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References 
Makola A (1982a) Social Development, Prentice Hall, New York. 
Makola A (1982b) "The Relevance of Social Work", in Journal of Zimbabwe Social Work 
II, 2, pp 10-12. 
Nkosana Z (1981) "The Meaning of Social Development", in Training for Social Work, 
A Makola (ed), Mambo Press, Gweru. 
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