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No Fault Divorce: Changing Divorce Laws in Zimbabwe.
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1988)Prior to the enactment of the Matrimonial Causes Amendment Act No. 11 of 1987 there were two different sets of divorce laws in Zimbabwe, one applicable to monogamous marriages contracted under the general law and the other ... -
The United States Bill of Rights and its International Significance
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1991)The Bill of Flights was added to the United States Constitution in 1791, two hundred years ago. It was not the first bill of rights in history. It was not a perfect instrument even for its time in the United States itself. ... -
Reflective Skills: Students Use of their Evaluation of Teaching
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe., 2007-09)An action-research approach was adopted in an effort to improve the researcher's own practice in developing reflective skills of student teachers in evaluating lessons taught. The study involved four pre-service Diploma ... -
No Requiem for the Restraint Doctrine- Yet
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HIV-1 Seroconversion Incidence Following Pregnancy and Delivery Among Women Seronegative at Recruitment in Harare, Zimbabwe
(Faculty of Medicine. Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2001-05)Objective: To estimate the incidence of HIV sero-conversion among women following pregnancy and' delivery. Design: A prospective cohort of women who were HIV negative at recruitment on first antenatal care visit. Materials ... -
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Southern Africa: The Problem of Political Culture
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Understanding the Budget Process & Shocking Insights into the “No-Shocks” Budget, 1986
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1987)My contribution to this tax seminar will be on : “Understanding the Budget Process and Shocking Insights Into the“Non-Shock.” Budget, 1986"—asubjcct which many of you think should be the preserve of economists, and into ... -
Theory and Practice of Liberal Democracy in the Post-Colonial State in Africa: The Zimbabwe Experience
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1991)The 1979 Lancaster House Constitution which ushered in Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 was supposedly based on liberal notions of constitutionalism such as universal and equal suffrage; limited, representative and accountable ... -
Judges and Lawyers in Africa Today: Their Powers, Competence and Social Role
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1988)Judges and legal practitioners, both public and private, in independent African countries have clamored and continue to clamor, not only for societal recognition and acceptance of the hallowed ideal of “independence of the ... -
Caesarean section rate as a process indicator of safe motherhood programmes: the case of Midlands Province
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), Faculty of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2001-05)More than 10 years after the launch of the Safe Motherhood Initiative in 1987 in Kenya, many African countries still experience high levels of maternal mortality. Although this is recognized by most stakeholders in the ... -
Education For All In Zimbabwe: A Mirage?
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2009-03)This paper assesses Zimbabwe’s efforts towards the attainment of, the goals of Education For All, (EFA) as determined and agreed upon at the World Conference on Education For All (WCEFA) held in Jomtien, Thailand in 1990 ... -
Factors Affecting Condom Use Among Nigerian University Students.
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2001-11)The aim of the study was to investigate factors affecting condom use among first-year orientation students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, iie-lfe, Nigeria.The sample included 450 students. 220 (48.9%) males and 230 ... -
The Status of African Customary Criminal Law and Justice under the Received English Criminal Law in Zambia: A Case for the Integration of the Two Systems
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1986)The coming of the British administration to Zambia towards the beginning of the 19th Century brought with it not only a different system of maintaining social order, but an entirely new criminal justice system This article ... -
The Constitutional Reconstruction of Zimbabwe: Much Ado About Nothing?
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1987)Zimbabwe became ah independent sovereign state on 18th April, 1980under the Lancaster House Constitution which had been negotiated and agreed upon by the Patriotic Front Alliance, the British Government and the Smith-Muzorewa ... -
Theory-Based School and Community-Based HiV Prevention in Zimbabwe: A Prospective Study.
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2001-11)The overall goal for this proposed project is to conduct a pilot stud)> of a theory, school and community-based, HIV prevention programme for in and out of school adolescents and youths in Harare. The intervention will use ... -
Explaining Crime: A Marxist Perspective
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Pattern of cleft lip and palate in Benin City, Nigeria
(Faculty of Medicine. Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2004-07)Objective: To study the pattern of cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) in Benin City, Nigeria and to compare the findings with reports from other parts of the world. The results of this study may be used to improve the welfare ... -
Acess to Legal Education and the Legal Profession in Zimbabwe.
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1987)Consistent with the.discrimination against black citizens which characterized Rhodesian settler rule, access to legal education and the legal profession was deliberately and almost totally denied to blacks until Zimbabwe’s ... -
Violence against wives : a crime 'sui generis'
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe ( UZ.), 1986)Although most people "like to think of the family as the abode of love; a safe retreat where any member of the family is sure of support and protection; of grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, and children as a closely ... -
Injury Registration in a Developing Country. A Study Based on Patients’ Records from Four Hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
(Faculty of Medicine. Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2001-08)The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized and given high priority to prevention of injuries as expressed in the “WHO global programme for accident prevention”, a programme involving a number of injury collaborating ...