Social Welfare Policy in South Africa

Horman Chitonge is an associate professor and the head of African Studies at the Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town. He holds a Ph.D. in development studies from the University of Natal. He has published extensively on issues of water, agrarian political economy, poverty, and social welfare. His recent publications include Economic Growth in Africa (2015), Beyond Parliament (2016), and Customary Land in Africa (2018).Ntombifikile Mazibuko is an emeritus professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and is currently supervising and mentoring postgraduate students in social work and social policy. She holds a Ph.D. in social work from the University of Illinois. She served as a professor and deputy vice chancellor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and as vice chancellor at the University of Zululand. She has published extensively on welfare and social policy.

“Social welfare is at the heart of a democratic South Africa. «Social Welfare Policy in South Africa» is a long overdue book—a discipline’s charter in a single volume that critically analyses the development of social welfare and policy in South Africa, past and present. Written by two eminent South African scholars in the field, this book is going to become a seminal work: a must-read for any inquisitive and discerning person, whether a social worker, sociologist, NGO employee, government or civil service official, political scientist, or historian, who is interested in the how and why South Africa emerged from colonialism and apartheid into a caring society. An important saga which says much about the soul of South Africa.”—Donal P. McCracken, Senior Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• Figures and Tables – Ndangwa Noyoo: Foreword – Preface – Acknowledgments – Abbreviations – Social Welfare and the Social Contract – Paradigms and Approaches to Social Welfare – Precursors of Institutional Social Welfare – Social Welfare and the Race Question in South Africa –.The "Poor White Problem": Causes, Scope and Public Response – Institutionalisation of Social Welfare in South Africa – The Non-state Social Welfare Sector in South Africa – The Political Economy of Social Welfare in Post-apartheid South Africa – The South African Social Welfare System and the New Social Contract – Index.