January 13, 2019

South Africa is one of the countries I haven’t visited yet but thanks to support of Ani who mapped most of the Schools of Social Work in South Africa during the International Social Work course at Thompson Rivers University, as well as social work educators: John Marfia from University of Fort Hare and Lambert from Stellenbosch University all the Schools are now fully mapped.

One can verify the current status of the social work education and connect with local colleagues by checking the SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS (SACSSP) website https://www.sacssp.co.za

Here is the current contact list of universities offering social work in South Africa: https://www.sacssp.co.za/Registrations/download/40

The list is now fully mapped and available on the  https://krasun.ca/social-work-education-around-the-world/

Here is the complete list of universities and Schools of Social Work websites:

You can read more about South Africa social work education in the following scholarly articles, dissertations and books:

Smith, L. (2008). South African social work education: critical imperatives for social change in the post-apartheid and post-colonial context. International Social Work, 51(3), 371-383.

Kasiram, M.I. (1993) School social work service delivery : Models for future practice. Thesis University of Kwazulu-Natal. Retrieved from https://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/xmlui/handle/10413/7678

Gray, M., & Lombard, A. (2008). The post‐1994 transformation of social work in South Africa. International Journal of Social Welfare, 17(2), 132-145.

Earle, N.(2008). Social work in social change. The profession and education of social workers in South Africa. Human Sciences Research Council. Retrieved from https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/social-work-in-social-change