• A critical ethics of care perspective on refugee income generation : towards sustainable policy and practice in Zimbabwe’s Tongogara camp 

  Taruvinga, Raymond; Holscher, Dorothee; Lombard, A. (Antoinette) (Routledge, 2021)

  This article critiques Zimbabwe's refugee policy and practice context, with a focus on the ideological underpinnings of aided income generation activities in Zimbabwe's Tongogara refugee camp. We apply the lenses of Joan ...
• An examination of social media as a platform for cyber-violence against the LGBT+ population 

  Mkhize, Simangele; Nunlall, Reema; Gopal, Nirmala (Routledge, 2020)

  The popularity of social media raises concerns related to cyber-violence and the security of marginalised individuals and groups, including the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) population. Developing worthy ...
• Peer driven or driven peers? A rapid review of peer involvement of people who use drugs in HIV and harm reduction services in lowand middle-income countries 

  Chang, Judy.; Shelly, Shaun.; Busz, Machteld.; Stoicescu, Claudia.; Iryawan, Arif Rachman.; Madybaeva, Dinara.; De Boer, Yuri.; Guise, Andy. (BioMed Central, 2021-02)

  INTRODUCTION: Peer involvement of people who use drugs within HIV and harm reduction services is widely promoted yet under-utilised. Alongside political and fnancial barriers is a limited understanding of the roles, ...
• Key informants’ perspectives on food security among female-headed households in Kenya 

  Icheria, Beatrice Kabui; Carbonatto, Charlene Laurence; Bila, Nontembeko Joyce (University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2021)

  Social connectedness plays an important role in protecting food security, which requires multidisciplinary input from fields such as nutrition, agriculture, public health, social work and community development. This ...
• Human rights education in social work in Africa 

  Giliomee, Cornelia Magrietha; Lombard, A. (Antoinette) (Unisa Press, 2020-04)

  Social work is a human rights profession and assumes that human rights are embedded in social work practice and education. However, in Africa where human rights violations are rife, with severe implications for social work ...
• The influence of a lifeskills programme on adolescents’ knowledge of child sexual abuse : a gender analysis 

  Steyn, Francois; Nunlall, Reema (South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2019)

  At primary prevention level, appropriate knowledge and awareness remain the first line of defence against child sexual abuse. This article provides a gendered analysis of the influence of a lifeskills programme on the ...
• Exploring the modus operandi of male serial child rapists in South Africa 

  Hall, Brittany; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan (South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2019)

  This article briefly reports on the results of an explorative study pertaining to the behavioural profile of male serial child rapists. An extensive literature review indicated that there is a dearth of research relating ...
• Perceptions of South African Police Service officials regarding the implementation of sector policing in Limpopo Province 

  Van Niekerk, Rhona; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan (Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa, 2019)

  The purpose of this article is to focus on the level of implementation of sector policing in South Africa in terms of Sector Policing National Instruction 3/2013. The contribution also focuses on the perceptions of South ...
• The role of social workers in promoting environmental justice for sustainable communities From NGOs' perspective in Tshwane 

  Nel, Sonnika (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  In 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by state nations across the globe to eradicate poverty in all its forms, combat inequality, preserve the planet, create sustainable economic growth and foster ...
• The experiences amongst caregivers of mental health users with schizophrenia in the Nankudu District Namibia 

  Mudumbi, Veronika (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  In Namibia, mental health is considered as a low priority health concern hence resources are instead diverted to life threatening illnesses. Furthermore, it is estimated that about 15% of the Namibian population suffers ...
• The experiences amongst caregivers of mental health care users with schizophrenia in the southern-western parts of Johannesburg 

  Molopi, Malebane Reitumetse (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  Due to the global push for deinstitutionalisation, the care of psychiatric patients has been transferred to their family members. Evidence worldwide however suggests that the rate of deinstitutionalisation has not been ...
• Victim empathy in young sex offenders in the emergent adulthood developmental phase 

  Coetzee, Laetitia (Routledge, 2020)

  This article reports on a study which focused on young sex offenders’ empathy levels for sexual abuse victims in general as portrayed in a case study, as well as empathy for the offenders’ own specific victims. Beckett and ...
• Secondary victimisation of child victims in the criminal justice system 

  Van Niekerk, Samantha; Coetzee, Laetitia (South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2020)

  This article focuses on the prevalence and nature of secondary victimisation of child victims in the criminal justice system (CJS). In addition, the authors explored whether the policies and legislation, which have been put ...
• Challenges in Multidisciplinary team work in the mental health unit at Windhoek Central Hospital in Namibia 

  Dipura, Rufaro (University of Pretoria, 2019-07)

  Namibia has only one mental health unit with a full Multidisciplinary team which caters for the whole country. The unit is regarded as a ward or department as it is attached to the main referral hospital of Namibia, Windhoek ...
• The roles and tasks of the medical social worker regarding the infertile couple 

  Carbonatto, Charlene Laurence; Du Preez, M.S.E. (University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 1990-10)

  Please read abstract in the article.
• Working with black SLE patients : a challenge to medical social work 

  Modisane, D.S.; Carbonatto, Charlene Laurence (University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2001-06)

  Please read abstract in the article
• A guideline for the preparation of couples undergoing artificial fertilization with donor gametes 

  Carbonatto, Charlene Laurence; Du Preez, M.S.E. (Unisa Press, 2001-08)

  Please read abstract in the article.
• Evaluation of an HIV and AIDS social intervention programme for the youth in the Northern Cape, South Africa 

  Le Tape, Andre Rhyno; Carbonatto, Charlene Laurence; Geyer, Lourens Stephan (University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2020)

  The study focuses on a qualitative evaluation of the Soul City Social Intervention Programme (SCP) on HIV and AIDS targeted at the youth in the Northern Cape province, South Africa. The evaluation was implemented through ...
• Environmental and Community Sustainability for Informal Settlement Communities in Namibia and South Africa : a Comparative Social Work Study 

  Chiwara, Peggie (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  The goal of the study was to explore how environmental and community sustainability can be promoted for informal settlement communities in Namibia and South Africa. The study employed an exploratory sequential mixed ...
• Funksionele imperatiewe vir die sisteem van deskundige getuienislewering deur forensiese kriminoloe by vonnisoplegging in Suid-Afrikaanse strafhowe 

  Labuschagne, Irma Louise (University of Pretoria, 1992)

  Deskundige getuienislewering deur forensiese kriminoloe in strafhowe van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika word as komponent van die kriminele regsplegingsisteem volgens Parsons se struktureel-funksionele teorie ontleed. ...

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