Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the socio-cultural and economic dynamics of displacement of the inhabitants of Tokwe-Mukosi valley after the floods of 2014. In February 2014 nearly 3500 families living at Tokwe and Mukosi village abandoned their ancestral land following heavy flooding from the incomplete Tokwe-Mukosi dam. The dam was constructed to boost agriculture production in Masvingo province thus to improve food security in the country. However, it resulted in the displace...
ABSTRACT This study examined the reasons for the exclusion of women in leadership in three Botswana private schools found in the city of Francistown. In this study, a case study design was used as a strategy to conduct the practical aspects of this research. The study was informed by the mixed method research design. Interviews and questionnaires were research tools that were used to collect data for this study. Questionnaires had closed and open ended questions. The population comprised of t...
ABSTRACT The Nyanga archaeological complex has been linked to a number of contemporary ethnic groups that include the Saunyama. These groups have been accredited to as the terrace builders of the complex but however this has been mostly perpetuated on the basis of incomplete archaeological inquiry and oral traditions. Such a scenario is the case of the Saunyama where archaeologists and historians have developed the archaeological identity of the Saunyama in relation to the Nyanga complex on t...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to use the Lotka-Volterra competition model to analyse the competition for market supremacy among the three Zimbabwean telecommunication companies namely, Econet, NetOne and Telecel. The parameters of the model are estimated using Genetic Algorithms. Firms’ market shares have been used to reflect the competition among them. Estimation of market equilibriums and testing of the stability has been performed in this study and it has been shown that the long...
There has been an increasing concern by the tourism and sports stakeholders to develop sports tourism in Zimbabwe. There are fears escalating that the organisations and the country lose a lot of potential benefits because of failure to fully recognise and give adequate attention to sports tourism which is tourism multibillion niche. This research therefore sought to undertake an analysis of sports tourism in Zimbabwe, realising were the country stand as compared to other nations that particip...
Abstract This research is about media experience and contemporary Public Relations (PR) practice. It entails how media experience preferably as a journalist aids to the works of a PR practitioner. In the practice of contemporary PR there are skills that are therefore expected to package an ideal PR practitioner of today, this study then comes in to unveil them. There have been current developments in the practice of PR due to the advent of technology thus one has to keep abreast on the expect...
ABSTRACT This study explores the experiences of white females in Rhodesia during the liberation war. For this purpose, ParticiaChater’sCrossing the Boundary Fence (1991), Sylvia Bond Smith’s Ginette (1980) and Nancy Partridge’s To Breathe and Wait (1986) have been selected as they fit in well in the context of experiences faced by white women during the liberation war. The feminist literary approach is used as it examines the experiences of white females in the context of the Zimbabwean...
Abstract There has been general consensus that regional integration is the way forward for underdeveloped countries and in particular those in Southern Africa. While it is true that regional integration is the solution to some if not many of the problems being faced by these countries as seen from successful integration initiatives in Europe for example the European Union (EU), very few scholars focus on the challenges of regionalism and regional integration in Southern Africa. The study focu...
Abstract The study looks at the representation of adult characters in Zimbabwean Children’s literature. It mainly focused on the depiction of women from various geographical settings. Issues affecting the representation of women were therefore brought to light from a feminist literary perspective. Children’s literary works which include Hanson’s Takadini, Sigogo’s Visit to the Gods and Hozo’s Tapiwa and the Kidnappers were used as the basis of the research.
ABSTRACT This study explores how the jokes and cartoons that are circulated on WhatsApp fuel/challenge ethnic prejudices between the Shonas and Ndebeles. Ethnic differences and tensions which escalate into conflict between Shona and Ndebele ethinic groups date back to the pre-colonial period. Social media networks particularly WhatsApp seem to have presented the two groups with an opportunity to entrench or question these negative attitudes between them. To assess the way new social networkin...
TABLE OF CONTENTS I.DECLARATION II.DEDICATION III.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IV.SUMMARY CHAPTER 1 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………… 1 1.2 Background of the study…………………………………………………………………….. 2 1.3 Statement of the problem……………………………………………………………………...4 1.4 Objective of the study…………………………………………�...
Abstract Discourses framing football reflect dominant, possibly, contesting „truths‟, which themselves are linked to power relations and struggles within a given society. This study analyses the framing of the Zimbabwe men‟ national football team (popularly known as The Zimbabwe Warriors) in The Sunday Mail, The Patriot and the Daily News on Sunday from March 2015 to April 2016. The three newspapers were purposively selected for being weeklies with a national coverage. A comparative ana...
Abstract This research is a study on the history of the Mutare Museum which was opened to the public in 1964 but this study focus from its humble beginnings from 1954 up to the contemporary period. The research shows the success and failures of the museum throughout its existence. Through an analysis of interviews and oral sources the research presents the chronological summary of the museum. The establishment of the museum was first established as private entity by the colonialist but was la...
Abstract The study aims to analyse the causes of irregular remuneration, employee coping strategies in an environment of irregular remuneration and identification of the most and least effective coping strategies. Irregular remuneration is caused by various factors such as mismanagement of funds and economic meltdown. Without elimination of the causes of irregular remuneration employees are forced to engage in various activities for survival by trying to eliminate the problem or employing str...
Abstract The purpose of this research was to analyse the uptake of agricultural insurance services by the agricultural sector for sustainable socio economic development in Zimbabwe. The research covered the period of 2000 to 2015. The research focused on A1 and A2 farmers which consisted of subsistence and small-medium scale commercial farmers. Agriculture is a risky enterprise due to its cyclical nature, risk of loss from fires and natural disasters. The researcher established that agricultu...