ABSTRACT This research was on the nature of self-esteem and resilience amongst orphans in Kadoma-Patchway Mashonaland West.The purpose of the study was to reveal the nature of self-esteem and resilience amongst orphans and to find out if the two had relationship. Problems in self evaluations and adjustments to life situation after losing parents amongst orphans motivated the researcher to study on orphans. Age, gender, age at time of loss and strong and weak peer family network appeared to be...
ABSTRACT This research seeks to examine the upholding of employee rights in Zimbabwe and to see what has been done to promote employee rights particularly in the private security sector. After there were widespread reports of unfair labour practices in the country with employers taking advantage of the economic crises in the country to abuse employee rights. The abuse of employee rights dates back to the colonial era and even after independence which had been achieved with the support of trad...
ABSTRACT Tobacco farming as an agricultural development issue, has been identified among others as an important theme to study the relationship of its production to deforestation. This study was carried out in Tutuo ward, Sikonge district in Tabora region to assess land use changes due to switch from tobacco to sunflower as an alternative cash crop; and its influence on deforestation. The villages namely Usanganya, Mole and Tutuo were involved. Household questionnaire, checklists, participant...
ABSTRACT Over a period of time many obstacles that comprises of high taxes and rates,long registration and licensing process and policy adjustments has continuosly mystified in both urban and rural local authorities in Zimbabwe. These challenges have futher potrayed the Zimbabwean local governance in a bad picture creating an environment that is non favourable in doing business. It is the main pupose of this study to analyse the E.O.D.B.P in detail and its impact on LED using Vungu RDC as the...
ABSTRACT Pugu Forest Reserve is a coastal forest covering an area of 2,410 hectares; but has been significantly altered by on-going extraction and conversion to other land uses which releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere thus making the forest a net emitter of the greenhouse gases. Though some empirical data exist regarding carbon storage in African coastal forests, little has been done to assess and quantify the carbon stocks and emissions associated with deforestation and/or degradat...
ABSTRACT The main focus of the research was on the socio-economic impact of quarry mining on surrounding communities. The research focused on Mutoko district’s ward 7 which is where Natural Stone Exporting Company is situated. The research was aimed at establishing strategies and means to enable the community to benefit from its natural finite resource. The research aimed at identifying and assessing the impacts of the operations of Natural Stone Exporting Company and to establish the effec...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of Integrated Reporting on company performance in the banking sector in Zimbabwe with CBZ, ZB and NMB as the cases of study. While Integrated reporting is the way of reporting being adopted by many companies since its inception by the Integrated Reporting Council in 2011, the link between the its adoption and the improvement of the performance of banks that adopted it still remains a grey area. Indeed many studies have predominantly ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the causes and effects of domestic violence on the survivors in Makusha, Shurugwi. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used in gathering the essential data related to this study. This included the use of questionnaires as well as in-depth interviews. The study was guided with Structuration and the Social learning theories as they help with relevant theoretical perspectives. The study‟s findings confirmed that the major causes...
ABSTRACT The researcher in this study assesses the leadership practices of headteachers in successful secondary schools in Windhoek, specifically as it is compared to the annual performance of grade10 learners at the participating schools. The researcher reveals the relationship between the leadership practices of principals and their ability to be transformational, distributed and instructional in their leadership behaviors. The researcher further explores the characteristics of ef...
ABSTRACT The Zimbabwean banking sector has experienced turbulent times resulting in the closure of many commercial banks due to liquidity problems or shortages which has also had its repercussions, as many people lost faith in the formal banking sector due to such uncertainty and perceived risks. The main aim of this research study was to investigate the effects of mobile money transfer services on traditional banking services offered by banks. A case of BancABC. The objectives of this study ...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to determine the contribution of palm craft materials to household income in Western lowland zone of Mwanga district. Data was collected by social economic survey and field inventory. The social economic survey involved interviewing sampled respondents in households, sellers and customers of palm craft materials and products in the market place and discussion with focus groups. Information gathered was type of species, quantity harvested, type of products prod...
ABSTRACT The study of the response of sediment yield to land use and land cover changes is quite critical for watershed management and policy formulation. This research investigated the effect of land use and land cover changes to sediment yield from upper Sebakwe and upper Nyazvidzi sub catchments. Changes in land use and land cover were determined by the use of Landsat Thematic Mapper ™ imagery for years 1984, 1994, 2004 and 2010 using ArcMapTM 10 tool. Sediment yield resulting from the l...
ABSTRACT This study focused on credit risk management for salaries loans to government employees using a case of Tanzania Postal Bank (TPB). It aimed at examining how the Bank grants loans to employees in public owned institutions, identifying the trend of non-performing loans (NPLs) at TPB, finding out the reasons behind the rising problem of non-repayment of loans and examining measures that could solve the problem of non-performing loans. Interviews, questionnaires and observation were u...
ABSTRACT The research was used for the analysis and the impact of purchasing and supply strategies implemented by Parracombe packaging and its effect on the financial performance of the firm.The tremendous decline in revenue, cash flow movements, the reduced financial performance and the financial position of the firm made a way for a research to be undertaken. The researcher was conducted with reference to literature that was already done. Closed ended questionnaires and interviews were used...
ABSTRACT The Purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of collaborative technology such as social media influence on employee performance in the workplace. The research examines the positive and negative effects of social media on employee performance and its variables which include knowledge, skills, motivation and productivity and elaborate on the opportunities and threats for organisations that are presented by the use of social media in the workplace. The researcher was guide...