Following a critical review of the conceptual and laboratory studies on expansive soil behaviour, it is shown that the current understanding of unsaturated expansive soil behaviour is not consistent. In the main, the ...

Smallholder sugarcane growing is central to rural development and poverty alleviation in Swaziland. The main objective of smallholder sugar cane growing is to reduce poverty through increased household income. This study ...

Modern trends demand the sustainable management of solid waste through waste minimization, material recovery, full collection and sanitary disposal of waste. Poor solid waste management in Zimbabwean urban councils has ...

Economic valuation of wetland ecosystem goods and services aims to investigate public preferences for wetlands and the natural resources in monetary terms and it aids in quantifying the direct and indirect benefits that ...

In urban areas of Zimbabwe, wastewater management receives less attention than water supply. Wastewater management should promote the recycling and reuse of sewage effluent without causing harm to public health and the ...

The application and use of EdenLISP in mechanism design and analysis is demonstrated on the tipping mechanism of a dump truck. The foundation for mechanical engineering design is centred on mechanisms, their design operation ...

Lyambezi is natural lake found in the Caprivi region, of Namibia. It provides the link between the Kwando-Linyanti and Chobe Rivers. The lake dried out for nearly two decades since the mid-1980s. However, Lyambezi re-emerged ...

Developing countries face the mammoth task of providing basic services and infrastructure. Amongst the top services that have provenmost difficult to provide is the provision of water supply. Since many rural people are ...

Lesotho is one of the major sources to rivers that drain the southern part of southern Africa through Senqu and Sabi-Sand River. However severe soil erosion is the major environmental problem that has left the landscape ...

Rice is a crop of growing importance in Zimbabwe but with a production of only 700 metric tonnes. This is because in wetlands it is largely grown by broadcasting of seeds and seedlings; and manual transplanting of seedlings. ...