9 articles in this issue
Sulina Green
This year South Africans celebrated their first ten years of democracy, a decade of remarkable changes which two former presidents, F W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, critically evaluated in consecutive addresses they made to a joint session of Parliament
Hanna Nel,Wim Roestenburg
To adhere to the new developmental welfare policy of South Africa, the Department of Social Work at the Rand Afrikaans University (South Africa) in co-operation with the African Self-Help Association (ASHA), a non-profit organisation, conducted a needs as... see more
RP Reyneke
The main focus of this article is on the motivation of communities to become part of their own development. In order for development to take place, communities should be guided beyond their own negativity and helplessness. In doing this, attention is give... see more
C Naudé,L.S. Terblanche
Centurion Community Services (CCS), a social service agency situated in Lyttelton,Pretoria, was founded in February 1999. The geographical area where services were rendered over the past four years has been transformed from a once quiet rural scene to a d... see more
Rinie Schenck
The research was an exploratory study of the views and experiences of 45 social workers related to their work and working conditions in rural communities This article describes the research results around aspects regarding problems that social workers exp... see more
Carmel R Matthias
This article provides an explanation and critical analysis of the prevention and early intervention provisions in the South African Law Commission ‘s 2002 Draft Children’s Bill. In addition, the inter-sectoral approach provided for in the Draft Bill and t... see more
Sulina Green,Janine Hartweg
The experience of physical abuse is a traumatic event, which is so intense and frightening that it overwhelms the child’s ability to cope with his/her normal developmental tasks. The goal of the study was to expand social worker’s knowledge of the social ... see more
Kwaku Osei-Hwedie,Rachel Namutosi
The article is based on a research study of a random sample of 250 young people aged between 12 and 18 years attending private secondary schools in Gaborone. The main focus was to assess young peoples’ attitudes towards and knowledge of HIV/AIDS precautio... see more
L.K. Engelbrecht
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate, with reference to the work of Guttman, Eisikovits & Maluccio (1988), how a competence model of supervision for social workers and students in South Africa can be operationalised. This will be done by showing ... see more