Abstract
The UJ Faculty of Humanities: Centre for Social Development in Africa in partnership
with the UJ Library invite you to the launch of PROFESSOR LEILA PATEL’S latest book Social Welfare and Social Development DATE: 08 March 2016 / 14:00 for 14:30
VENUE: APK Library Auditorium, 5th Floor (University of
Johannesburg, corner Kingsway and University
Road, Auckland Park, Johannesburg)
RSVP: By Monday 7 March 2016 to Dorcas Rathaba at
drathaba@uj.ac.za or 011 559 2031
ABOUT THE BOOK: Social Welfare and Social
Development discusses social welfare practice in global
and regional context. It addresses issues of poverty,
unemployment and populations at risk within South Africa
and the role of the social welfare system in South Africa
in tackling these issues. The first edition was ground
breaking in systematically outlining the theory and practice
of social development, the model of welfare the South
African government has chosen in order to address social
challenges. The second edition includes fully updated
discussions, reviewing changes in the social landscape
since 2005. This book is the only South African text to
develop and discuss the theory and practice of social
development and it contains practical examples, case
studies and end of chapter questions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Professor Leila Patel is Professor
of Social Development Studies and holds the South
African Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development
at the University of Johannesburg. She is also the Director
of the Centre for Social Development in Africa at the
University of Johannesburg. In 2014, she was awarded the
Distinguished Woman Scientist Award in the Humanities
and Social Sciences by the Department of Science and
Technology, South Africa.
PANELLISTS: Professor Edwell Kaseke (Chair of
Social Work at the School of Human and Community
Development at the University of the Witwatersrand)
Professor Jean Triegaardt (Visiting Professor, Centre
for Social Development in Africa at the University of
Johannesburg and a member of the Ministerial Committee
to Review the Implementation of the White Paper for
Social Welfare)
Mr Edwin Mutabanengwe (Social Work Supervisor at a
child welfare agency in Johannesburg. He is a beneficiary
of the SARChi Scholarship and is pursuing his doctorate at
the University of Johannesburg)
Ms Morma Moremi (Sexual Violence Research Initiative,
hosted by the South African Medical Research Council)
FACILITATOR: Dr Tessa Hochfeld (Senior Researcher and
Project Leader at the University of Johannesburg Centre
for Social Development in Africa)