... Institutional Review, 2003 Published by Human Sciences Research Council Publishers Private Bag X9182, Cape Town, South Africa © Human Sciences Research Council 2003 First published 2003 ISBN 7969 ... www.hsrcpublishers.ac.za Policy context The Human Sciences Research Act, 1968 (Act 23 of 1968) The HSRC is directly governed under its own law, the Human Sciences Research Act, 1968, passed by the apartheid ... governed by its Council under the Human Sciences Research Act, 1968 It is a national public entity in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999, and one of the science councils responsible...