IN A m i lUEMLQF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT EDITORIAL SOCIAL SECURITY IN ZIMBABWE Edwin Kaseke DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION H Jackson and R Mupedziswa ENHANCING EQUITY John Holm and Mark Cohen APPROACHES TO REHABILITATION Helen Jackson SOCIAL SCIENCE IN AFRICA Leonard Bloom REPLY: AFRICA FOOD CRISIS Hartmut Karner BOOK REVIEWS LIST OF BOOKS RECEIVED Volume 3 No 1 1988 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA School of Social Work P/Bag 66022 Kopje Harare, Zimbabwe The journal will publish critical analyses of social development issues as they affect the poor and marginalised in society. It deals with concerns especially but not exclusively relevant to Southern Africa, and is addressed to development practitioners, social workers, planners and policy makers, academics in a variety of fields such as economics, geography, politics, sociology, psychology, social administration and to other concerned individuals. Published twice annually, the journal seeks to enhance understanding of the social development processes that contribute to the planning and implementation of appropriate intervention strategies at different levels. Its goal is to discover how best to target relevant and successful projects to those most in need, and how to maximise popular participation, thereby creating egalitarian and productive communities. Editor Fr J Hampson, SJ School of Social Work, Harare Editorial Board Professor G Chavunduka Dean, Faculty of Social Studies, University of Zimbabwe Dr S Agere Ministry of Youth, Sport & Culture, Zimbabwe Mr N Hall School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe Mr R Mupedziswa School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe Ms B Willmore Editorial Assistant Editorial Advisors Dr S Selassie Dean, College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Dr P Muzaale Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Dr J Midgley Dean, School of Social Welfare, Louisiana State, USA. Dr D Sanders Professor, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA. Dr J Safari University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. DrJ Jones Dean, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, USA Subscriptions per annum* Third World Individuals: US$10 Institutions: US$20 Elsewhere Individuals: US$15 Institutions: US$30 Zimbabwe Individuals: Z$10 Institutions: Z$20 For all North American and European subscriptions and enquiries, contact Leishman and Taussig, 19 The Rise, Northampton NN2 6QQ, UK. •Please indicate which issues are to be covered by subscription. Advertising rates on request Journal of Social Development in Africa Vol 3 No 1 1988 Editorial 3 Articlej Social Security in Zimbabwe , 5 EKaseke Disability and Rehabilitation: Beliefs and Attitudes Among Rural Disabled People 21 on a Community Based Rehabilitation Scheme in Zimbabwe H Jackson and R Mupedziswa Enhancing Equity in the Midst of Drought: the Botswana Approach 31 John Holm and Mark Cohen Approaches to Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities: A Review 39 H Jackson Social Science in Africa: Problems and Prospects 55 Leonard Bloom Reply: The African Food Crisis: Another Look Beyond the Emergency 71 Hartmut Kamer Book Reviews 83 Health and Health Services for Planning Workers: Four Case Studies, Richard Laing; Africa's Refugee Crisis: What's to Be Done? Cimade, Inodep, Mink, Translated by Michael John; Training Needs Assessment and Monitoring, Luthar Richter; Community Participation, Social Development and the State, James Midley with Anthony Hall, Margaret Hardiman and Dhanpaul Narinem; Manufacturing in the Backyard: Case Studies of Accumulation and Employment in Small-scale Brazilian Industry, Hubert Schmitz. Lilt of Bookt Received 95