ABSTRACT This study attempted to explore the security implications of oil exploration on the socio-economic activities in south Lokichar basin, Turkana County, Kenya. Motivation for the study was drawn from manifest disputes between the county government and the national government on the exploration, extraction, production sharing of Oil benefits. This study was based on the Resource curse theory and Environmental justice theory. The research objectives were; to analyse the security implicat...
ABSTRACT While the topical areas of hospitality service provision have been systematically investigated for the general travelling public, universal accessibility to include people with disabilities has been widely ignored. This descriptive study, attempts to provide some insights into this phenomenon. An analysis of strategic universal accessibility implementation in Zimbabwe’ hotel sector was done. Self administered questionnaires and personal interviews were used to gather data from the ...
ABSTRACT The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 93 million children around the world are living with moderate to severe disability of one kind or another. Although education is considered by the United Nations (UN) as a basic human right, implications of education policies on learners with disabilities on enrolment seem to have attracted limited attention. In Kenya, for instance, the National Special Needs Education Policy (NSNEP) is in place to ensure, among other thing...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to establish the impact of government subsidy on the performance of companies in the cotton industry in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean cotton industry had collapsed to production levels of 9 500 tonnes in year 2014 and the government of Zimbabwe intervened by subsidising cotton farmers through free Presidential inputs support scheme. The costs associated with financing cotton farming, processing it into cotton seeds and lint has proven to be very high and unsustainable to c...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the effect of mobile financial services on households in a cash strapped society. This research was prompted by the increase in usage of mobile money services due to increasing mobile penetration and internet usage in the Zimbabwean society. It was expected that with increase in use of mobile phones would assist in reducing the need for cash by integrating mobile phone usage and mobile money transfer as the country is experiencing liquidity challenges. Evidence i...
vi ABSTRACT The cost of energy has a significant bearing on the performance of economy of societies , thus management of energy resources is crucial . The available energy resources should be utilised more effectively with minimum incremental costs. In Zimbabwe the electricity generation , transmission and distribution industry aims to ensure minimum disruptions in power supply . The industry is characterised with zero tolerance for mistakes as the equipment involved is highly valued. The ind...
Abstract The study seeks to examine the various challenges faced by the Swaziland Revenue Authority (SRA) in the ISO 9001 certification process. ISO 9001 is a Quality Management System standard that provides a series of guidelines on how to establish a quality system to manage business processes that affect its product or services. Organizations use the standard to demonstrate the ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements. A review of...
Abstract This study investigated the problem of stagnation in career development for commissioned officers in the Namibian Defence Force (NDF). The study examined the hypothetical assumptions that commissioned officers especially those who are educated regard career development and progression processes in the NDF as stagnant, and the implementation of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Personnel Policies as inconsistent. Thus, they are likely to become frustrated and to resign, because of lack of...
ABSTRACT HIV / AIDS pandemic poses health a security threat to soldiers of any country in the world. In Namibia, soldiers of NDF at (Suiderhof) 21 Brigade are not spared to this pandemic. At Suiderhof military base where this study was conducted; HIV / AIDS workplace programme is being executed in various preventive activities. Despite HIV / AIDS workplace preventive activities in place, incidences of HIV / AIDS related illnesses are still afflicting health challenges in this unit. It is agai...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken, firstly to explore and describe women inclusion and participation in executive and commanding positions in the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), and secondly made recommendations on how they (women) could be empowerment to participate fully in power positions. Using descriptive and exploratory methods with both quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection, interpretation and analysis, the study discovered, despite Government interventions with gende...
ABSTRACT Energy (electricity) is the backbone of an economy. However, Namibia is facing a serious deficit as far as energy generation is concerned. Globally, electricity is generated from different sources, essentially to make up for the shortage of resources which is in short supply like dams for hydro power and reactors for nuclear power. Being a developing country, Namibia is not in a financial position to have an independent electricity generation capacity to meet his demand. The Khomas R...
Abstract This research was carried out to determine the community‟s insight of the Namibian Defence Force under the title “Community Insights of the Namibian Defence Force: An Investigative Study of the Khomas Region”. The research carried out a theoretical study in the concerned area and the study used the qualitative research methodology and interview questions were used as a research instrument for collecting data and the responses collected were analysed qualitatively. The main resu...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to gauge the public’s perception of the Namibian Defence Force under the title “Public Perceptions of the Namibian Defence Force: An Explanatory Study of the Khomas Region”. The objectives of the study were to identify the roles played by the Namibian Defence Force in promoting public trust and the challenges it faced in promoting this trust; to assess the perceptions and knowledge of the people in the Khomas Region regarding the roles of the Namibian ...