when it comes to South Africa HISTORY, apartheid is KEY

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• Knowing history of south Africa and
Apartheid period
• Some social work organization in S.A
• Real history of social work in S.A
• Some job opportunities in S.A for CMD &SWK
• Meeting new colleagues

3. INTRODUCTION

4.  Social work emerged
as a profession in
Early 20th century
 It works under main
theme of promoting well-
being and quality of life of
people across continents

5. APARTHEID PERIOD
• This run all through from 1948 to
1990s
• This was racial segregation where
by the countries minority
group(whites were given priority
and school and other institutions
were separated according to
ethnics and races

6. Apartheid laws
 The Race Classification Act. Every
citizen suspected of not being
European was classified
according to race.
 The Mixed Marriages Act. It
prohibited marriage between
people of different races.
 The Group Areas Act. It forced
people of certain races into living
in designated areas.

7. Learning Objectives
• National Association of Social Workers,
South Africa, was launched in September
2007
• The country's first unified, non-racial
social work association represented a
significant transition from apartheid to
democracy

8. When first democratic elections were
done in 1994 the host of legislative
and policy directives
services be provided separately (and unequally)
for the different race groups.
Social workers to provide services to the people
of their designated race
Different universities to be based on races
Trains, buses, taxis, hotels, hospitals, schools
and colleges, libraries, cinema halls, theaters,
beaches, swimming pools, public toilets, were all
separate for the whites and blacks in South
Africa. This was called ‘Segregatio

9. • “We want a unified, non racial body.”
NON-RACIAL SOCIAL WORKERS
• “one should never hit the hands that feed
them(government support”
RACIAL SOCIAL
WORKERS
• “our positions are non-negotiable
and the separate organization are
here to stay
Those in leadership
SWASA&SWABSWA
When debates were called

10. SOUTH AFRICAN BLACK SOCIAL
WORKERS ASSOCIATION (SABSWA)
Sabswa wanted to retain its name, as the
"black", it argued, gave "trade" leverage,
with greater chances of getting funding in
post-apartheid South Africa..
WHITE SOCIAL WORK ASSOCIATION
OF SOUTH AFRICA (SWASA)

11. MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ZOLA
SKWEYIYA briefed about the
fragmentation in the
sector and enquiries
were made about the
role of government in
facilitating the
development of a non-
racial association

12. This briefing acted as a stimulus
and led to launch the National
Association of social Workers
,South Africa and Vishanthie
Sewpaul was elected as president
And they become part of
International Federation of Social
Workers

13. Case Study
While NASW, SA
continues to grow in
strength many work
have started coming up
in south africa

14. Who’s Who
Lead Contact information
mugwimiken14@gmail.com
+254 790 883132/+254 769 513662
+254 790 883132

15. QUESTIONS?