by PsySSA | Jul 19, 2021 | Current Events, General
The Centre for Medical Ethics and Law (CMEL) at Stellenbosch University is exploring the acceptability and robustness of the electronic consent process for research participation in a COVID -19 vaccine implementation study. If you are a health care professional and/or...
by PsySSA | Jun 16, 2021 | Current Events
Courage is fire and bullying is smoke (Benjamin Disraeli)Arising from bullying that caused the tragic end of 15-year-old Lufuno Mavhunga’s life and many other students who have fallen victim to the terrible plight of bullying in our schools, this article commemorates...
by PsySSA | May 27, 2021 | CPD, Current Events
Dear Colleague We hope you are well. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we are unable to host the Annual South African Psychology Congress this year. To this end, we thank our members for their understanding. The Society is pleased to announce that, in lieu of the current...
by PsySSA | May 17, 2021 | Current Events, Featured article, Sexuality and Gender
What happens to a dream deferred? It turns into a civil rights movement. Langston Hughes’ poem is an angry meditation on the lives of African Americans in the early 1950s, denied their dream of equality, dignity and prosperity. When deferred: Does it dry up like a...
by PsySSA | May 12, 2021 | Current Events, Featured article
PsySSA pays tribute to nurses on International Nurses Day PsySSA calls upon both the public and private sector to ensure that nurses and other healthcare workers have access to safe work environments and sufficient personal protective equipment. The Psychological...
by PsySSA | May 11, 2021 | CPD, Current Events, Webinars and Online Presentations
About this Series: Although the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a global covenant that is over 72 years old, human rights in South Africa (SA) was only institutionalised with the advent of democracy 27 years ago. On 29 October 1998, Archbishop Desmond Tutu...
