ABSTRACT Over 8,000 skill based graduates and artisans were trained during 2011-2012 from various Vocational Education and Training (VET) Centres in Namibia. Despite the skills gained and government spending of more than N$270mill during the 2012 /13 financial year, graduates fail to start businesses. The overall objective of this research study was to establish which factors influence skills based graduates and artisans to start a business, by answering three questions. This study assessed t...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of debt finance on financial performance of a firm using City of Mutare as a case. City of Mutare adopted debt financing in order to enhance their financial performance but their trend analysis illustrated a decline in profit margins at an average rate of 45.03% per annum since 2014, this motivated the researcher to carry out this study.The study employed a mixed approach in carrying out the study which include both quantitative a...
ABSTRACT Child labour has become a societal problem globally which calls for attention from different institutions. International as well as national instruments have been put in place trying to address the phenomenon however, it still remains on the increase. As a result of the research the root causes of the problem was discovered to be poverty as well as orphans and vulnerable children who are now child headed because of HIV and AIDS. The major reasons of the study was to determine type of...
ABSTRACT Tomato production is being limited especially during the rainy season due to the incidence of fruit rotting due to pest and disease attack. Due to the aforementioned limitation, modification of microclimate by trellising can assist improve crop yield. A 5*2 plus control factorial experiment in a randomized complete block design with three replications was carried out at Chiredzi Research Station in the 2013/14 rainy season in an open field environment to study the effects of timing a...
ABSTRACT The political-theological problem has been a hot air since Ancient Greece philosophy until the modern political philosophers ranging from Weber, Machiavelli, Nieschtze, Marx among others who declared the death of the religion on the public sphere and being buried by modernity and secularism in the private sphere. The philosophers went on to predict the vanishing of religion even in the private sphere at an earlier stage than now. With the religious groups gaining prominence in the pu...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study research was to determine the impact of debt finance on financial performance using a case of a company in the telecommunications sector and which is not quoted at the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange: TelOne Pvt Ltd. The major issue that gave rise and prompted the researcher to study across this area was the increased levels in debt funding of projects in the organisation of which no increase in financial performance was being marked. The study employed a mixe...
ABSTRACT Ineffective budgeting and budgetary controls in nonprofit organisations have impacted negatively in sourcing funds to carry out humanitarian Aid. Ineffective budgetary controls in non profit organisations has also affected the implementations of projects and has left most vulnerable persons helpless as the organisations fail to secure more funding. The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of budgeting and budgetary control in sourcing funds in nonprofit organizatio...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate on donor funding on the performance of Goal Zimbabwe. The study was prompted by the noted decrease in funds, decrease in donors and increasing administration costs during the period 2012 to 2015. The research explored a body of literature for a further exhaustive knowledge of donor funding policies that the company may adopt to solicit funds and ensure survival as the industry is now characterized with great competition. The research conducted a census...
ABSTRACT The research aims at investigating the effects of urban sprawl on spatial planning. Many Local authorities in Zimbabwe are suffering the consequences of urban sprawls and illegal settlements. These consequences vary from being environmental, social, political or economic. The research will undertake a literature review of the wider topic and identifies a number of aspects that are likely to affect spatial planning. Information is obtained from Chitungwiza Municipality, a Local Author...
ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to make an analysis into the effects of downsizing as a measure of cost containment on company performance and to make relevant suggestions to mitigate the shortfalls. Forty-two questionnaires and five interviews were used as data collection instruments necessary for collection of data. Primary and secondary sources were both used to obtain data. The use of literature as well as findings obtained from data collected revealed that downsizing in most cases ...
ABSTRACT The process of globalization has permeated every sphere of human activity, most notably in the arena of economic globalization. Economic globalization encompasses the integration of national economies into the international economy through trade, foreign direct investment, capital flows and migration. The benefits of globalization are numerous such as foreign direct investments and portfolio flows that engender accelerated economic growth both in the advanced and the emerging economi...
ABSTRACT Since Zimbabwe’s political independence in 1980, the government has been making efforts of trying to raise the living standards of the young people through various means. However, because of a variety of challenges and other factors like colonial policies, national divisions, illiteracy, selfishness and a poorly performing economy amongst others, unemployment has continued to affect the youths in Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe youth constitute a large percentage of the population but they w...
ABSTRACT Fasciolosis is a zoonotic disease of economic importance caused fasciola speciesand intermediate host Lymnaeid natalensis. The research aims to bring awareness to the farmers on the economic effects of fasciolosis in the beef production as well as its economic effects to the public health .A study to investigate the prevalence of fasciolosis and its associated risk factors was carried out at Koala park abattoir in Chiredzi district Zimbabwe. A total of 20553 cattle were delivered at ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to examine the psychological and social predictors of burnout among nurses employed at the public hospital in Gweru, Zimbabwe. The primary aim was to determine the relationship between occupational and demographic stress factors and burnout levels among nurses. Burnout is defined with the human service as a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment that occurs among individuals who work with people in some...
vii ABSTRACT Knowledge on the long run connection between tax revenues and government expenditures are of huge significance for both fiscal and monetary arrangement in developing nation such as Zimbabwe. Two testable hypothesis were investigated which are: does tax revenue Granger-cause government expenditure and does government expenditure Granger-cause tax revenue. The impact of the two hypothesis were researched in the context of the Zimbabwean economy using time series monthly data that r...