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An Evaluation of the Impact of Domestic Water Supply and Challenges faced by Women in Rural Zimbabwe: A Case Study of Sigangatsha and Malaba wards of Matobo District
(2013-06-04)
Water for domestic purposes is a scarce resource in the rural areas of Sigangatsha and Malaba wards, and the group mostly affected by this scarcity is women. This dissertation focused three objectives and the first objective ...
The centrality of transfrontier parks in Regional Integration in Southern Africa: The Case of Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Rural Communities Expectations.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2015-12)
This study defines the role and place of Trans-frontier Parks in the transformation of rural and resettled communities and deepening regional integration in Southern Africa in the Post 2015 Agenda phase. There is need to ...
An analysis of the impact of perennial water problems on time and economic affordability for women working outside the home in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
(2016-04)
Every Zimbabwean has the right to safe and potable water and for women the right to water is intrinsically linked with their lives and the realisation of this right ensures for them the right to a secure livelihood. They ...
Housing and Stewardship in Peri-urban Settlements in Zimbabwe: A case study of Ruwa and Epworth
(2014-01-10)
This thesis examines the housing-stewardship nexus in peri-urban areas based on the case of Ruwa and Epworth, satellite settlements of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe. The study seeks to establish the factors that ...
The Prevalence and Factors Associated with Gender Based Violence among Zimbabweans Deported through Beitbridge District, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe, 2013.
(2013-08)
Background: Gender Based Violence (GBV) is gaining recognition in Zimbabwe due to rising prevalence and long term health consequences of the survivors. Beitbridge district handles an influx of deported migrants over any ...
The size of the informal economy and its impact on tax revenues in Zimbabwe: 2009-2013
(2016-05)
This study estimated the size of the informal economy using time series analysis for Zimbabwe using monthly data for the period 2009 -2013. The study makes use of the indirect approach for measuring the informal economy, ...
Manure Management Options for increasing Crop Production in the Small Holder Sector of Zimbabwe.
(2012-09-10)
Cattle manure available to farmers is of low value as a fertilizer N and generally contains less than 1% N, which cannot sustain N requirements for high yielding crops like maize. The purpose of the study was to develop ...
Evaluation of the feed resources and analysis of body condition scores of local pigs in a semi-arid smallholder farming area of Zimbabwe
(2012-07-11)
The objectives of this study were to characterise the types, seasonal distribution, and nutritive value of feed resources and growth performance of local pigs in Chinyuni ward,Chirumanzu district. Pig herd sizes were (mean ...
Implementation challenges of e- government initiatives in Zimbabwe: A case study of the parliament of Zimbabwe.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2015-03)
The concept and practice of e-government remains a fairly new phenomenon in the Sub Sahara Africa, particularly in Zimbabwe. It has proceeded at a rather glacial pace regardless of its introduction many decades ago as one ...
Population Dynamics of Marula, Sclerocarya birrea sub sp. caffra in Mwenezi, Zimbabwe
(2012-08-29)
This study, conducted in Ward 3, Mwenezi, determined the abundance, distribution and size structure of Marula, Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra. The relationship between incidence of debarked stems and size structure was ...