Ndangwa Noyoo

University of Cape Town | UCT · Department of Social Development

This chapter is based on a desktop research study that focused on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Zambia, which had and continues to have a negative impact on the country’s public hospitals. Indeed, after the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, many people were hospitalised for treatment and palliative care. Thus, a sharp rise in COVID-19 c...

Em conjunturas de crise financeira, muitos governos nacionais foram obrigados a negociar acordos com o Fundo Monetário Internacional para receber empréstimos; em contrapartida, tiveram de adotar um Programa de Ajuste Estrutural. Porém, a austeridade fiscal prolongada prejudicou bastante as políticas sociais nos respectivos países. Este texto aprese...

The paper discusses the World Bank’s and International Monetary Fund’s Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Most countries in this region did not demonstrate autonomy in regard to national economic management and public policy processes, but acquiesced to the economic austerity prescriptions of the i...

Housing delivery in South Africa continues to dominate conversations on human rights and social development. Using a social development lens, this paper presents the findings of a qualitative study that aimed at exploring the housing

This review summarises and chronicles inputs from several speakers who attended a conference titled: Will the Welcome ever Run Dry?: Interrogating the Hierarchy of Human Categories – The Case of Ukrainian Refugees in Europe. The conference interrogated the refugee crisis which had been precipitated by Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine. It was...

Migration in post-colonial Africa: A dialectical enquiry

In their old age, senior citizens require adequate housing that promotes their wellbeing, and this study seeks to examine the impact of housing location on older adults' safety, security and psychosocial wellbeing. This qualitative study utilised semi-structured interviews to collect data from nine older persons residing in Alexander, North of Joha...

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Seminar on “Aggression and Violence”

We interrogate in this chapter migrations and social transformations in the recent past, from Africa to Europe. Using Discourse Analysis, we examine the foregoing issues from a social work perspective. The chapter particularly focusses on African migrants because of the positionality of the authors. It brings into sharp focus some of the assertions...

This presentation is about the multifaceted tragedy taking place in Ukraine, not only are there deaths and destruction to properties, but we see another tragedy taking place, one of racial relations. More specifically at the Ukrainian-Poland border. In the media we are witnessing an immense amount of support provided to Ukrainian refugees by the gr...

Presently, many countries in the Global South are increasingly recognising the critical role that social assistance programmes play in poverty reduction and the strengthening of the livelihoods of vulnerable groups. This trend has been gaining momentum in Africa, especially in the last decade, with many countries implementing social assistance prog...

Presently, many countries in the Global South are increasingly recognising the critical role that social assistance programmes play in poverty reduction and the strengthening of the livelihoods of vulnerable groups. This trend has been gaining momentum in Africa, especially in the last decade, with many countries implementing social assistance prog...

This paper analyses the role of copper mining in Zambia and examines the country’s over-reliance on this mineral, which is still its main export. Despite this industry being a colonial construct, it remains mostly unaltered in contemporary times, with foreign actors largely benefitting from it at the expense of Zambians, especially the working clas...

This paper analyses the role of copper mining in Zambia and examines the country’s over-reliance on this mineral, which is still its main export. Despite this industry being a colonial construct, it remains mostly unaltered in contemporary times, with foreign actors largely benefitting from it at the expense of Zambians, especially the working cl...

This chapter serves as the conclusion to the whole book, which covers different regions around the globe. In this regard, it proffers global perspectives to social development’s responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and how the world was impacted by this virus. In essence, it examines a multiplicity of issues pertaining to COVID-19. It m...

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe disrupted the daily activities of all countries and plunged them into states of emergency as they instituted measures to curb its spread. Countries were forced to make the difficult choice of either protecting their economies or keeping their citizens alive. As the virus spread, most...

This chapter critiques Western development paradigms that have been utilised by African countries for decades in their quest to develop themselves in the post-colonial era. The former have been touted by Western development institutions and theorists for many years as the most effective modalities for advancing the continent. The discussion argues...

This book is a novel contribution to academic discourses on the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and how it has impacted societies globally. It proffers an overview on the social development and political measures, from both the Global North and Global South, to prevent COVID-19's spread. It illuminates major social, political and economic challenges...

Trabajo social Globalización y Descolonialidad. Una mirada desde sud africa

This was a colloquium that focussed on wanton violence in South Africa.

This presentation discusses how social development can be re-invented for the attainment of a developmental state in South Africa while using social policy as the main vehicle for the aforementioned.

Many of the authors of this book wanted to provide scholarly work about this book’s focus: the development and evolution of social welfare and social work in Southern Africa. They took cognisance of the challenges they faced in teaching social welfare and social work in their respective countries due to, among others, a lack of information about...

This chapter critically examines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Zambia and argues that it has been unnecessarily heavily skewed, for decades, towards the mining sector. Although laudable, this approach is narrow and has militated against a comprehensive approach to CSR in the country. In arguing its case, the discussion looks at the state...

This book is written by Southern African social welfare, social work, social development, social security and social policy academics, practitioners and advocates who have varying degrees of experience. The chapters are examined through different theoretical lenses and historical perspectives. The book focuses on the pre-colonial period – a golden...

This book is written by Southern African social welfare, social work, social development, social security and social policy academics, practitioners and advocates who have varying degrees of experience. The chapters are examined through different theoretical lenses and historical perspectives. The book focuses on the pre-colonial period – a golden...

This book is written by Southern African social welfare, social work, social development, social security and social policy academics, practitioners and advocates who have varying degrees of experience. The chapters are examined through different theoretical lenses and historical perspectives. The book focuses on the pre-colonial period – a golden...

In a situation of balance of payment or public finance crisis, countries and governments have to face a hard choice between default on external debt or an IMF loan. Between a rock and a hard place most in the past have chosen the IMF loan. The agreements with the IMF are conditional on the adoption by the loan recipient country of a structural adju...

This paper critically analyses international social work against a backdrop of increasing global upheavals and uncertainties. Presently, there are shifting worldwide trends which seem to be threatening and eroding the established global norms and standards that have been in existence in the last 73 years. Some of these new shifts are viz: ultra-nat...

COVID-19 and Poverty in South Africa

The purpose of this section is to conclude and summarise the book’s discussions and arguments which were presented in its various chapters. The contents in the different chapters cover various issues that impinge upon human relationships, ranging from racism, gender-based violence and families, to health care, among others. Its main premise was to...

When South Africa became a democratic country in 1994, and after it opened its borders to the rest of Africa and the world, the number of sub-Saharan immigrants also increased due to various reasons. Previously, in the colonial and apartheid eras, immigrants from other African countries were mainly miners and migrant labourers, who came to the coun...

Though some may categorise this work as a memorial publication, this book of friends is truly a celebratory publication by colleagues from Africa and beyond who had the privilege to know Edwell and Mathias personally. It is a tribute to the life and work of two individuals that each made a unique contribution to social justice, law and its developm...

Since the advent of democracy in 1994, the South African government, while working in consonant with organs of civil society, has put in place systems and mechanism to raise the quality of life of mainly poor and vulnerable South Africans. Some of these instruments are macro policies, development approaches and legislation. Their implementation and...

In 1994, Nelson Mandela, who had been incarcerated for 27 years by the apartheid regime, became South Africa’s first black president. Instead of being bitter, Mandela, who had suffered grave injustices, at the hands of the apartheid system, preached reconciliation and racial tolerance and used them as keystones for nation-building. In the same vein...

This is the first book that examines healthy human relationships in post-apartheid South Africa. In contemporary South Africa, human relationships are under considerable threat. Despite the 1994 commitment to an inclusive and human-rights-based democracy, human relationships remain strained. Bearing in mind South Africa's tortuous and divisive past...

It is ironic that a pandemic, COVID-19, has ‘normalised’ the policy space for UBIG, notwithstanding the ideological reconfiguration of the governing party, the ANC, that is: from GEAR to the NDP. This presentation revisits the UBIG during the COVID-19.

This is the first book that examines healthy human relationships in post-apartheid South Africa. In contemporary South Africa, human relationships are under considerable threat. Despite the 1994 commitment to an inclusive and human-rights-based democracy, human relationships remain strained. Bearing in mind South Africa's tortuous and divisive past...

The Social Sector Summit brought together various partners and actors to engage and proffer ideas on how the National Development Plan (NDP) could be effectively implemented.

This chapter throws some light on social work supervision while referring to the preliminary findings of an empirical research study. The chapter’s purpose is to explore the role of social work supervision in South Africa within a social development approach. Based on the findings from an empirical study, the chapter concludes that social work prof...