The School of Social Sciences is in the cutting edge of training leading social scientists who contribute greatly in the provision of much sought leadership locally, regionally and nationally. The University of Limpopo is located in the rural area and this place the School in a strategic position to ameliorate problems of poverty and under-development through the use of locally developed resources. The programmes delivered by the school have been crafted in response to the needs of the university's immediate environment as well as national imperatives.