ABSTRACT Malaria disease remains a major health burden to the world; infecting 350-500 million people and killing over 1 million each year. Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) Report identifies African countries as the worst hit, accounting for about 90% of the global deaths, with Nigeria representing one quarter of the continent’s malaria burden. Pregnant women and Children under the age of five mostly in Africa are the most vulnerable group. Over the past few decades, global interest in mal...
ABSTRACT The study was based on employee perception of grievance management with its link to workplace justice, a case study of City Of Harare Council. The research was qualitative in nature; henceforth descriptive research design was employed. Moreover the research was carried out with seventeen participants to represent the population and data was collected using face to face in-depth interviews. To add more the data collected was presented using verbatim and then the results were ultimatel...
Abstract The issue of land in Zimbabwe for residential and other purposes has remained a contested terrain between the poor communities and government since the days of the colonial era up to now. The wrangle has seen the subaltern fighting losing battles with the authorities over land. In the 2015/2016 period, government demolished settlements in Harare claiming that they were illegally built on land invaded by land barons and sold to unsuspecting home seekers. Such issues did not escape the...
ABSTRACT This study is in the area of literal studies. This study focuses on the Manifestation of self- hatred in Mabvumira enhetembo published by Literature Bureau during colonial period. This study is driven by Afrocentricity that seeks to revive and resurrect African culture and African philosophies of life. Couched and guided with Afrocentricity, the study also relies on the information obtained from respondents acquired through interviews and questionnaires. The research participants inc...
ABSTRACT Zimbabwe is rated as one of the poorest countries in the world, a scary fact considering that the country is endowed with vast mineral resources like diamonds, natural gas and gold which if effectively used could make it have one of the strongest economies on the continent. In order to make this possible, there is a need to ensure that growth at a local level is fostered by the central government and this growth should be uniform so as to ensure that there is no concentration of deve...
ABSTRACT This study focused on marine fisheries data collection, management and utilization which diminished the ability of fisheries to be effectively managed and leading to under-reporting. The Delphi methodology was selected as the most appropriate means to achieve the goals and objectives of this study because it provided a way to solicit and gain consensus by experts on Namibian fisheries data collection and management. The major findings were mostly the low interest of stakeholders in t...
ABSTRACT This study sought to analyze inclusive education in Harare Northern Central District: Policy versus Implementation. The main research question sought the knowledge gaps between inclusive education policies and their implementation. Sub-questions drawn from the main question were asked to solicit data from school heads. Phenomenological research design was employed while a Purposive Criterion Sampling was used to come up with three school heads and nine teachers. An interview guide an...
ABSTRACT The study focuses on religion and child marriages from 1917-2015. Case of Johane Marange Apostolic Sect of Chihota communal areas. The study reveals the background to the history of child marriages in Zimbabwe from the pre-colonial period which reveals that child marriages has got an African traditional-cultural origin. There are a lot of consequences of the Johane Marange Sect‟s marriage practices which includes illiteracy, abuse of women and poor health outcomes as a result of th...
Abstract The study set out to explore the discourses in the column Chronicles from the Second Chimurenga in The Sunday Mail .The intention was to find out if it is nationalistic historiography or patriotic history or both histories being propagated on the Column Chronicles from the Second Chimurenga .The theoretical framework of the study is informed by the framing theory and concepts of nationalistic historiography and patriotic history .Methodologically the study is grounded in the qualitat...
ABSTRACT In an ever-increasingly global age, the world has become dependent on the internet for communication purposes and transacting, the internet has become a conduit through which people exercise realise their rights. The internet provides enhanced connectivity of persons and offers a platform for free expression. The internet has further become a conduit through which individuals can realise the right to freedom of expression. Autocratic governments that feel threatened by the difficulty...
ABSTRACT This study explores ways of enhancing performance management processes at the Directorate of Customs and Excise (DCE) within the Ministry of Finance (MoF) of the government of the Republic of Namibia. It investigates critical factors that accelerate employee performance and exposes some of the challenges that hinder the effective implementation of performance management processes in DCE. It is important to explore performance measurements and strategies that could be employed by DCE ...
ABSTRACT This research is an examination of the use of Children’s texts prescribed for Zimbabwean Junior high schools as historical narratives. This is an angle which has not been adequately explored as most of the texts in the Zimbabwean junior High curriculum are often valued for their didactic contribution while ignoring their historical value altogether. The research will also attempt to establish what kind of history is being narrated in the texts and whose history it is by examining w...
ABSTRACT This thesis seeks to address the role of satire in stand-up comedy in exposing socio-political issues and injustices. The study used the semiotics theory which primarily studies on the significance of signs and symbols in conveying meaning, the semiotic theory worked hand in hand in complementing one another with the audience receptive theory which explores how individuals interpret the same text conveyed within a performance. Through humour comedians can say anything political sarca...
SHUKRANI Shukrani za awali ziende kwa Mwenyezi Mungu, muumba wa viumbe vyote, kwa kunisaidia kwa uwezo wake mkubwa kunilinda na kunipa afya katika kipindi chote cha kufanya utafiti huu mpaka ukakamilika. Shukrani nyingine ni kwa msimamizi wangu wa utafiti huu Dkt. Muhammed Seif Khatib kwa kuniongoza, kunishauri na kunipa changamoto mbalimbali za kutafuta taarifa zaidi na zaidi. Mungu mzidishie baraka na kumlinda na mabaya yote ya dunia. Wahadhiri wangu wote kwa kuwa nao pamoja tangu mwanzo w...