public Life. This is what the Institute continually strives to do with much of its work centering on the community. Read more
How to keep safe in winter: tips for safe paraffin use
Improving and encouraging safe energy use is crucial to reducing fires, burn fatalities and injuries. With the cold and wet winter season upon us in South Africa, we have already started to see a rise in fires and its devastating consequences, ranging from injury to the loss of life, to the loss of property; and leaving many families and communities suffering and often stranded. Read more
The importance of uhuru, ubuntu and ujamaa in overcoming colonial trauma
Our traumas do not define us. Uhuru, ubuntu and ujamaa have become crucial for pushing back against internalised oppression and reclaiming a sense of self and belonging. They can help us move beyond trauma towards healing. Read more
Reattributing shame as an act of social justice
I remember the first time I gave a talk to a group of strangers about that fact that I had been raped. The shame of it felt like a weight, trying to crush me into the floor as I attempted to stand up tall and look unblinkingly out into the room. Read more
Continuing the struggle for social justice: 14th Annual Peace, Safety and Human Rights Memorial Lecture
On 13 March 2019, the Unisa College of Graduate Studies and its Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS) held its 14th Annual Peace, Safety and Human Rights Memorial Lecture at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. The Unisa ISHS had the privilege of hosting Ms Sibongile Mhkabela, CEO of the Nelson Mandela’s Children Foundation, as the keynote speaker, and Alison Lazarus, Sam Moodley, Ayanda Kuzwayo and Ruwayda Halim, co-authors of the book Time to Remember: Reflections of Women from the Black Consciousness Movement, in the conversational panel that followed the keynote. Read more
#DontLookAway What men can learn from campaigns like #MeToo and #MenAreTrash
Sexual violence has an effect of shaming, often into silence, the very people who are violated. Other effects of shame include self-blame and self-destructive behaviours. Instead of shame attaching to the perpetrators of sexual violence, who according to statistics are overwhelmingly men, the shame becomes the burden of the survivor.In no other crime (eg robbery or murder) does shame become the problem of the victims or survivors. Read more