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Title: Supplementary publications of the Journal of social development in Africa
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa

Title: Old ways-new theories
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement for the Zimbabwe Connect conference 1995

Title: Editorial
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa

Title: Advertisements, list of books received, notes for contributors
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa

Title: Book review : Quality of life in unemployment by Valerie Møller
Creator: Clarke, S. J. G. (Stephen J. G.)
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Valerie Møller. Quality of life in unemployment. Pretoria: HSRC Publishers, 1993

Title: Cover, publication data, content, advertisement
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa

Title: The role of informal clubs in youth development : a South African case study
Creator: Møller, Valerie
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: In the current debate cm the future of South African youth, opposing viewpoints advocate "positive" programmes to remedy the problem of youth alienation. This paper addresses the youth question from the viewpoint of pro-social youth clubs in the development process. The authors contend that pro-social youth clubs fulfil a bridging function by providing positive reference groups for young people as they mature. At the individual level of analysis, the paper explores the motivations to...
Show moreIn the current debate cm the future of South African youth, opposing viewpoints advocate "positive" programmes to remedy the problem of youth alienation. This paper addresses the youth question from the viewpoint of pro-social youth clubs in the development process. The authors contend that pro-social youth clubs fulfil a bridging function by providing positive reference groups for young people as they mature. At the individual level of analysis, the paper explores the motivations to participate in youth club activities, the process of forming new clubs or joining existing ones, and how participation is sustained. A sample survey of motivations to participate in club life was conducted among 600 black youth in the Durban Functional Region in 1993. Club life was observed among 42 informal clubs participating in a youth development initiative over a five-year period. A tracer study of the 42 youth clubs, involved mainly in the performing arts, sports, church related and community service activities, examined the turnover of membership in clubs. The study found that young people are particularly attracted to clubs which further their skills and talents and personal development Group cohesion acted as an attractive force to join informal clubs. Non-participants in youth clubs wished to remain "uninvolved". The tracer study indicated that youth gravitate to strong and cohesive groups. Strong groups were characterised by public recognition of success in their chosen field of activity; cohesive groups by a spirit of respect and tolerance toward peers. The paper discusses a youth initiative, the Youth Centre Project (YCP), to build strong youth clubs in the Durban region. It is concluded that informal clubs, owing to their capacity to adapt to the changing needs of youth, make an important contribution to the integration of young people into democratic society in South Africa.
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Title: Book review : Social change and economic reform in Africa
Creator: Matimba-Masuku, Violet
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Peter Gibbon (ed). Social change and economic reform in Africa. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1993

Title: Empowerment and social work education and practice in Africa
Creator: Anderson, Stephen C., 1943-
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Historically the development of social work in most African countries has been strongly influenced by and modelled after Western countries. This has often meant the development of social service programmes and systems that have had a traditional focus of social work (clinical, socialising, custodial, therapeutic and care-taking functions). Increasingly today, this traditional model of social work is being superseded by a model built upon human-focused or social development concepts (Osei...
Show moreHistorically the development of social work in most African countries has been strongly influenced by and modelled after Western countries. This has often meant the development of social service programmes and systems that have had a traditional focus of social work (clinical, socialising, custodial, therapeutic and care-taking functions). Increasingly today, this traditional model of social work is being superseded by a model built upon human-focused or social development concepts (Osei-Hwedie, 1990). This model is based upon egalitarian principles which assume that all members of a society should have access to information, goods, services, opportunities and the decision-making process; and the assumption that there will be a special focus on the needs of disadvantaged groups. Thus, the structuring of social work activities in this model requires a corresponding reconceptualisation of education and practice. What is needed is a conceptualisation of practice that will focus on both the immediate needs of people and the larger social and economic changes necessary to prevent future individual disruption and to improve the quality of life for all (Galper, 1980). This means linking together and integrating the knowledge and skills of the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice. The conceptual base of education and practice that serves to best accomplish the above is that of empowerment. Empowerment is conceptualised as the discovery of individual health and strengths and the attainment of participatory competence (Kieffer, 1984). Utilising concepts taken from motivation and action theory (White, 1959; Locke, et al, 1981), the authors develop an empowerment model for social work practice. This model encompasses five dimensions of practice: personal empowerment (competency required for taking self-direction); social empowerment (comprising society's capacity for self-direction and control of community processes and resources); educational empowerment (the development of an educational system that prepares people for both their social and work life); economic empowerment (the development of the means to earn a sufficient income to live a life of dignity and to provide for the adequate fulfillment of the requisite needs of shelter, food and clothing); and political empowerment (involvement in democratic decision-making). Social work roles inherent in this model are ones that focus on that of colleague, political ally, facilitator, advocate, and mediator.
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Title: Book review : Social work practice by Benyamin Chetkow-Yanoov
Creator: Mwansa, Lengwe-Katembula
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Benyamin Chetkow-Yanoov. Social work practice. New York: Haworth Press, 1992

Title: Women's education and the use of bank credit in Nigeria : challenges for the twenty-first century
Creator: Anyanwu, J. C. (John Chukwudi)
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Women constitute a vital resource in developing economies: they account for over half the food produced in these countries; consist of one-fourth of the industrial labour force, additionally fetching most of the household's water and fuelwood, and are responsible for childcare and household chores. They could even contribute far more to the economy if their opportunities to do that were not so constrained. A particular example of this from Nigeria is that women suffer the disability of...
Show moreWomen constitute a vital resource in developing economies: they account for over half the food produced in these countries; consist of one-fourth of the industrial labour force, additionally fetching most of the household's water and fuelwood, and are responsible for childcare and household chores. They could even contribute far more to the economy if their opportunities to do that were not so constrained. A particular example of this from Nigeria is that women suffer the disability of nonaccess to bank credit. Yet such credit removes financial constraints and poverty, accelerates the adoption of new technologies and national/personal incomes, apart from raising productivity and employment Unfortunately, in a recent survey by the author (1991), it was found out that the major reasons for the limited use of bank credit by Nigerian women include lack of awareness of the benefits of credit facilities emanating from limited education (as evidenced by low enrolment and literacy levels), few women in business, and dependence on their husbands as breadwinners. The author stresses the point that education, along with income generation capacity, is necessary to enable women to participate equally in the development process. The objectives of this paper can be identified as follows: exposition of the relationship between women's education and national development; highlighting the state of women's education in Nigeria and drawing from empirical work the negative effect of such state of education on their use of bank credit, and to proffer policy recommendations as a challenge for the twenty-first century. The connection between women's education and national development is examined and the significance of bank credit is explored. The paper concludes with policy implications and challenges for the twenty-first century.
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Title: The impact of poverty on health in urbanising communities
Creator: Maforah, Nopasika Fidelia
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: South Africa, in a similar way to other developing countries, is experiencing rapid urbanisation, resulting in the growth of slums and squatter settlements where people live under appalling conditions of poverty and deprivation. People in these settlements live in substandard housing with inadequate water supply, sanitation and other basic necessities. Associated with this lack of services is an increase in disease and ill-health of these growing peri-urban populations. This paper draws...
Show moreSouth Africa, in a similar way to other developing countries, is experiencing rapid urbanisation, resulting in the growth of slums and squatter settlements where people live under appalling conditions of poverty and deprivation. People in these settlements live in substandard housing with inadequate water supply, sanitation and other basic necessities. Associated with this lack of services is an increase in disease and ill-health of these growing peri-urban populations. This paper draws attention to the relationship between poverty and health in the peri-urban environments. The discussion clearly indicates that the principal causes of ill-health and social maladjustment which include infections, inadequate nutrition, and faulty childrearing practices are products of poverty, ignorance and lack of resources. The effects of poverty on women and children's health is explored; and the new government's policy for dealing with poverty is highlighted.
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Title: Family planning and the Malawian male
Creator: Kishindo, P.
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Malawi's fertility rate is acause for concern, indicating the need for contraceptive and family planning methods. However, there is a low contraceptive rate among women and a consequent high degree of risk concerning pregnancy. The consequences of high fertility have a negative effect, both at the family and wider societal levels. It is men who tradionally take key decisions in relation to family size and therefore any successful family planning scheme should be targeted at the male. The...
Show moreMalawi's fertility rate is acause for concern, indicating the need for contraceptive and family planning methods. However, there is a low contraceptive rate among women and a consequent high degree of risk concerning pregnancy. The consequences of high fertility have a negative effect, both at the family and wider societal levels. It is men who tradionally take key decisions in relation to family size and therefore any successful family planning scheme should be targeted at the male. The article emphasises that men need to be made aware of the value of family planning in order to encourage their wives to use contraceptive methods.
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Title: Some new titles from Hans Zell Publishers - 1994
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement about new titles from Hanz Zell Publishers

Title: Sociological Abstracts, Inc.
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement for Sociological abstracts (SA) and Social planning/policy & development abstracts (SOPODA) databases

Title: Book review : Revolution and political change in the Third World
Creator: Osei-Hwedie, Bertha Z.
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Barry M. Schutz and Robert O. Slater (eds.). Revolution and political change in the Third World. Boulder: L. Rienner Publishers; London: Adamantine Press, 1990

Title: Book review : Homelessness and drinking by Bernard Segal
Creator: Dhemba, Jotham
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Bernard Segal. Homelessness and drinking. New York: Haworth Press, 1991

Title: Book review : AIDS, action now by Helen Jackson
Creator: Foster, Geoff
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Helen Jackson. AIDS, action now. Harare: AIDS Counselling Trust and School of Social Work, 1992

Title: Periodica Islamica
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement for the international contents journal Periodica Islamica

Title: AIDS, the individual, family and community : psychosocial issues
Creator: Osei-Hwedie, Kwaku
Date: 1994
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: This article examines the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on individuals, families and communities within Africa. The author notes that AIDS presents a challenge to the helping professions to provide a meaningful response to some of the serious psychosocial issues involved. These issues include depersonalisation of those affected by the virus; a tendency towards over-identification and "burnout" on the part of the helper, fears of contagion, dying and death and a sense of helplessness and...
Show moreThis article examines the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on individuals, families and communities within Africa. The author notes that AIDS presents a challenge to the helping professions to provide a meaningful response to some of the serious psychosocial issues involved. These issues include depersonalisation of those affected by the virus; a tendency towards over-identification and "burnout" on the part of the helper, fears of contagion, dying and death and a sense of helplessness and anger. Social isolation, stigmatisation and rejection may lead to further undesirable negative consequences for those with HIV/AIDS. Extending from the psychological and social implications of the disease, the article then examines some of the socioeconomic effects, including the loss of the most active and skilled category of the workforce. The article examines relevant ethical issues and considers how special education and community programmes can help in reducing the spread of the disease.
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