Zibonele Zimba
Biographic Data
| ID | 6522399 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zibonele Zimba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zibonele |
| FAMILY NAME | Zimba |
| SIGNATURE | ZIMBA Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Deconstructing Social Work in Africa: An autoethnographic approach
In the dominant debate, dialogue and literature, there is an assumption that Africa had no form of social work before colonisation. In this article, we deal with the historical question pertaining to the existence of social work in Africa, and deconstruct the term ‘social work’, its origin and meaning in an African context. We employ an autoethnographic approach to describe the knowledge and skills known as social work in African communities usin…
Effects of Family Preservation Services on Family Cohesion: Views of Family Heads
Family preservation services are considered essential and allow children to be with their families, which by implication, avoids their placement outside family care. This article presents the views of family heads on the effects of family preservation services, such as time spent together and connectedness. The findings of the study emerged from the qualitative approach, which entailed conducting semi-structured interviews with 20 family heads. A…
Authentication of an academic culture in a Social Work programme offered at a South African university: A value-driven approach towards a decolonised curriculum
In 2015, a campaign was launched by students and academics to decolonise university curricula in South Africa. As a response, we reflect on our experiences at Stellenbosch University, based on the premise that not only does our Social Work curriculum require adaptation and renewal through a process of authentication, but that a prerequisite for this process would entail a hybridisation of both a salutary authentic academic culture and curriculum.…
Challenges Faced by Traditional Healers When Treating People Living with HIV and Aids: The Case of Intsika Municipality, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
There has been a link between nutrition styles and human health and physical features for centuries.Similarly, there has been a connection between the easiness and difficulty to reach food materials, and shortage and abundance of these material and human behaviors and moral structure.One of the efforts to make a connection between these qualifications comes from Ibn Khaldun.A thinker of Islam, Ibn Khaldun, who lived in the 18 th century, stated t…
Challenges Faced by Traditional Healers When Treating People Living with HIV and Aids: The Case of Intsika Municipality, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
The aim of the present study was to examine the procedures followed by traditional healers treating people living with HIV and AIDS in the Intsika Municipality and the challenges faced by them during this endeavour. Using the qualitative research method, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with twenty traditional healers. Among the significant findings were the hardships encountered by traditional healers in terms of fi…
Deconstructing Social Work in Africa: An autoethnographic approach
In the dominant debate, dialogue and literature, there is an assumption that Africa had no form of social work before colonisation. In this article, we deal with the historical question pertaining to the existence of social work in Africa, and deconstruct the term ‘social work’, its origin and meaning in an African context. We employ an autoethnographic approach to describe the knowledge and skills known as social work in African communities usin…
Challenges Faced by Traditional Healers When Treating People Living with HIV and Aids: The Case of Intsika Municipality, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
The aim of the present study was to examine the procedures followed by traditional healers treating people living with HIV and AIDS in the Intsika Municipality and the challenges faced by them during this endeavour. Using the qualitative research method, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with twenty traditional healers. Among the significant findings were the hardships encountered by traditional healers in terms of fi…
Challenges Faced by Traditional Healers When Treating People Living with HIV and Aids: The Case of Intsika Municipality, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
There has been a link between nutrition styles and human health and physical features for centuries.Similarly, there has been a connection between the easiness and difficulty to reach food materials, and shortage and abundance of these material and human behaviors and moral structure.One of the efforts to make a connection between these qualifications comes from Ibn Khaldun.A thinker of Islam, Ibn Khaldun, who lived in the 18 th century, stated t…
Challenges Faced by Traditional Healers When Treating People Living with HIV and Aids: The Case of Intsika Municipality, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
The aim of the present study was to examine the procedures followed by traditional healers treating people living with HIV and AIDS in the Intsika Municipality and the challenges faced by them during this endeavour. Using the qualitative research method, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with twenty traditional healers. Among the significant findings were the hardships encountered by traditional healers in terms of fi…
Authentication of an academic culture in a Social Work programme offered at a South African university: A value-driven approach towards a decolonised curriculum
In 2015, a campaign was launched by students and academics to decolonise university curricula in South Africa. As a response, we reflect on our experiences at Stellenbosch University, based on the premise that not only does our Social Work curriculum require adaptation and renewal through a process of authentication, but that a prerequisite for this process would entail a hybridisation of both a salutary authentic academic culture and curriculum.…
Effects of Family Preservation Services on Family Cohesion: Views of Family Heads
Family preservation services are considered essential and allow children to be with their families, which by implication, avoids their placement outside family care. This article presents the views of family heads on the effects of family preservation services, such as time spent together and connectedness. The findings of the study emerged from the qualitative approach, which entailed conducting semi-structured interviews with 20 family heads. A…
Deconstructing Social Work in Africa: An autoethnographic approach
In the dominant debate, dialogue and literature, there is an assumption that Africa had no form of social work before colonisation. In this article, we deal with the historical question pertaining to the existence of social work in Africa, and deconstruct the term ‘social work’, its origin and meaning in an African context. We employ an autoethnographic approach to describe the knowledge and skills known as social work in African communities usin…
Sociology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Cape (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (2 works)