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Training for Self-employment? The Performance of Rural Training Centres in Zimbabwe
(Department of Economics. University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1995)In common with most other developing countries, youth unemployment in Zimbabwe has reached crisis proportions. While the extent of the problem is not known precisely, it would appear that no more than one-third of the ... -
Gully Form and Development on Karoo Sediments in Central Zimbabwe: A Preliminary Survey
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1989)About one tenth of Zimbabwe is characterized by sodic soils which are especially prone to sheetwash erosion and gullying associated with subsurface piping (Wendelaar, 1976). Although localized patches of sodic soil occur ... -
Introduction to Medical Writing.
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-07)Three forms of medical writing are of special importance, because each may be written by any doctor—teacher, consultant or general practitioner. They are (1) the report of research; (2) the case report; and (3) the M.D. ... -
Intra-abdominal Haemorrhage following a Contusion of the Abdominal Wall
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A Comparison of Teachers’ and Students’ Rankings of Practical Work Objectives in ’A’ Level Chemistry.
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2001-07)The purpose of this investigation was to compare teachers ’ and students ’ rankings (in order of importance) of A Level Chemistry practical work objectives and also determine whether the perceptions were related to some ... -
The Struggle for Shelter in an Urbanizing World: A Rhodesian Example
(UZ Publications (formerly University College of Rhodesia ), 1977)During September-October 1976 a squatter settlement of some 2 600 families mushroomed on Derbyshire Estate, European land located 16 km from the centre of Salisbury. A combined exercise by the municipality and government ... -
Last Days of White Rhodesia
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1983)The title of this essay review is that of Dennis Hills’s book on events in this country from mid-1978 to mid-1980.1 This is his second book on the subject within three years,2 and, although enjoyable, is symptomatic of the ... -
South African Racial Policy
(UZ Publications (formerly University College of Rhodesia ), 1973-12)It is almost an impossible assignment to treat, in a single paper, in a competent and satisfactory manner, so difficult and complex a subject as South Africa’s racial policy; and the magnitude of the assignment is only ... -
Capital Punishment, the Death Row Phenomenon and the Supreme Court of Nigeria: Onuoha Kalu vs. The State [1998] 12 S.C.N.J. 1
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1999)The issue of constitutionality1 2 of capital punishment and some aspects of the punishment came before the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Onuoha Kalii v The State? This was the first time that the issue was properly raised ... -
Practice of Tropical Medicines
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-08)The practice of tropical medicine in London tends to pose rather a different proposition from what it is popularly supposed to be. It does not take long for the consultant to recognise that the tropical side is just but ... -
A Contribution to the Understanding of Right
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1995)The foremost issue that confronts contemporary legal jurisprudence is that of rights and yet paradoxically, modern legal discourse has failed to grasp the normative essence of right. This essay is concerned with one ... -
‘Non-Racialism’: Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland
(UZ Publications (formerly University College of Rhodesia ), 1973-12)Lesotho and Swaziland have adopted constitutions, which are said to be race and colourblind, and a policy of non-racialism in that legislation ignores differences of race and colour among the people within their states. A ... -
The Prevention of Maternal Death
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The Exclusive Economic Zone: A Look at International Law Uses for Other States
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A Survey of Constitutional Amendments in Post-independence (1980- 1999)
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1999)Zimbabwe's constitution has been amended fifteen times in the past nineteen years. Considering that the American constitution has only been amended 26 times in over 200 years, the Zimbabwean scenario is rather extra ordinary. ... -
Chronic Brucella Pyelonephritis with Calcification: Short Review of the Literature and Report of a Case
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1957-11)The localisation of brucellosis in the urinary tract is an infrequently reported condition. The paucity of recorded cases may be due to the rarity of the condition or to the fact that the profession as a whole is not ... -
Booker T. Washington’s Philosophy of the ‘Grand Trinity’ in Education
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1986)The purpose of this article is to examine the philosophy of the ‘Grand Trinity’ in education of Booker T. Washington. Among other things the following aspects will be examined: his background and factors that influenced ... -
Biochemistry and Benefit to Man
(UZ Publications (formerly University College of Rhodesia ), 1977)A biochemist has been defined as someone who ‘talks of Chemistry to Biologists, of Biology to Chemists, and of women to other Biochemists’. However, nowadays there are many of the fair sex among the members of our profession ... -
An Investigation into Sleeping Patterns of Blind Children
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2001-07)Ten congenitally blind primary school children aged between 7 and 12 years were investigated and observed for a reduction or absence of photic input to the hypothalamus, which is required to entrain circadian rhythms which ... -
Insolvency and the Corporate Debtor: Some Legal Aspects of Creditors Rights Under Corporate Insolvency in Zimbabwe
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1995)A debtor who is unable to pay his debts triggers the pursuit of a variety of remedies by his creditors. However, the law has, since historic times, refused to give creditors an unbridled avenue to the debtors' person or ...