Biography & Background
Qualifications
- Masters in Clinical social work from MSU
- Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Social Work from MSU
- Post graduate diploma in tertiary education from MSU
Positions
- Committee Member, ASWD Net
Research Interests
- Juvenile justice system
- children and families’ mental health
- human rights
- research
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- Drug and substance use
Publications
- Mahamba, D.T., Chikohora, M.J. & Chiweshe, C.C. 2025. Breaking a cycle of disadvantage: Causes and innovative, culturally-appropriate solutions to period poverty in rural Zimbabwe. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 40(1), 1-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.
4314/jsda.v40i2.2 - Mahamba Devotion Tatenda1, Mavuso Lwazi2, Chidyausiku Weston3. (2025). Centering African Epistemologies: A Decolonial Approach to Juvenile Recidivism in Zimbabwe and Eswatini. UAI Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (UAIJAHSS), 2(2), 27–35. https://doi.org/10.
5281/zenodo.14929686 - Mugumbate R, Muridzo N G, Mahamba D T and Sukulao T (2025). PhD research supervision models. Africa Social Work and Development Network. https://africasocialwork.net/
phd-research-supervision- models/
