Biography & Background
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Social Work Honours Degree,
- Bachelor of Social Sciences Special Honours in Monitoring and Evaluation, Master of Science in Clinical Social Work,
- Master of Social Science in Monitoring and Evaluation,
- Current PhD Candidate
Research Interests
- Human Rights & Gender Justice
- Child Protection
- Mental Health
- Innovation and Modelling
- Environmental Justice and Climate Change
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Competencies
- Clinical Social Work Assessment and Psychosocial Support
- Qualitative Research Methodologies & Indigenous Research Frameworks
- Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Systems Design and Program Assessment
- Crisis Intervention, Conflict Mediation, and Community Mobilization
- Program Design and Management
- Capacity Building and Training Material Development
- Community Mobilisation
Leadership Positions
- Vice Board Chair- Asibambane Girls & Young Women Network Trust (AGYWEN)
- Masters Program Coordinator, School of Social Work, Midlands State University
Community Engagements
- Practicing Social Worker
- M&E Specialist, Shamwari Yemwanasikana (2017–2020)
- FSN Program Manager, Diakonia #FemPower Project (October 2025–May 2026)
Publications (Select Articles)
- Mafa, I., Simango, T. G., & Chisango, T. (2021). Under-reportage of “Sex-for-marks” Cases within public universities in Zimbabwe. Sexuality, Gender & Policy, 5, 43-57.
- Simango, T. G., & Mafa, I. (2022). Child Disciplinary Practices versus Child Rights in Zimbabwe: Viewed through Social Work Lenses. Qualitative Sociology Review, 18, 114-131.
- Simango, T. G., & Mafa, I. (2023). An interceptive child-discipline progression model (ICdP) for child protection developed from parents’ conceptualization of discipline. African Journal of Social Work, 13, 244-253.
- Chigangaidze, R. K., Mafa, I., Simango, T. G., & Mudehwe, E. (2023). Establishing the relevance of the Ubuntu philosophy in social work practice: Inspired by the Ubuntu World Social Work Day, 2021 celebrations and the IFSW and IASSW’s (2014) Global Definition of Social Work. International Social Work, 66(1), 6-20.
- Charamba, S., Mushunje, M., Mwapaura, K., Simango, T. G., & Risinamhodzi, N. (2024). Climate change and vulnerable groups in Zimbabwe: Implications for social work practice. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 39, 68-87.
- Mwapaura, K., Mushunje, M., Charamba, S., Risinamhodzi, N., & Simango, T. G. (2024). The relevance of indigenous knowledge systems in social work education and practice in Zimbabwe: A human rights perspective. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 39, 88-113.
- Mafa, I., Simango, T. G., Chigangaidze, R. K., & Mudehwe, E. (2024). “Semester Marriages” and the Unintended Psycho-Social Challenges within Institutions of Higher Learning: Implications for Social Work Practice. Qualitative Sociology Review, 20(2), 114–135.
