Edwell Kaseke

Information below came from African Journal of Social Work with permission.

The 28^th of August 2017 will always be remembered as a sad day in the history of Social Work in Zimbabwe, as the profession lost Professor Edwell Kaseke (appears as Edwin in other documents) following a battle with cancer. He was buried at Zororo Memorial Park, near Harare, Zimbabwe on 02 September 2017.

Professor Kaseke obtained Professorship in 2000 and Doctor of Philosophy, Social Studies from the University of Zimbabwe in 1994 and was a holder of a Master of Science in Social Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1982), a Bachelor of Social Work (1980) and Diploma in Social Work, University of Zimbabwe (1979). He was a former Principal (later Director) of the School of Social Work, University of Zimbabwe. He also served as Secretary to the Board of Governors of the School of Social Work. Away from his normal duties he served as Chairman of the Core Group of Social Security Experts in SADC.

At the time of his death, he was the Chair of Social Work in the School of Human and Community Development at University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Apart from this core responsibility, he also served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Social Development in Africa; a member of the International Advisory Board of the African Journal of Social Work, Overseas Corresponding Member for the Journal of Social Policy and Administration; and as an Editorial Board member of internationally acclaimed International Social Work Journal. He served as Africa region representative on the Executive Committee and sat on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Schools of Social Work. He was also a member of the Southern African Social Protection Experts Network (SASPEN) Advisory Council. At one point he served as President of the Association of Schools of Social Work for Eastern and Southern Africa.

Biography by Professor Mupedziswa

Tribute in the African Journal of Social Work

Some of his works

Kaseke, E. (2001). Social development as a model of social work practice: the experience of Zimbabwe. School of Social Work Staff Papers. Harare, School of Social Work.

Kaseke, E. (1994). A situation analysis of the Social Development Fund (Occasional Paper Series No. 2). School of Social Work.
Kaseke, E. (1998). Social policies as instruments for promoting regional development. The Experience of Zimbabwe. United Nations Centre for Regional Development.
Kaseke, E. (Ed.). (1998). Social security systems in rural Zimbabwe. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
Kaseke, E. (1999). Social security and the elderly: The African experience. In M. Ferreira (Ed.), Ageing in changing societies: Africa (pp. 130–133). Brook Green Print.
Kaseke, E. (2000). The implications of structural adjustment for the family in Zimbabwe. In J. Jones & A. Kumssa (Eds.), The cost of reform: Social aspect of transitional economies (p. 285). Nova Science.
Kaseke, E. (2001). An assessment of the marketisation of social security in Zimbabwe. In J. Dixon & M. Hyde (Eds.), The marketisation of social security (p. 205). Quorum Books.
Kaseke, E. (2001). Local social development in Zimbabwe. In A. Kidanu & A. Kumssa (Eds.), Social development issues in Africa (p. 61). Africa Office of United Nations Centre for Regional Development.
Kaseke, E. (2001). Social development as a model of social work practice: The experience of Zimbabwe. In L. Dominelli, W. Lorenz, & H. Soydan (Eds.), Beyond racial divides—ethnicities in social work practice (p. 105). Ashgate.
Kaseke, E. (2004). Social protection in SADC: Developing an integrated and inclusive framework—A social policy perspective. In M. P. Olivier & E. R. Kalula (Eds.), Social protection in SADC: Developing an integrated and inclusive framework. Rand Afrikaans University and University of Cape Town.
Kaseke, E. (2008). Institutional framework, legal instruments and legal techniques relating to the promotion of access to social security to informal sector workers: A Southern African perspective. In U. Becker & M. Olivier (Eds.), Access to social security for non-citizens and informal sector workers: An International, South African and German perspective (p. 209). African Sun Media.
Kaseke, E. (2008). Promoting effectiveness and efficiency in social security provisioning: A SADC perspective. In M. P. Olivier & S. Kuhnle (Eds.), Norms and institutional design: Social security in Norway and South Africa (p. 73). African Sun Media.
Kaseke, E., Dhemba, J., Gumbo, P., & Kasere, C. (1998). The state and dynamics of social policy in Zimbabwe. School of Social Work.
Kaseke, E., & Midgley, J. (1996). Challenges to social security in developing countries: Coverage and poverty in Zimbabwe. In J. Midgley & M. Tracey (Eds.), Challenges to social security: An international exploration (p. 103). Auburn House.
Kaseke, E., & Olivier, M. P. (2008). Informal social security. In M. P. Olivier & S. Kuhnle (Eds.), Norms and institutional design: Social security in Norway and South Africa (p. 175). African Sun Media.