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Africa Social Work and Development Network | Mtandao waKazi zaJamii naMaendeleo waAfrica
Africa Social Work & Development Network | Mtandao waKazi zaJamii naMaendeleo waAfrika

Africa Social Work & Development Network | Mtandao waKazi zaJamii naMaendeleo waAfrika

Mtandao creates, aggregates and disseminates information and resources to facilitate Social Work and Development Work in Africa.

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Author: Maaza Mkelekile

Evaluation report: Ubuntu Pedagogy Masterclass on Harambee 2026

Posted on 27 March 202622 March 2026 By Maaza Mkelekile No Comments on Evaluation report: Ubuntu Pedagogy Masterclass on Harambee 2026
Evaluation report: Ubuntu Pedagogy Masterclass on Harambee 2026

13 March 2026  |  World Social Work Day Hosted by Mtandao – African Social Work and Development Network (ASWDNET) and…

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Masterclasses

Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI)’s withdrawal from the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) (External communication)

Posted on 22 March 202622 March 2026 By Maaza Mkelekile No Comments on Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI)’s withdrawal from the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) (External communication)
Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI)’s withdrawal from the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) (External communication)

Dear Friends and Colleagues The Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI), after considered deliberations, has decided to…

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Harambee Masterclass 2026 video

Posted on 22 March 202622 March 2026 By Maaza Mkelekile No Comments on Harambee Masterclass 2026 video
Harambee Masterclass 2026 video
Masterclasses, Ubuntu, uHarambee

SURVEY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES FOR AFRICA – INVITATION TO ANALYSE AND PUBLISH

Posted on 22 March 202622 March 2026 By Maaza Mkelekile No Comments on SURVEY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES FOR AFRICA – INVITATION TO ANALYSE AND PUBLISH
SURVEY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES FOR AFRICA – INVITATION TO ANALYSE AND PUBLISH

The survey data is now available (see anonymised data file below) for anyone who want to analyse it and publish…

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Become a member, join Mtandao

Posted on 26 February 202626 February 2026 By Maaza Mkelekile No Comments on Become a member, join Mtandao
Become a member, join Mtandao

Membership Application To apply for membership, email the following information to asw@africasocialwork.net with the subject Application for Membership

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External event: Global to Grounded: Local Wisdom and the Future of International Social Work

Posted on 22 February 202622 February 2026 By Maaza Mkelekile No Comments on External event: Global to Grounded: Local Wisdom and the Future of International Social Work
External event: Global to Grounded: Local Wisdom and the Future of International Social Work

Are you curious about international social work practice? Are you an educator or practitioner for whom it is already an…

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Decolonise, Global

Overview of the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly

Posted on 17 February 202615 February 2026 By Maaza Mkelekile No Comments on Overview of the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly
Overview of the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly

The 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly took place on 14–15 February 2026 at the AU headquarters in…

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African Union

Free downloads from Journal of Ubuntu | Nyingi waUbuntu

Posted on 13 February 20267 February 2026 By Maaza Mkelekile No Comments on Free downloads from Journal of Ubuntu | Nyingi waUbuntu
Free downloads from Journal of Ubuntu | Nyingi waUbuntu

Enhance your teaching, research, practice or management with these resources, articles published in the Journal of Ubuntu | Nyingi waUbuntu….

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Social Work and Social Development in Africa

Posted on 7 August 20257 August 2025 By Maaza Mkelekile
Social Work and Social Development in Africa

In this lecture, Dr Rugare Mugumbate talks about Social Work and Social Development in Africa focusing on the role of…

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Admin ASWDNet

Africaโ€™s Agenda 2040 for Children: Fostering an Africa Fit for Children elaborates on the vision of Agenda 2063 in respect of children

Posted on 27 May 202527 May 2025 By Maaza Mkelekile
Africaโ€™s Agenda 2040 for Children: Fostering an Africa Fit for Children elaborates on the vision of Agenda 2063 in respect of children

With a view of fostering an Africa Fit for Children, the Committee developed Africa’s Agenda for Children 2040 (Agenda 2040)…

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Families, Students, Toto

Olabisi Adebawo appointed the new Ethics Officer for the African Independent Ethics Committee (AIEC)

Posted on 22 April 202522 April 2025 By Maaza Mkelekile
Olabisi Adebawo appointed the new Ethics Officer for the African Independent Ethics Committee (AIEC)

Join me in congratulating Olabisi Adebawo for the new position. Olabisi’s key strengths are: About the Africa Independent Ethics Committee…

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Journal of Ubuntu/Nyingi waUbuntu has started publishing

Posted on 22 March 202522 March 2025 By Maaza Mkelekile
Journal of Ubuntu/Nyingi waUbuntu has started publishing

Journal website: www.ubuntu.africasocialwork.net Supported by Zivo Publishing, the Journal of Ubuntu/Nyingi waUbuntu provides a platform for the publishing of high…

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All Posts Basket, Rugare Mugumbate, Ubuntu, Writing and Publishing

#IWD2025 message from the AU

Posted on 9 March 20259 March 2025 By Maaza Mkelekile
#IWD2025 message from the AU
Gender

The decolonisation journey of Mzee Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma Nujoma (1929-2025), former President of Namibia

Posted on 11 February 202511 February 2025 By Maaza Mkelekile
The decolonisation journey of Mzee Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma Nujoma (1929-2025), former President of Namibia

This week Africa lost one of its Mzee who contributed to the liberation of Namibia and development of Africa. Samuel…

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Bloggers required

Posted on 30 June 202430 June 2024 By Maaza Mkelekile
Bloggers required

There is a lot happening in Africa all the time, and we are looking for bloggers to write on these…

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Blogging, Motivating, Writing and Publishing

Poverty is being eradicated in knowledge-economies, yet Africa is creating economies centred on borrowed religion and corruption

Posted on 22 January 202417 April 2025 By Maaza Mkelekile

The video and text below came from a television editorial by Anthony Afolo of New Africa Broadcasting Notwork (NABNTV) ….

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Africa religion | Spirituality, Decolonise, Development, Religion

Become a Blogger

Posted on 16 July 20207 February 2026 By Maaza Mkelekile

Our regular and invited guest bloggers write their minds on social work and development work, share opinions, debate issues and…

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Blogging, Motivating, Writing and Publishing

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