Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Recent submissions
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The Impact of Water Shortages on Educational Delivery in Selected Schools in Harare East District
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2011-11)The goal of the study was to investigate the impact of water shortages on educational delivery in selected schools in Harare East District. The population included school heads, teachers and pupils all drawn from selected ... -
The Muscle Relaxants in Anaesthesia
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1956-05)It may be stated that the use of the muscle relaxants represents a tremendous advance in anaesthetic practice. Prior to their introduction, muscular relaxation, especially in abdominal surgery, was brought about by chloroform ... -
The Role of the Private Sector In Zimbabwe.
(Institute of Development Studies Zimbabwe (ZIDS. ), 1982-03)Today, the commercial sector (wholesaler trade, retail trade, finance, insurance, transport and communication, real estate, hotels and restaurants) is the third largest employer of labour after agriculture and manufacturing. ... -
Skilled Labour Markets In Zimbabwe: A Case Study Of Mechanical Engineering Personnel
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1991-03)This article presents and discusses the findings of tracer and questionnaire surveys of Zimbabweans who completed three types of mechanical engineering training programmes during the 1980s. These programmes span the ... -
The Save Study: Background and Methodology
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1988)Considerable international debate has taken place on the relationship between economic development and its environmental implications (Sandbach, 1980). Historically, developed countries that have single- mindedly pursued ... -
SAPES Trust Research: Peace and Security in Post-Apartheid Southern Africa
(Institute of Development Studies Zimbabwe (ZIDS)., 1992)Currently, there are two schools of thought about the region in the post-apartheid era. The first one is an old thesis. It suggests that although SA would no longer pose a military threat as it did before De Klerk came to ... -
Organisation, Quality and Challenges in the B. Ed Technical Education Degree Industrial Attachment Course, University of Zimbabwe.
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2011-11)The study sought to find out how students on the Bachelor of Education (Technical) degree programme rated the oiganization and quality of the Industrial Attachment component of the programme. Challenges students faced ... -
Complete rectal prolapse in adults: a Tanzanian experience
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1994-12)This is a retrospective report of nine patients with complete rectal prolapse managed by the authors at the Muhimbili Medical Centre, Dar es Salaam between 1990 and 1993. The average age of patients was 36 years and eight ... -
Occupational Health and Safety and Organized Labour
(Institute of Development Studies Zimbabwe (ZIDS), 1983-12)Occupational disease is simply defined as disease which arises from a person’s work. The fact that it has been with us for a long time is illustrated by this extract from a booklet produced by NIOSH. Ancient Roman slaves ... -
Settler Ideology and African Underdevelopment in Postwar Rhodesia
(Rhodesian Economic Society. (RES) University of Rhodesia (UR) (now University of Zimbabwe.) (UZ.), 1974-03)A largely ignored aspect of underdevelopment in Rhodesia, which plays a crucial role in legitimating the dominance, policies and status of the ruling group in the economic structure, is the conception, construction and ... -
Policies for Primary and Secondary Education in Zimbabwe: A Response to the World Bank Report
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Problems of Science Education in Africa: Some Analysis and Propositions
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1989-06)Generally, problems or progress of science education in Africa is discussed in terms of enrolment statistics, teacher\pupil ratios and facility inventory such as number of classrooms, laboratories, availability of texts, ... -
The Influence of Teachers’ Cognitive Styles on their Teaching Strategies
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1989-07)This study examines the influence of teachers’ cognitive styles on their teaching strategies. The Cognitive Style Test (Kagan, Moss and Siegel, 1963) was used to group IS secondary school Chemistry teachers into analytical ... -
A Comparative Analysis Of Student Achievement By School Type In Zimbabwe Secondary Schools
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1991-03)The purpose of this study was to determine statistical differences in levels of student performance in ZJC English and Mathematics between six secondary school types in Zimbabwe. 5293 Form 2 students who wrote ZJC examinations ... -
Fundamental Rights and Judicial Review: The Zambian Experience
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1983)This article is about the application of the Zambian Bill of Rights to real life by the Courts. In a wider sense it is also a comparative study of similar types of constitutional devices. The article was originally written ... -
Internal Labour Markets in Rhodesia: A Case Study of Management Responsibility
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe)., 1975-09)It is my contention in this paper that, at least in the company to be discussed, management’s claimed responsibility towards workers is not meant to apply — or to apply fully — to semi- and un-skilled workers, all of whom ... -
The Surgical Treatment of Portal Hypertension
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1957-10)Portal hypertension remains to my mind one of the most obscure modern surgical problems in many of its aspects. Many of the clinical features of this disease are not capable of ready explanation. Why is it that patients ... -
Exploring law and reality: WLSA methodology: a Zimbabwe version?
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997)Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) is, as its name suggests, a Southern African research organisation that focuses on issues that affect women, particularly those issues that intersect with the law in its most broadly ... -
Sexual ambiguity and malformation in Zambia: challenges in surgical management
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1995-05)This article addresses the complexity in diagnosis, gender assignment and management in patients with sexual ambiguity and malformed sexual organs. Between 1984 and 1993, nine children and 10 adult patients with this ailment ... -
Determination of appropriate clomipramine dosage among depressed African outpatients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1994-07)In an open clomipramine dose finding study, 33 depressed indigenous African outpatients were randomly assigned to two regimens of treatment with 125 mg and 75 mg oral medications daily. At the end of eight weeks of treatment, ...
