Dr Samuel Lisenga Simbine

Qualifications:

• PhD in Social Work (University of Pretoria);
• Masters in Social Work (Midlands State University);
• Masters in Development Studies (National University of Science & Technology); Bachelors Honours degree in Social Work (University of Zimbabwe)

Research Interests

• Child rights and childhood 
• Child protection
• Law and social work
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Ubuntu, and decolonisation agenda
• Schools social work
• International social work
• Zimbabwean social work

Selected Publications

• Simbine, S.L., Muridzo, N.G., & Mupedziswa, R. 2025. Inclusive School Social Work in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Focus on Children with Disabilities. In Mupedziswa, R., Muridzo, N.G., & Simbine, S.L. (Eds.). (2025). School Social Work in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues, Challenges & Prospects. International Federation of Social Workers, Switzerland.

• Mupedziswa, R., Muridzo, N.G., & Simbine, S.L. 2025. School Social Work in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues, Challenges & Prospects. International Federation of Social Workers, Switzerland.

• Mupedziswa, R., Muridzo, N.G. & Simbine, S.L. 2025. Introduction: An Overview of School Social Work in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Mupedziswa, R., Muridzo, N.G., & Simbine, S.L. (Eds.). (2025). School Social Work in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues, Challenges & Prospects. International Federation of Social Workers, Switzerland.
• Muridzo, N.G., Simbine, S.L., & Chigangaidze, R. 2024. Some religious, myths, beliefs, and cultural dispositions as contributors to child sexual abuse in Zimbabwe, Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2024.2311412

• Simbine, S. L. 2023. Ubuntu and decolonising Biestek’s (1957) seven principles of the casework relationship. In Twikirize, J. M., Tusasiirwe, S., & Mugumbate, R. (Eds.). (2023). Ubuntu Philosophy and Decolonising Social Work Fields of Practice in Africa. Taylor & Francis.

• Tshugulu, A. N., & Simbine, S. L. 2023. Ndebele Cultural practices and the promotion of Children’s Rights in Zimbabwe. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 38(1): 39-64.

• Tshugulu, A. N., Simbine, S. L., Charamba, S., & Muridzo, N. G. 2023. The influence of culture on child rights violations in Zimbabwe: a case study. Social Work, 59(3), 245-259.

• Simbine, S. L., le Roux, L., & Muridzo, N. G. 2023. An Exploration of the Vatsonga People’s Markers of Childhood. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 1-11.

• Muridzo, N. G., Simbine, S. L., Simango, T. G., & Matanga, A. A. 2023. Reflections on the Social Determinants of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme in Zimbabwe. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 1-7.

• Mukurazhizha R., Muridzo N., Sunungurayi Charamba S. & Simbine S.L. 2023. The place of indigenous knowledge in environmental social work in Zimbabwe. African Journal of Social Work, 13(2), 110-117. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajsw.v13i2.7

• Simbine, S. L., & Le Roux, L. 2022. Ubuntu and Values Underlying the Vatsonga Culture: Implications for Developmental Social Work with Children. Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development, 34(3), 19-pages.

• Simbine, S. L., Le Roux, L., & Muridzo, N. G. 2022. Research on the Vatsonga people of Southern Africa: A reflection on a case study. African Journal of Social Work, 12(4), 163-172.

• Simbine, S.L., and Muridzo, N.G. 2022. A social work lens into children’s rights in Zimbabwe. In V. Mabvurira, M. Murenje, and M. Mundau (Eds.), Professional social work in Zimbabwe: putting children first.   Beyond   The   Vale   Publishing.   Available online: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZDYZYQ8

• Muridzo, N., Mukurazhizha, R., & Simbine, S. 2022. Social Work in Zimbabwe: From Social Control to Social Change. International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 19(2), 227-243.

• Simbine, L. and Le Roux, L., 2021. Vatsonga people’s perceptions of children’s rights. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 57(4), p.472.

• Muridzo, G.N., Mahuntse, S.L., Chikadzi, V. and Mafa, I., 2021. Legal shortcomings in multisectoral forums responding to child sexual abuse (CSA): Lessons from a Zimbabwe case study. African Journal of Social Work, 11(1).
• Simbine, S.L. and le Roux, L., 2021. Indigenous mentoring and monitoring systems amongst Vatsonga speaking people towards child protection. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 36(2):7-32.
• Simbine, S.L., 2020. Exploring Family Preservation in Zimbabwe. The Indian Journal of Social Work, 81(4), pp.395-410.
• Simbine, S.L., Muridzo, N.G., Chikadzi, V. and Mafa, I., 2020. Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe: lessons from 2018 cholera outbreak. Journal of Social Development in Africa, pp.91-106.