This article explores and examines the relevance and efficacy of social work education in a transforming South Africa which has embraced the ethos of equality and social justice. It argues for a more developmentally oriented social work education and training so as to enhance and enrich practice.
This discussion is addressed to the question of human rights in South Africa. It argues that the profession of social work must continue to champion and shape a human rights discourse in the current democratic order.
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