Conclusion

Abstract

The purpose of this section is to conclude and summarise the book's discussions and arguments which were presented in its various chapters. The contents in the different chapters cover various issues that impinge upon human relationships, ranging from racism, gender-based violence and families, to health care, among others. Its main premise was to decipher the manner in which healthy human relationships could be promoted through social work and social development interventions. In its concluding remarks, this chapter notes that since the dawn of democracy in 1994, South Africa has not only undergone fundamental changes, but it has in many respects been in a fluid state. Also, the country still has social and economic fissures it inherited from colonial and apartheid rule. The foregoing situation has continuously compounded many social problems which were nurtured by the unjust systems of colonialism and apartheid. This chapter ends on a grave note and ponders on the latest and most severe threat to confront humanity since the Second World War which is the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.