ABSTRACT This dissertation was undertaken with the purpose of finding out new revenue generating sources that ZINWA can implement to alleviate the expanding funding gap at the organization .The research sought to determine the possibility of ZINWA in engaging in aquaculture and public private partnership to increase revenue .Literature review was given with regard to the potential revenue sources. An investigation by use of questionnaires and interviews, to get the opinion of employees at ZIN...
ABSTRACT The research seeks to explore the aspect of entrenching ethics in Zimbabwean Rural Local Authorities. The research study was influenced by a high rise of corruption and related unethical practices within the Local Government system which are greatly militating against the provision of efficient and effective service delivery. The research sought to identify; the unethical practices prevalent at Gutu Rural District Council (GRDC), to analyse the measures put in place to enforce ethica...
ABSTRACT The study examined the causes of a decline in profitability. The key objective of most businesses is to get a profit. Making profit in business environment usually indicate a healthy business. A favorable effect of business that generates profits is the ability for the company to expand and grow its operations. The study is an analysis of the causes of the decline in Profitability at Innscor Bread Company in Harare. A number of problems in the company performance were experienced whi...
ABSTRACT The research investigated the challenges faced by NGOs in promoting youth development using the case study of Mutare Rural District in Zimbabwe. A developing country like that of Zimbabwe,past decades have revealed an extreme expansion in the growth of Non- governmental organisational sector both in social, economic and political spheres. NGOs are non-profit and humanitarian aid agencies that are devoted to the uplifting of lives of the poor, underprivileged, marginalized and underde...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the impact of cost control on the financial performance of ZETDC. The population sample was drawn from 33 employees of the organisation and stratified random sampling was used to come up with a sample of 20 workers. The results showed that cost control enhances financial performance through better decision making. However, the company has been denied by regulatory authorities to implement some of its decisions necessitated by cost control. Cost contr...
ABSTRACT The research ought to assess the market recovery strategies to boost sales by Zimpapersl.t.d. these are the strategies that were adopted by Zimpapers after feeling the market share which was decreasing at an increasing rate covering the period as from 2012-2014. The major sources used were Kotler, P (2001), Sudarsanam, S. and Lai, J. (2001, and Schoenberg,RCollierN and Bowman,C (2013). A descriptive research design was adopted on a sample of 80 respondents in the following apportionm...
ABSTRACT This study was meant to realise and uncover the effectiveness of rebranding on consumer purchasing decisions, with Grain Marketing Board as the case study. The objectives set aimed to assess the impact of the new package and logo of the products, to assess the perceptions of consumers towards new packages as well as to establish the factors that may hinder the success of rebranding. Relevant literature regarding the topic under study was researched and reviewed. This included schola...
ABSTRACT An experiment on the effect of different storage techniques on taro and tannia corms was carried out in a 2x5 factorial in a complete block design(CBD) replicated three times. Taro and tannia crops and the factors are different storage techniques. The techniques include refrigeration, heap covered with maize stalks, ash smeared corms, pit storage and corms stored under room temperature conditions. Taro and tannia corms were stored for 18 weeks after being cured using the same techniq...
Abstract The Iona Skeleton Coast Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA), straddling the border between Angola and Namibia, has suffered through decades of civil war and poaching. While this history has been detrimental to the community of large mammals in the TFCA, data collected on the mammal populations are insufficient to enable effective management. Survey methods such as aerial counts and community-based monitoring have various shortcomings. Therefore camera trapping, which has become ...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to explore the gendered differentiated effects of climate change on men and women in the Dambakurima ward of Muzarabani District in Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe. The study further examines the gendered adaptation measures adopted by men and women in order to cope and survive in the context of climate change. The study is largely grounded in qualitative research methodology and it utilizes a triangulation of data collection instruments that included intervi...
ABSRACT Climate change is among the most contemporary issues affecting many people in several parts of the word. In view of climate change and gender it can be noted that it has contributed immensely to change in carrying out of masculine livelihood strategies by men in rural communities. This is so because most men are usually bread winners of families, and the effects are more pronounced in rural areas since there is dependency on natural resources or environment in addition to climate ch...
ABSTRACT Adolescent girls between the ages of 14 and 19 are at higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections including human immunodeficiency virus, unintended pregnancies associated with early and unsafe sexual habits. This has resulted in the researcher attempting to identify factors leading to sexual risk behaviors in Bafana ward 8 which can assist in coming with new strategies that can reduce the in withprevalence of high risky sexual practices and reductions in the spread of...
ABSTRACT This research serves the purpose of revealing the survival mechanisms or response strategies that Hama community employed amidst of climate change manifestation. The study delved the various key segments namely environment, agriculture, water, health and energy which are important for human survival highlighted in the Zimbabwe National Climate Change Response Strategy (ZNCCRS, 2013). The research encompassed two crucial elements with regards to survival mechanisms adopted by the comm...
ABSTRACT This study examined Zimbabwe’s disaster preparedness and management mechanisms. It used the Tokwe Mukosi floods as a case study. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study had discussions with key stakeholders at provincial, district and community level as well as randomly sampled households. Quantitative Household Questionnaires and Qualitative Key Informant Interviews were used to collect the data. The study established that Zimbabwe’s disaster m...
ABSTRACT Due to difficulties with limited financial resources available to operators of the market, there is no doubt of an increase in credit transactions as they will be trying to have a sale but there are effects that follow depending on the firm’s management of debtors. DHL Zimbabwe has been facing higher financial challenges as it has been experiencing a rapid increase in bad debts written off and a continuous decrease in revenue thus threatening its cash flows and performance. Theref...