University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Res medica: A personal philosophy
(Oxford University Press, 1965) -
The origin of the African flora
(Oxford University Press, 1957) -
A prospect of tsetse flies
(Univesity College of Rhodesia, 1968) -
Et nos mutamur: The future of teacher education
(University College of Rhodesia, 1970) -
Past climates of central Africa
(Oxford University Press, 1962) -
A socio-legal analysis of the harassment of women by bus or taxi rank marshals on the basis of their dress in Harare, Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)In its General Recommendation Number 19, the CEDAW Committee stated that violence against women is a form of discrimination since it violates their right to equality. The Committee recommended states to take legislative ... -
A critical examination of the use of mediation as a tool for the realisation of women’s access to justice in property cases in the legal aid sector, Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This dissertation examines the use of mediation as an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) method in property cases in the provision of legal aid. Mediation is employed as a counter strategy to expensive litigation for ... -
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 ... -
The civil procedure in the Magistrates Court of Zimbabwe: A denial of justice to self actors?
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This study investigates the challenges self actors, known in other jurisdiction as self representing litigants, when bringing their cases before the Magistrates Court or defending themselves in the Magistrates Court. In ... -
Speaking the unspeakable! Interrogating the rights and legal recognition of intersex persons in Kenya
(University of Zimbabwe, 2014-04)An intersex person is one whose biological sex cannot be classified clearly as either male or female. This ambiguity may be anatomical, hormonal, gonadal or chromosomal. Intersex births are estimated at between 1.7% (Nthumba, ... -
Peadophilia not ‘child marriage’: A critical analysis of ‘child marriages’ in the apostolic sects in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This research interrogates and critically analyzes the issue of ‘child marriages’ in two major Apostolic sects in Zimbabwe, namely, Johanne Marange and Johanne Masowe, the major objective being to unearth the root causes ... -
Towards a holistic approach to the legal aid system in Zimbabwe: Challenges indigent women face in instituting proceedings and enforcing judgments in civil matters
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This research, carried out by a legal aid lawyer with the government’s Legal Aid Directorate, seeks to highlight the various challenges which are faced by indigent women as they access justice through the legal aid system. ... -
Challenges facing women in accessing credit from the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission of Zambia: The case of cross border traders
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This research critically analyses the extent to which a government organisation, the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission of Zambia (CEEC) established by the CEE Act, empowers the country’s women Cross Border Traders ... -
A critical investigation into how the corroborative evidence ‘rule’ in rape and defilement cases traumatises and violates the rights of women and girls who are victims of rape and defilement in Zambia: A study carried out in Lusaka city of Zambia
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This study investigates how the corroborative evidence or cautionary ‘rule’ (in reality, a practice that has hardened into a ‘rule’ as a result of judicial interpretation) in sexual offences, such as rape and defilement, ... -
Diversity and population dynamics of bactrocera invadens and other tephritid fruit fly species infesting mango (mangifera indica) in Zimbabwe and relative efficacies of selected insecticides incorporated in food baits
(2016-04)Studies were conducted from November 2013 to October 2014 in Zimbabwe to determine the temporal population dynamics of the invasive fruit fly pest Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae), to determine the pest’s host ... -
Insecticide susceptibility status of Prostephanus truncatus (horn) and Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) in Zimbabwe and assessment of enhancement of grain protection through incorporation of eucalyptus leaves
(2016-04)Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky and Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) are the two most destructive post-harvest insect pests of maize worldwide. Bioassays were carried out to determine the efficacy of commercially available ... -
Application of two- level full factorial designs and response surface methodology in the optimization of the variables associated with the determination of platinum using inductively coupled plasma –atomic emission spectrometry (ICP – AES)
(2016-04)In the present work, two -level full factorial designs and response surface methodologies were applied in the optimization of variables associated with the determination of platinum using Inductively Coupled Plasma ... -
Impacts of hippodamia variegata (col.: coccinellidae) predation and aphidius colemani (hym.: braconidae) parasitism on myzus persicae nicotianae (hem.: aphididae)
(2016-04)The tobacco aphid (Myzus persicae nicotianae) is a cosmopolitan pest and one of the major pests of tobacco. Due to its damaging potential, particularly as a vector of virus diseases, management of M. persicae nicotianae ... -
Finite element method with quasi-linearization for solving Bratu's problem
(2016-04)This work presented here is the solution of one-dimensional Bratu’s problem. The major aim of this research is to master the techniques used to solve the Bratu problem. The nonlinear Bratu’s problem is first linearised ... -
Modelling the transmission dynamics of Hepatitis C virus among intravenous drug misusers
(2016-04)Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a major health problem despite the availability of highly effective antiviral treatment. Several studies suggest that a high proportion (approximately 90%) of new HCV infections ...
