CRITICAL SOCIAL WORK STUDIES IN SOUTH AFRICA, prospects and challenges

280pp., paperback, Mandela University Press & African Sun Media, Stellenbosch, 2022

ISBN: 9781998959020

Eighteen essays on issues in social work practice and education.

Contributions include:

"Breaking down the barriers to mediation practice in the South African law system: The experience of unmarried fathers" by R. Nordien-Lagardien

"The racially-based land distribution and ownership in South Africa: A challenging discourse for social work" by Z.F. Zimba

"Centering African spirituality in developing social work programmes: The case of decoloniality and Afrocentricitiy" by S. Sithole

"The imperative to decolonise knowledge formation in a social work course" by M. Nathane

"Narratives of a historically marginalised South African community and its implications for drug abuse prevention" by V. Goliath

"Cultural trauma in South African marginalised communities: implications for social work training and practice" by A.C.S. Keet.

Annaline Keet is Associate Professor in Social Work at Nelson Mandela University.

Nevashnee Perumal teaches in the Department of Social Development Professions at Nelson Mandela University.

Veonna Goliath is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Development Professions at Nelson Mandela University.