Browsing by Subject "Zimbabwe"
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The 2013 Election in Zimbabwe: The end of an era
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)The July 31st 2013 Elections in Zimbabwe ushered in a renewed period of political domination by ZANU(PF) and its President, Robert Mugabe. This election followed five years of a SADC- facilitated Global Political Agreement ... -
Barriers to access to contraceptives for adolescent girls in rural Zimbabwe as a human rights challenge
(Routledge, 2021)Approximately 214 million women in developing countries between ages 15 and 49 have an unmet need for contraception.1 In Zimbabwe, 12% of unmarried adolescent girls have an unmet need for contraception. Contraceptive use ... -
Challenges faced by unaccompanied minor-refugees in South Africa
(Stellenbosch University, 2016)This qualitative study explored the experiences of unaccompanied minor-refugees from Zimbabwe to South Africa. Ten (10) participants, from a shelter in Limpopo Province, were selected using Purposive sampling. Five childcare ... -
The Constitutional Court of South Africa: Reinforcing an hourglass system of multi-level government
(University of Toronto Press, 2017)“The supremacy of the constitution and the rule of law” are two foundational values of South Africa’s 1996 Constitution (s. 1(c)). An independent judiciary is thus set to play a major role in interpreting and enforcing ... -
Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) response in Zimbabwe: A call for urgent scale-up of testing to meet national capacity
(Oxford University Press, 2021)Control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) heavily relies on universal access to testing in order to identify who is infected; track them to make sure they do not spread the disease further; and trace those with whom ... -
COVID-19 rapid response in a limited resource setting (notes from the field): Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe
(Haraka Publishing, 2021)COVID-19 has impacted health systems globally with varying impacts across regions. In Zimbabwe, a country with perennial problems of shortage of healthcare workers and resources, the pandemic has caused substantial strain ... -
Decentralization in Africa and the resilience of traditional authorities: Evaluating Zimbabwe’s track record
(Regional and Federal Studies, 2015)This paper looks at one of the most important endogenous factors influencing the workings of decentralization in Zimbabwe. Successive waves of formal institutional change that took place during Zimbabwe’s colonial and ... -
Decorum in nature: Impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus) dung middens follow spatial point patterns in Mukuvisi Woodland, Zimbabwe
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)Guided by the Optimum Foraging Theory,the Avoidance Concept, and assuming that the impala Aepyceros melampus melampus defecate purposevely at dung middens, we hypothe-sized that the impala’s dung midden locations do not: ... -
Decorum in nature: impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus) dung middens follow spatial point patterns in Mukuvisi Woodland, Zimbabwe
(Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2023)Guided by the Optimum Foraging Theory,the Avoidance Concept, and assuming that the impala Aepyceros melampus melampus defecate purposevely at dung middens, we hypothesized that the impala’s dung midden locations do not: ... -
Devolution and democratisation of natural resource management in southern Africa: A comparative analysis of CBNRM policy processes in Botswana and Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2007)This paper examines the policy processes of devolution and democratisation of natural resource management as they relate to community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) outcomes in Botswana and Zimbabwe. Devolution ... -
Dietary patterns and colorectal cancer risk in Zimbabwe: A population based case-control study
(Elsevier, 2018)BACKGROUND: The rising incidence of colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa may be partly caused by changing dietary patterns. We sought to establish the association between dietary patterns and colorectal cancer in ... -
Digital technologies and sustainable livestock systems in rural communities
(John Wiley & Sons, 2017)The 43rd Committee on World Food Security (CFS) convention reiterated the importance of livestock towards eliminating food insecurity across the globe. Livestock provides extensive services and products which are critical ... -
Dilemmas and paradoxes in providing and changing antenatal care: A study of nurses and midwives in rural Zimbabwe
(Oxford University Press, 2005)This paper describes the experiences of caregivers in a rural district in Zimbabwe, in caring for pregnant women within a context of changing antenatal care routines. Data were generated using individual interviews with ... -
Dirty money as legal fees in Namibia and Zimbabwe: are lawyers laundering proceeds of crime?
(Emarald Publishing, 2020)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the contentious issue whether lawyers become launderers when they accept dirty money as legal fees. Lawyers represent criminal defendants who may wish to pay for their ... -
Dirty money as legal fees in Namibia and Zimbabwe: are lawyers laundering proceeds of crime?
(Emerald, 2020)The purpose of this paper is to explore the contentious issue whether lawyers become launderers when they accept dirty money as legal fees. Lawyers represent criminal defendants who may wish to pay for their legal fees ... -
Effect of landscape pattern and spatial configuration of vegetation patches on urban warming and cooling in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe
(Bellweather Publishing, 2021)The spatial configuration of vegetation patches in the landscape has implications for the provision of ecosystem services, human adaptation to climate change, enhancement, or mitigation of urban heat island. Until recently, ... -
Enhancing local governance through local initiatives: Residents' associations in Zimbabwe
(Academic Journals, 2011)Residents associations are a local initiative by residents within a specific community. Through residents associations, citizens have been able to keep local authorities in check and to demand accountability. With the ... -
Exclusion through defined membership in people-centered natural resources management: Who defines?
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2005)This paper investigates how community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) has determined membership to rights over forestry and wildlife resources in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The legal frameworks in these ... -
Factors influencing sustainability of communally-managed waterfacilities in rural areas of Zimbabwe
(Elsevier, 2017)Sustainability of point water facilities is a major development challenge in many rural settings ofdeveloping countries not sparing those in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. This study was done inZimbabwe to investigate the ... -
Fine-scale multi-temporal and spatial analysis of agricultural drought in agro-ecological regions of Zimbabwe
(Taylor & Francis, 2022)This study utilised multi-temporal satellite data to characterize droughts across the five Agro-ecological zones (AEZ) of Zimbabwe at monthly, seasonal, sub-seasonal and annual scales (2000 to 2018) using a combination of ...