Degrees Held
- PhD (UKZN)
- MA (Social Work) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- Postgraduate Diploma (Monitoring and Evaluation) University of Stellenbosch
- BA (Social Work) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Research Interests
- HIV and Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB)
- Parenting young children
- Domestic workers
- Working with groups
- Social protection
Teaching Interests
- HIV and Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB)
- Parenting and families
- Group work
Selected publications
Books
Journal Articles
Chapters in Books
Books
- Kleibl, T., Lutz, R., Noyoo, N., Benjamin, B., Annika, D. & Seepamore, B. (eds). (2020) The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work. Routledge: New York. ISBN: 0429888619, 9780429888618.
Journal Articles
- Law, S., Seepamore, B., Oxlade, O., Sikhakhane, N., Dawood, H., Chetty, S., & Daftary, A. (2021). Acceptability, feasibility, and impact of a pilot tuberculosis literacy and treatment counselling intervention: a mixed methods study. BMC infectious diseases, 21(1), 1-13.
- Daftary, Amrita.; Mondal, S.; Zelnick, J.; Friedland, G.; Seepamore, B.; Boodhram, R.; Amico, K. R.; Padayatchi, N.; O’Donnell, M. R. (2021). Dynamic needs and challenges of people with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa: a qualitative study. The Lancet Global, e479-e488.
- Daftary A, Furin J, Zelnick JR, Venkatesan N, Steingart K, Smelyanskaya M, Seepamore B, Schoeman I, Reid M, Padayatchi N, Donnell MR. (2020). TB and women: a call to action. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease: the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 24(12):1312-1315. DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0414.
- Zelnick JR, Daftary A, Hwang C, Labar AS, Boodhram R, Maharaj B, Wolf AK, Mondal S, Amico KR, Orrell C, Seepamore B. (2020). Electronic dose monitoring identifies a high-risk subpopulation in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV. Clinical Infectious Diseases.
- Seepamore, B. (2018). Between and Betwixt: positioning nannies as mothers: perspectives from Durban, South Africa. In (eds) K. Block and T. Taylor. Marginalized Mothers, Mothering from the Margins. Advances in Gender Research, Volume 25: 41–155. Doi:10.1108/s1529-212620180000025009.
- Zelnick, J.R., Seepamore, B., Daftary, A., Amico, K.R., Bhengu, X., Padayatchi, N., Naidoo, K., O’Donnell, M.R. (2018). Training social workers to enhance patient centered care for drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa. Public Health Action, 8(2): 25-27.
- Raniga, T. & Seepamore, B. (2017). Critical Reflexivity beyond the Classroom: Social Work Student Perspectives of Communities in Kwazulu-Natal. Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development, 29(1):34-48.
- Seepamore, BK. (2016). Distance Parenting- Implications for Social Work. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 52(4):571-588.
Chapters in Books
- Noyoo, N., Seepamore, B., Ncube, M., & Sobantu, M. (2021). Evolution of Social Welfare and Social Work in South Africa. Social Welfare and Social Work in Southern Africa. Sun Media, Johannesburg, p.195.
- Seepamore, B. & Sewpaul, V. (2021). Socio-cultural constructions of intensive mothering and othermothering: Domestic workers’ experiences of distance parenting and their conceptualization of motherhood. In V. Sewpaul; L. Kreitzer; and T. Raniga (eds). Culture, Human Rights and Social Work: African Perspectives. Calgary University Press: London.
- Sewpaul, V., Mdamba, M. V., & Seepamore, B. Disrupting Popular Discourses on Ilobolo: The Role of Emancipatory Social Work in Engendering Human Rights and Social Justice. The Tensions Between Culture and Human Rights. Calgary University Press: London.
- Mabundza, L. & Seepamore, B. (2021). Gender and Healthy Human Relationships. Promoting Healthy Human Relationships in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Social work and Social Development perspectives. In N. Noyoo (ed). Springer International Publishing. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-50139-6. ISBN: 978-3-030-50138-9.
- Seepamore, B. & Seepamore, N. (2020). A collaborative partnership as an effectivemodel of social work – a case from Alexandra township in South Africa. In Kleibl, T; Lutz, R.; Noyoo, N.; Bunk, B.; Dittmann, A. & Seepamore, B. (eds). The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work. Routledge: New York.
- Seepamore, B. (2018). Indigenous Social Security Systems: A South African perspective. In (eds) N. Noyoo and E. Boon. Indigenous Social Security Systems in Southern and West Africa. Sun Media: South Africa. DOI:10.18820/9781928357919.
Community Involvement
- 2014 – date UKZN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RESEARCH NPO – 002 184 (Secretary of the Board)
- 2014 – 2018 Meyrick Bennet Child Guidance Centre NPO (Member of the Board)
- 2012-2014 Usindiso Shelter for abused women (80 Albert Street, Johannesburg) – facilitation of support groups
- 2003-2005 Wits University Campus Health VCT Clinic – HIV testing and support
- 2001-2003 Child Protection Unit (SAPS) Braamfontein Volunteer social worker: rescuing minors from the flats in Hillbrow and the Johannesburg, CBD
- 2000 Food gardens project and homework support for children in my neighborhood
Teaching Expertise
- Social work with groups -undergraduate module (UKZN)
- Engaging Communities in action – undergraduate module (UKZN)
- Field placement of student social workers (UKZN)
- Focus Group Discussions in Research (McGill university, guest speaker)
- Webinar on how COVID-19 has impacted TB health services and how the pandemic has impacted those affected by TB globally and their access to services. Webinar by York University, Stop TB (Canada), Results (Canada).
Selected publications
Masters
Masters
- Luthuli, PS. (2021). Denied Parental Responsibilities and Rights: The Voices of the Contesting Parties in the District of Kwa-Maphumulo.
- Mavundla, PS. (2018). Research Master’s degree: Parenting their children: The
- experiences of young women at Kwa-Makhutha Township in KZN.
- Adarkwa, SO. (2017). Research Master’s degree: Perceptions and experiences of taxi drivers on fatherhood in Wentworth, Durban.
