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    • An Assessment of the Implementation of Guidance and Counselling Programmes at Ordinary Level in Gweru Urban Secondary Schools 

      Zvobgo, Ellen Farisayi (Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2009-03)
      This paper is based on a research study carried out by the author in 2003. The study assessed how Guidance and Counselling Programmes were being implemented in Gweru urban secondary schools at Ordinary level. The assessment ...

    • Venereal Syphilis and Other Venereal Infections in Non-Venereal Treponematoses Areas in Africa 

      Willcox, R.R. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-10)
      The management of gonorrhoea, non-gonococcal urethritis, lymphogranuloma venereum and granuloma inguinale, apart from case-finding in the female, offers no fundamental difficulties in Africa as compared with other areas. ...

    • The Legal Regulations of Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance in Zimbabwe 

      Tshuma, Lawrence (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1991)
      Insurance is the commonest and most important method of risk management. Risk is the uncertainty contingent upon the happening of an unwelcome event. The happening of the event may result in economic loss of one form or ...

    • Analysis of Stakeholders’ Perceived Strategies for Adequate Funding of University Education in Nigeria. 

      Igbinewaka, V.O.; Adeyemi, J.K. (Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2007-11)
      The paper analysed level of adequacy of perceived strategies for funding universities in Nigeria. Two out of the five (5) questions raised to direct investigation were answered while the remaining one (1) question was ...

    • Jaundice in Early Infancy: The Surgical Aspects 

      White, J.A.M. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1959-11)
      In this paper those conditions which cause jaundice in early infancy and are of direct interest to the surgeon are considered. While the treatment of this group is essentially surgical, an accurate diagnosis can only he ...

    • Prevalence of Causative Organisms in Corneal Ulcers Seen at Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Unit, Harare, Zimbabwe 

      Wani, M.G.; Mkangamwi, N.A.; Guramatunhu, S. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2001-05)
      Objective: To investigate the prevalence of organisms causing corneal ulcers, determine frequency of ocular risk factors and assess the value of Gram stain in initial identification of pathogens. Design: A descriptive ...

    • The Integration of Personal Laws: Tanzania’s Experience 

      Rwezaura, B.A. (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1983)
      Tanzania’s endeavors to find an appropriate law of marriage and divorce began immediately after independence in 1961 when President Nyerere sanctioned the recording of the personal law of various communities throughout the ...

    • Prediction of Peak Expiratory Flow Rates in Stunted Children 

      Zverev, Y. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2001-03)
      Objective: To assess the effect of stunting on peak expiratory flow rates (PEFR) in Malawian children. Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Two public primary schools randomly selected in Blantyre, the largest city in ...

    • "Popular Justice", Resistance Commitee Courts and the Judicial Process in Uganda (1988-1982) 

      J oloka-Onyango (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1991)

    • The Smallholder Farm as an Appropriate Water Management Unit in Wetland Development 

      Giesen van de, N.C.; Steenhuis, T.S. (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1995)
      Rising population pressures in Africa have caused the agricultural use of wetlands to become increasingly important. Developing large surface irrigation infrastructures, as Asia did during the sixties and seventies, often ...

    • Reflections on Gender Sensitivity at Masvingo Teachers’ College: A Special Case of 2006/ 2007 Student Representative Council Elections. 

      Nyoni, Mike.; Jinga, Tavuya; Dzinoreva, Tsitsi (Department of Teacher Education (DTE) University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2008-10)
      The paper critically examines the concept gender sensitivity with reference to teacher training, particularly at Masvingo Teachers’ College. It outlines the special place the concept has at the college in question and in ...

    • Cardiac Disease of Obscure Origin in Africa 

      Gelfand, Michael (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-09)
      Within recent years a number of papers have emanated from East, West, Central and South Africa, all reporting a form or forms of congestive heart failure, the etiology of which remains obscure. Interest in this subject ...

    • Criminal Law Policy in Relation to the Defence of Provocation 

      Feltoe, Geoff (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1983)
      All legal systems have had to address the difficult problem of deciding how to deal with the defence of provocation in the context of criminal cases. This defence is very frequently pleaded in relation to crimes of violence ...

    • Acute Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction 

      Marks, Charles (Faculty of Medicine; Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.), 1958-12)
      The newborn infant ejected from his comfortable isothermic habitat into a hostile world has many physiological adjustments to make in the first four weeks of life. If, as a result of intestinal obstruction, the newborn ...

    • The Views of Blind Students Towards Inclusive Education 

      Mushoriwa, T. D. (Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2001-11)
      This study investigated the views of blind primary school pupils towards inclusive education. The main objective was to assess how people with disabilities themselves view inclusive education. Do they appreciate and accept ...

    • Using the Type-Token ration in the Study of Repetition Patterns in the Second Language Lexical Development of Learners from Two Different English Language Backgrounds 

      Mlambo, Muzi (Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2009-11)
      This paper makes a developmental study of vocabulary acquisition by 2 groups of English as a second language learners (School East and School West) who have different degrees of exposure to English input. It focuses on the ...

    • Dietary Fat and Coronary Heart Disease 

      Gordon, H. (Faculty of Medicine; Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.), 1958-10)

    • Women Under Zimbabwean Law 

      Maboreke, Mary (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1988)
      This article seeks to establish and appraise the position of women under the law of Zimbabwe. Such a task must start from a consideration of the position of women under the constitution. This is because the constitution ...

    • Stultifying Gender Binaries in HIV and AIDS Related Novelistic Discourse: Implications for Gender Education 

      Muhwati, Itai (Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2009-11)
      The article is an exposition and a critique of selected novelistic voices in Shona, whose subject matter also includes HIV and AIDS. Yet the informing philosophy on HIV and AIDS in the novels is gender difference as the ...

    • Judicial Activism and Development: Warning Signals from Zimbabwe 

      Hlatshwayo, B. (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1991)
      In January, 1991 the Zimbabwe government was on the brink of enacting into law a fundamental amendment to the country’s constitution: the Eleventh Amendment1. This amendment would have the effect of denying the courts the ...