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The annual South African Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Awards will remain the Institute’s flagship initiative. The Annual (HSS) Awards were launched in 2016, with the inaugural awards ceremony held on 30 March 2016. HSS Awards celebrate outstanding scholars in the HSS field who are stimulating and contributing to serious critical work while authentically telling South African stories that are shaping new ways of knowing. The Awards also re-position scholarly contributions as having public value and increase appreciation for the role they play in building sustainable social cohesion and the re-imagining of the humanities and social sciences.

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HSS Awards 2025 Winners

 

HSS Awards 2025 Winners
Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, Lesedi Molefi, Khumisho Moguerane, Kally Forest, Mokgadi Caster  Semenya, Anna  Stroud, Charl-Pierre Naudé, Shubnum Khan, Alex Latimer, Lynthia Julius, Siphokazi  Jonas, Nomusa  Makhubu, Amanda Du Preez, Karli Brittz, Richard Ballard, Samkelisiwe Khanyile, Phemelo Mahamuza, Gillian Maree, Kopano Ratele, Aryan Kaganof, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, Nomfundo Xaluva-Dyantyis, Andile Khumalo, David Bester, Dizu  Plaatjies, Matthijs Van Dijk, Billy Langa, Mahlatsi Mokgonyana, Valmont Layne, Aidan Erasmus, Heidi Grunebaum, Lee Walters, Rangoato Hlasane, Christian Hamann, Christina Culwick Fatti, Guy Trangos, Mncedisi Siteleki, Riaan Pietersen, Samiksha Singh, Marcus Gammel, Julia Gerlach

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