Liber Amicorum : Essays in Honour of Professor Edwell Kaseke and Dr Mathias Nyenti.

Intro -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Editors' Notes -- Foreword -- Tributes -- Tribute to Professor Edwell Kaseke -- List of Publications of Professor Edwell Kaseke -- Tribute to Dr Mathias Ashu Tako Nyenti -- List of Publications of Dr Mathias Ashu Tako Nyenti -- Part I-General Introduction -- 01-Introduction -- 02-Intergration of Social SecurityLaw and Labour Law -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Examples illustrating the problem -- New challenges -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 03-Reviewing the Contribution of Professor Edwell Kaseke to Social Work in Zimbabwe -- Abstract -- Introduction -- History and development of social work in Zimbabwe -- Social work education and training in Zimbabwe -- Social work employment in Zimbabwe -- Social Development as a Model of Social Work Practice -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 04-Reviewing the Contribution of Dr Mathias Ashu Tako Nyenti to Social Security in South Africa and Southern Africa -- Abstract -- Introduction -- A gentle human being -- An excellent teacher -- A fine scholar -- A servant of the community -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part II-Environment andClimate Issues -- 05-Climate Change and Social Protection: The Need for an Enhanced Legal Framework -- Abstract -- Background and context -- A new paradigm: an expanded social protection concept -- Key requirements of a rights-based approach -- Overview: international instruments -- Overview: African continental instruments -- Overview: SADC instruments -- Conclusions and the way forward: the need for a dedicated regulatory instrument -- Bibliography -- 06-Climate Change in Southern Africa: Any Role for Social Work? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Contextual and background issues -- The evolution of climate change discourse -- Climate change: Why should social work matter?.

New pathways for social work in climate change in Southern Africa -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part III-Vulnerable Groups and Categories of Persons -- 07-Access to Social Security for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa: An Analysis of Recent Developments -- Abstract -- Introduction -- An overview of the legal framework -- South African jurisprudence -- Analysis and conclusion -- Bibliography -- 08-Social Protection for Women Workers in the Informal Economy: A Regional Framework -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Regional instruments -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) -- Bibliography -- 09-Zimbabwe's Agrarian Child Welfare Regime: Evolution, Distinctive Characteristics and Implications for Future Policy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Evolution of the child welfare regime in Zimbabwe, 1980‑2019 -- Distinctive features of the child welfare regime -- Implications for future social policy direction -- Bibliography -- 10-Protecting the Vulnerable through Social Protection: Options for the Vulnerable -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Social protection in Zimbabwe -- Transformative social protection options: looking into the future -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part IV-Indig enous/Informal Social Security -- 11-The Role of Indigenous Social Protection in Safeguarding Children: Lessons from Africa -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Poverty, child protection and social protection -- Select indigenous social protection measures that protect children -- Threats to indigenous social protection -- Implications for policy, practice and research -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 12-Extended Families' Indigenous Care and Protection of Children in the Context of Poverty and Limited State Social Grants -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Current and historical status of social security in South Africa -- Research method -- Research site.

Discussion of findings -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 13-The Linkages between Formal and Informal Social Security Systems: The Views of Stokvels in Soweto, South Africa -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Understanding the concept of social security -- Formal and informal social security -- Linkages between stokvels and formal social security systems -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- Bibliography -- 14-Social and Mutual Assistance in Zimbabwe -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Social Assistance -- Mutual assistance -- Conclusion and Implication for Social Assistance Policy -- Bibliography -- Part V-Regional Perspectives -- 15-Botswana's Social Protection System: Lessons for the SADC Region -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The botho (pre-colonial) phase -- The paternalism (colonial) phase (1885-1965) -- The Charity Phase - part 1 (1966-1970) -- The Charity Phase - part 2 (1970-1975) -- The Caring State Phase (1975-1997) -- Developmental State Phase (1997 to-date) -- Critique of Botswana's social protection system -- Case for a social justice approach to social protection in Botswana -- Lessons for the SADC region -- Bibliography -- 16-Portability of Accrued Social Securtiy Benefits within the SADC Region Policy Framework: Opportunities, Pitfalls and Challenges -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Portability of accrued social security benefits within the SADC: The policy framework -- Towards a legally binding instrument -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

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