SINCE it is necessary to promote human science research of the highest quality in South Africa in order to improve understanding of social conditions and the processes of social change;

AND SINCE members of the South African human sciences community are obliged to engage with their colleagues elsewhere in Africa and the rest of the world through networks and joint programmes of research on pressing social issues relevant to human welfare and prosperity, BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-