东京热

Prof Mzwandile Sobantu

Associate Professor
Name: Mzwandile Sobantu
Location: C-Ring 618 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Department of Social Work Staff, Rated Researchers听 Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 4119

Email:听msobantu@uj.ac.za

About Prof Mzwandile Sobantu

Prof Mzi is a C3 rated researcher with the National Research Foundation (NRF) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Community Development at the 东京热. Previously, he was employed at the Gauteng Department of Social Development. He also worked at Joburg Child Welfare as a foster care social worker. He holds a PhD from the 东京热, a Masters in Housing and Human Settlements (formerly Master of the Built Environment) and a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from the University of the Witwatersrand. In addition, he completed a Certificate in Postgraduate Supervision from Rhodes University and an Advanced Certificate in Local Governance and Management from the 东京热.

He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate modules. He also coordinates a coursework Masters in Community Development. He is also actively involved in postgraduate supervision. His two main niches of specialisation are housing and social development. He has published several journal articles and book chapters as well as presenting his work in different fora in Africa and internationally. Mzi serves in the Advisory Editorial Committee of the Social Work/Maatskaplike journal and reviews articles for several journals. He is currently co-editing a book on Housing and Social Work in Africa.

Recent Publications:

Muleya, E., & Sobantu, M. (2025). A provincial strategy to empower adult persons experiencing street homelessness from vulnerability: The case of Gauteng Province in South Africa. Social Work/Matskapplike Werk, 61(4), 618-939.

Sukulao, T., Tshungulu, A.N., Muridzo, N.G., & Sobantu, M. (2025). Community strategies in Ward 10, Mudzi District, North Eastern Zimbabwe. Discover Food. .

Tshungulu, A., Sukulawo, T., Muridzo, N., & Sobantu, M. (2025). Strategies to incorporate indigenous knowledge systems into modern food security interventions. Journal of Ubuntu, 1, 1-19.

Sobantu, M., Mwedzi, T., & Noyoo, N. (2025). The housing-education nexus in South Africa beyond COVID-19: Implications for social work and social policy.听Journal of Social Development in Africa,听40(1), 1-26.

Sobantu, M., Muleya, E., & Mmola, L. (2025). Female-headed households and their nuanced meanings of housing in Kathrada Park, Johannesburg.听Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development, 1-19.

Sobantu, M. (2025). Housing, protests, violence and social exclusion in South Africa. In N Noyoo and M Ncube (Eds), The protest culture in South Africa: What role for the social sciences? (pp. 129-151). Oldenburg: Paulo Freire Verlag.

Sobantu, M. (2024). Residential care or ageing in care? Exploring older persons鈥� routes to residential facility in Johannesburg, South Africa. African Journal of Social Work, 14(4), 285-293.

Atwine, D., Sobantu, M., & Raniga, T. (2024). Social protection measures utilised by older widows in Kamuli, Uganda: An African feminist perspective.听African Journal of Social Work,听14(6), 351-360.

Mwedzi, T., & Sobantu, M. (2024). Childcare arrangements amongst Zimbabwean immigrant families living in Soweto, South Africa. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk,听60(2), 239-260.

Noyoo, N., Matela, M., Sobantu, M., Chagunda, C. (2024). Online higher education in South Africa during COVID-19 and beyond: Opportunities, challenges, and its future. In Puiu, S., Idowu, S.O. (eds) Online education during COVID-19 and beyond. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance (pp. 275-289). Springer: Cham.

Maphosa, N., & Sobantu, M. (2024). Advancing social work education using online learning in South Africa: Challenges and Prospects.听In: Routledge Handbook of African Social Work Education (pp. 130-140).

Sobantu, M., Noyoo, N. (2022). Housing, human rights and social development in South Africa, African Journal of Development Studies (AJDS), 12(3), 233-253.

Sobantu, M. (2022). . Southern African Journal of Social Work & Social Development, 34(2), 1-15.

Sobantu, M., & Noyoo, N. (2022). . Journal of Human Ecology, 78(1-3), 37-47.

Noyoo, N., & Sobantu, M. (2022). Interrogating migrations and social transformations in Africa: Social work perspectives. In R. Munck, T. Kleibl, M Carmo, & P. Dankova. (Eds.), Migration and Social transformation: Engaged perspectives (pp. 208 鈥� 228). Dublin: Machdonil Ltd.