Notes for Contributors: 
All correspondence should be addressed to: 
The Editor 
Journal of Social Development in Africa 
School of Social Work 
P Bag 66022 
Kopje, Harare 
Zimbabwe. 
Tel: (263-4) 751815,752965/6/7, Fax: (263-4) 751903, email: ssw@esanet.zw 
Format for Submissions: 
Contributions that further the aims of the Journal are welcomed, and will be refereec, 
Manuscripts should be typed single-sided on A4 paper, double-spaced. Two copies of th 
article should be submitted and the author's name, affiliation and address should b 
attached to the cover, to facilitate anonymity in the refereeing of the article. One cop 
should be of good quality print, preferably laser-printed, although this is not essential. Th 
article can also be sent on computer disc, in WP51, MSWord or Mac format. 
Articles in general should be of 8-9,000 words in length. However longer as well a 
shorter articles will be published if justified by the content of the contribution. The articl 
should begin with an abstract of approximately 150 - 200 words. 
Within the body of the text references to authors is made by author, date and pag 
number in the following way: 
Makola (1982:67) indicates that "...social development is necessary in the context c 
the developing world," agreeing with the view of Nkosana (1981). 
Page references are normally provided where a direct quote is given. 
Bibliographical references follow the body of the text and should be listed alphabeti 
cally and chronologically by author and date: in the case of books, by title, publisher an 
place of publication; in the case of articles by full journal name, volume, and first plus las 
page numbers; in the case of chapters, by title, collection title, editor, publisher and plac 
of publication. Examples follow: 
References 
Makola A (1992) Social Development, Prentice Hall, New York. 
Foster, P (1996) 'The Relevance of Social Work," in Journal of Social Developmen 
in Africa, Vol 3, Nol, pp 15-29. 
Nkosana Z (1981) "The Meaning of Social Development," in Training for Social Worl 
A Makola (ed), Mambo Press, Gweru. 
Authors receive five complimentary offprints of their article and the relevant Journj 
issue. Book reviewers will receive one complimentary copy of the Journal in which th 
review appears. S ubmission of an article implies that it has not been published already nc 
is it being considered for publication elsewhere. Copyright of all the contents of th 
Journal is assigned to the School of Social Work, Harare. Permission to reprint origin* 
articles should be sought from the Editor of the Journal at the above address.