16 articles in this issue
Sulina Green
This special issue of Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk appears on the eve of the 34th Congress ofthe International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) to be held in Durban, SouthAfrica next month. As the main theme of the Congress is Transcending G... see more
Vivienne Bozalek,Wesley Lambert
The South African government recognises its role in delivering services for addressing povertyand does so through social security and social development programmes based in differentservice delivery organisations (White Paper for Social Welfare, 1997). Th... see more
Antoinette Lombard
Like many other countries worldwide, South Africa has accepted the challenge to achieve theaim of the United Nations to alleviate poverty by half by the year 2015. Thin (2002:17) statesthat poverty is a clear indicator that an economic system is not worki... see more
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Nevashnee Perumal,Madhu Kasiram
The dominant view in South Africa and internationally, supported by various legislative tools, isthat vulnerable children are best cared for in foster homes as compared to Children’s Homes(Kiraly, 2001; Long, 2007; McKay, 2002; Morei, 2002). Legislation i... see more
Herman Strydom,Alida Herbst
This article arose from a project which was launched on behalf of the Labour Union Solidarityafter the interim liquidation and immediate closing of the Durban Roodepoort Deep (DRD) GoldMine at Stilfontein. This mining community was also traumatized by an ... see more
Sue Parton,Sulina Green
This paper sets out to describe the comparisons of subjective quality-of-life indicators acrossdomains that enable Jewish older persons – and, in particular, those who are members of CapeJewish Seniors Association, Milnerton1 – to remain living in their c... see more
Mike Weyers,Herman Strydom,Arnel Huisamen
The social work researcher is often faced with the daunting task of having to analyse complexphenomena and systems or relationships without the luxury of an abundant supply of resources,time and standardised measuring instruments. A typical response has b... see more