Posted on June 25, 2021
During the past 14 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused most families to experience immense stress. Families and communities have been, and continue to be exposed to changes, such as having to work from home, the closing of child care centres and home schooling. Social distancing has caused...
Posted on May 13, 2021
Humans are resilient and have adapted to sudden and unexpected events such as COVID-19. And, as is characteristic of our work, the Department of Social Work and Criminology responded quickly and shifted our academic course work and practical community work to virtual platforms.
Posted on March 19, 2021
On 16 March 2021, social work academics and students joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Social Work Day (WSWD) with the theme ‘Ubuntu: Strengthening social solidarity and global connectivity’.
Posted on November 27, 2020
This year, first-year students from the Department of Social Work and Criminology heeded President Ramaphosa’s call to participate in the Jerusalema challenge. They were encouraged to do so by their Criminology lecturer, Professor Booyens, who felt that it would be effective to keep the...
Posted on October 11, 2020
The theme Mental Health for All. Greater Investment – Greater Access. Everyone, everywhere... is most timely for World Mental Health Day 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought great distractions and massive challenges around the world. Uncertainty and major changes to the way we live...
Posted on June 17, 2020
Why do mothers abandon their babies? Where are the mothers’ families? Where is the biological father of the baby? A family should provide security and care, nurturance, and protection.
Posted on May 29, 2020
In an effort to continue supporting students during the COVID-19 pandemic, various faculties and units at the University of Pretoria (UP) have rolled out projects and initiatives to make this difficult period more manageable for our student body.
Posted on May 25, 2020
The release of offenders during the COVID-19 crisis is not unique to South Africa – many countries have pardoned thousands of prisoners in order to convert prisons into medical facilities or to create social distancing.
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