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AJSW, Volume 5, Number 2, 2015                                                       Editorial Note 

African Journal of Social Work, 5(2), December 2015                                            ii 

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EDITORIAL NOTE 

I take pleasure in informing you that the journal is now available on 

African Journals Online (AJOL) at 

http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajsw/index. Readers will be able to 

see our journal policy, guidelines, call for papers and all published 

articles. The content is licensed under the Creative Commons 

Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License. Our journal 

is one of the 517 African journals available on AJOL. Of these, 206, 

including ours, are open access. This is an important development 

for us, an indication of the quality of our work. 

In this issue, Isaiah Mobolaji Ojedokun examined extramarital affair 

as correlate of reproductive health and home instability among 

couples in Ibadan, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was 

adopted for the study. Two hundred (200) couples were randomly 

selected for the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect 

data for the study and a reliability coefficient of r=0.64 was 

obtained. Collated and coded data was analysed with the use of 

frequency count, percentages and Pearson moment correlation 

statistical method. Two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. 

The findings revealed that, there was significant relationship 

between extra-marital affair and reproductive health (r=.256, 

N=200, p<0.05. In the same vein, there was a significant 

relationship between extramarital affair and home instability in 

Nigeria (r=.142, N=200. P=<0.05). The study concluded that extra-

marital affair is on the high side. It was also established that it 

threatens home stability and encourages the spread of sexually 

transmitted diseases such as HIV and AIDS and other STDs. It was 

recommended that couples go an extra mile to ensure success in 

marriage. Health social workers, health educators, religious leaders, 

parents and educators should also ensure adequate dissemination of 

information on the importance of reproductive health education and 

home stability to health and general well-being. 

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AJSW, Volume 5, Number 2, 2015                                                       Editorial Note 

African Journal of Social Work, 5(2), December 2015                                            iii 

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Noel Muridzo and Effie Malianga looked at the phenomenon of child 

sexual abuse (CSA) in Zimbabwe.  Statistics, literature and debate 

reflect not only increased scientific interest in child sexual abuse and 

its potential effects but also growing public concern about this form 

of child maltreatment. The sexual abuse of children crosses cultural 

and economic divides.  Sexual abuse can lead to long-lasting, even 

life-long consequences and is a serious problem on individuals, 

families and societies. Social workers by nature of their work, 

intervene at the individual, family and societal level.  This paper 

explored the definition of CSA, its effects and prevention strategies. 

The authors adopted Meili‘s model of prevention which suggests 

prevention of CSA at primary, secondary and tertiary levels 

concluded that social workers in Zimbabwe have a role to play at all 

the three levels of intervention. 

Phillip Manyanye Bohwasi, sought to answer the many questions 

asked of entrepreneurship growth and support in Africa by analyzing 

different entrepreneurial and business leadership paradigms from 

America, Europe and Asia. Literature shows that the Americans and 

Europeans grew their societies as a result of individual creativity 

and heroism. The Asians placed much emphasis on the family and 

the worker as espoused in the Kaizen Japanese philosophy.  Africans 

have focused on doing it together, as expressed in the Ubuntu spirit. 

After discussing the African model in light of these different 

perspectives, the author concluded that work on advancement of 

entrepreneurship in Africa should focus on the need to produce local 

entrepreneurs who are culturally self-thinking and creative. They 

must use what Professor Rukuni termed, the machobane principle 

which postulates that, the best thinking and creative entrepreneurs 

are those who build their own local assets, construct their own roads 

and bridges, and dig their own deep water wells, in order to increase 

the value of their local communities. This is very important for social 

workers as they endeavour to build the capacities of communities. 



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AJSW, Volume 5, Number 2, 2015                                                       Editorial Note 

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In the last paper, Abednico Siambombe looked at two rural 

communities in Zimbabwe and explored their participation in policy 

making. Rural communities of Zimbabwe have long been 

marginalised as evidenced by a large development gap between them 

and urban communities. The idea of linking lack of development in 

rural areas with participation in policy making process is vital for 

many policy makers. This research focused on assessing the roles 

played by rural people of Zimbabwe in crafting and implementing 

economic policies. The research went further to investigate why 

rural communities showed little understanding of economic policies 

and whether it is important to engage the citizen in crafting and 

implementing public policies. The study was carried out in rural 

Binga and Chivi districts. The research illustrated that rural people 

had little understanding of economic policies. The paper concludes 

that supporting democracy, strengthening economic competiveness 

and meeting local state and global challenges requires the 

reimaging of the role of the citizen in 21st century public policies. 

Participation should be an important pillar of such reimaging. 

The NASWZ are finalising the appointment of Editor and Associate 

editor. The process has been slow but the Editors are now expected 

to start around March 2016.  Once they are appointed, I will revert 

to my previous role of managing the publication. This will therefore 

be my last publication as Acting Editor. I thank everyone for all the 

support during the period. Provide the same amount of support to 

the incoming team.  

Jacob Mugumbate  

Acting Editor                                          Email: editor@ida.co.zw 


