title: Foster care in Soweto, South Africa: under assault from a politically hostile environment.
abstract: Institutionalized discrimination has progressively eroded the formerly cohesive black family structure in South Africa, resulting in an increased need for alternative care for black children, as shown most prominently in South Africa's most populous black urban area. Foster care's inherent problems are compounded not only by apartheid but also by the political unrest in the country. This article offers a profile of Sowetan foster families and the problems they face.
authors.affiliation: Johannesburg Child Welfare Society, South Africa.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mabusela
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003906:Developing Countries; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D011287:Prejudice; D013019:South Africa