ABSTRACT The study investigates the effectiveness of the youth revolving fund in alleviating poverty in Zimbabwe. This will be brought about through using a case study of the Youth Agenda Trust’s involvement in Zengeza Suburbs from the period 2007-2014. The researcher made use of the questionnaires and interviews to collect data. A purposeful sample was used in choosing the beneficiaries of the youth revolving fund. Interviews were also conducted with the beneficiaries of the youth revolvin...
ABSTRACT “Local Government is the heart and soul of any Government for the people and by the people. It is through local authorities that a country’s development is realized. Every investor has to work with local authorities for taxation, rates and other services offered in both rural and urban areas” (Harare Residents’ Trust 2017). This study seeks to recommend how Local Governments can improve their role in promoting Local Development by using the Developmental model of Local Govern...
ABSTRACT The Nigerian banking industry has witnessed major changes in the number of participating banks during the period 2000-2012, as it moved from pre-consolidation regime to government-induced and, lately, to market-led consolidation period, with no clear indication of impact on concentration, competition and profitability. This study empirically examines, if changes in structure, proxied by bank concentration and measured by the HerfindahlHirshman Index (HHI), have effect on the degree ...
ABSTRACT The Zimbabwean urban LAs are facing a lot of challenges in service delivery due to a number of reasons but financial constraints being the major cause. The main focus of the research study was on water supply and wastewater management in urban areas and the impact they pose on human health, the case of Chiredzi town. The study sought to achieve the following objectives; to determine the impacts of poor water supply and waste water management on human health” , to identify the relat...
ABSTRACT This research seeks to analyze the contribution of the informal sector to the urban social and economic development particularly the furniture manufacturing industries in Glenview area 8.the furniture manufacturing complex was established by the government in 2005 after the devastating Operation Murambatsvina as a compensatory measure to the victims of the clean-up campaign. The government constructed the complex after they realized that many people were left with no sources of incom...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Facebook marketing on firm competitiveness in the Real Estate Sector in Zimbabwe focusing on Trevor Dollar Real Estate Gweru Branch’s case. The objectives of the study were to ascertain the role of Facebook advertising on increasing company profit, to assess the importance of Facebook engagement on firm’s market share and to assess the influence of Facebook publicity on enhancing corporate image. Literature of Fac...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in order to assess the effectiveness of revenue collection strategies employed by local authority using Beitbridge Town Council (B.T.C) as a case study. The main objective of the research was to analyze the revenue collection strategies employed by council and evaluate or to judge to what extent did those strategies managed to improve revenue collection at B.T.C. the research revealed that B.T.C used debt collection method, the use of Information Communication...
ABSTRACT This paper investigated on the use of Coaching for Performance as a tool for employee bonus allocations in an organisation. The argument was based on the over expenditures being experienced at World Vision Zimbabwe on bonus payments every year. The performance measurement tool in use at World Vision Zimbabwe was evaluated and its practicability on offices in the organisation that provide services that cannot be measured quantitatively was evaluated. The paper discussed the practicabi...
ABSTRACT The effects of recession has seen many companies in Zimbabwe going through financial distress. Having seen that the company is now under financial distress, the stakeholders seek methods of resuscitating their operations. The methods sought are either judicial management, bailout or scheme of arrangement. The main objective of this research was to analyze the challenges of judicial management as a resuscitation tool for distressed companies in Harare District. Literature in the field...
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of competition on the financial performance of MBC Accounting Services (Pvt) Ltd. It was prompted by the noted decline in the annual profits and gradual decreases in the clientele base from the year 2013 to 2016 despite efforts by management to improve the financial performance. Methodology The study was conducted on a survey descriptive approach which uses quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. A census of 19 ques...
ABSTRACT The study strengthens the role played by Ndau taboos, folklore and sacredness in biodiversity conservation. The belief systems’ relevance and resilience around conserved landscapes / sites is symbolic and a reality when contrasted with other open landscapes across the same community where unregulated human activity is common. The latter depict landscapes under degradation with soil erosion leading to loss of arable land and biodiversity. This research paper therefore highlights con...
ABSTRACT The research was conducted to establish the effectiveness of export incentives in revitalising business competitiveness in an organisation (A case study of the Zimbabwe tourism industry). It was conducted after the researcher noticed the decline in competitiveness in the tourism industry which was mainly due to the 2014-2015 Ebola crisis, deterioration of major Zimbabwean manufacturing industries which were providing raw material inputs to the industry as well as the banning of impor...
Abstract This study sought to evaluate the extent to which the SMEs sector has contributed towards the livelihood options of marginalized women in Harare. This group was chosen firstly because women world over have the greatest burden of taking care of the family but are sidelined in the development process as they have limited access to opportunities compared to men preventing them from fending for their families. Focus was put on Harare because past research seems to be mostly biased toward...
ABSTRACT The core principle behind this research was to carry out an “An investigation on the operations of Income generating projects on the overall performance of a Local Authority” A case study of Chipinge Rural District Council. Chipinge Rural council is local authority with the mandate of governing, administer the affairs and service delivery to the district populace. In line with the amendments made by central government to reduce grants to local authorities, the local authority the...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to examine the effectiveness of rehabilitation of female prisoner in Zimbabwe in case of Chikurubi Female Prison.in particular this include the rehabilitation mechanisms which were introduced at Chikurubi with the purpose of reforming inmates and to prepare them for the reintegration process. The rehabilitation mechanisms include vocational training which involves programmes such as hairdressing, cosmetology, chicken rearing, tailoring, secretariat, k...