University of Zimbabwe e-Theses: Recent submissions
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The life experiences of street children in Harare’s central business district, Zimbabwe.
(2019-10)The present study sought to explore the life experiences of street children highlighting their vulnerability to sexual and physical abuse as they navigate their lives on the streets. The current study investigated street ... -
The effectiveness of E-government systems towards enhancing service delivery in Zimbabwe’s local government sector: The case of Harare City Council (2010-2017).
(University of Zimbabwe, 2018-04)The adoption of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in public governance is an important stride in ameliorating bureaucratic pathologies marring the effectiveness of local government institutions. In this regard, ... -
An analysis of the impact of cultural imperialism to regional economic integration initiatives: A case study of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) 1992 – 2015.
(Unpublished, 2016-03)This research is premised on the hypothesis that lack of industrialisation has impeded Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states’ regional economic integration initiatives. It seeks to explain why this ... -
Modelling signalised intersections’ capacity under the impact of minibus public transport in Harare, Zimbabwe.
(2019-10)This thesis arises from the need to increase research efforts on the impact of varying driver behaviour on transportation facilities operational performance. Such knowledge is useful in traffic engineering and planning ... -
Institutions and foreign direct investments: Evidence from Southern African countries (2009 - 2015).
(2019-10)The study sought to analyse the factors that influence FDI inflow in the Southern Africa region with particular emphasis on institutions using panel data of Southern African countries for the period 2009 to 2015. FDI ... -
The implications of Section 12 and 18 of the Labour Amendment Act, 2015 on FDI: The case of the Willowvale industrial area.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-02)The area of labour retrenchment regulations and their implications on FDI is a relevant and controversial issue in Zimbabwe. A Supreme Court common law ruling in July 2015 allowed for the termination of employee contracts ... -
The role of city twinning in fostering diplomacy: A case of city of Harare and city of Munich twinning arrangement (2000 -2015).
(University of Zimbabwe, 2015-03)City twinning arrangements have been viewed by quite a number of scholars as a way to go in the 21st Century in fostering diplomacy of the states. as such the study sought to unearth the role that city twinning arrangements ... -
An assessment of the role of uniformed women’s participation in peacekeeping operations in Africa: The case of the United Nations missions in Liberia and Ivory Coast.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2014)This study assesses the participation of uniformed women peacekeepers in UN multidimensional peacekeeping operations in Africa using the Liberian and Ivory Coast (also known as Cote D‟Ivoire) peacekeeping missions. The ... -
The link between Zimbabwe’s foreign policy and selected public media (The Herald and The Sunday mail) 1980 – 2014.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2015-02)The rationale for this study lies in the continued existence of a knowledge gap in contemporary international relations literature pertaining to the link between foreign policy and the media particularly the link between ... -
A critical examination of the role of action research.
(2019-10)In Zimbabwe, there is no school for teacher educators. People who become teacher educators do so after gaining primary or secondary school teaching experience. Teacher educators may not have the necessary means to determine ... -
An evaluation of customer retention as a strategy to enhance competitiveness in the edible oils industry in Zimbabwe (2009 - 2013)
(2017-12)The main aim of the study was to evaluate customer retention as a strategy that enhances competitiveness in the edible oil industry in Zimbabwe. There is so much competition from within the industry and mainly from South ... -
Combining ability and heterosis of heat and drought stress tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.).
(2019-05-01)Drought and heat stress are major abiotic stresses limiting maize production in Zimbabwe and Africa at large causing low yields. In order to bridge on this gap of low yields, within its Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa ... -
The sustainability of the strategies used in mobilising revenue by local authorities in Zimbabwe.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2018-04)This research assesses the sustainability of revenue mobilisation strategies in place at Harare City Council. Despite authority conferred upon local government authorities by the Zimbabwean national constitution of 2013 ... -
Drivers of agricultural productivity in communal irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe: A case study of incomes generated by female farmers in Nyanyadzi irrigation scheme, Manicaland province.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2018-11)The study investigated socio-economic factors that affect women’s agricultural productivity and subsequent income in such schemes in Zimbabwe. The research used a Mixed Method Research Methodology to collect both qualitative ... -
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) process in small-scale mining sector: Awareness, perceptions and environmental management strategies in Mudzi district, Zimbabwe.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2018-11)This thesis explores EIA in the small-scale artisanal gold mining sector in order to understand awareness, perceptions and environmental management strategies in Mudzi district, Zimbabwe. The study adopted a mixed methodology ... -
An investigation into the social factors influencing adolescents who intent to join Christian life to susceptibility to HIV and AIDS: A case study of Nharira Catholic mission in Chikomba district.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2012-02)The aspect of the susceptibility and spread of HIV and AIDS is the most daunting and topical issue today .The 21st century has been daunted by the pandemic and the rate at which it is spreading is increasingly high, However, ... -
Genomic selection in rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPS) marker data obtained from genotyping by sequencing (GBS).
(2019-06-01)Genomic selection (GS) in rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) has huge potential to meet future demands of rubber in an economically and environmentally sustainable way. In Hevea breeding programmes, genomic selection can ... -
Milk production and marketing in organized smallholder dairy value chains: A case study of dairy development programme schemes in Zimbabwe.
(2019-06-01)At the attainment of Zimbabwe’s independence, the government of Zimbabwe established the smallholder dairy development programme to encourage smallholder farmers to participate in organized value chains. Although now ... -
Response of common bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) to rhizobia inoculation, nitrogen and phosphorus application on smallholder farms in eastern Zimbabwe.
(2019-06-01)Soil fertility depletion ranks as the most important drawback to crop productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. On-farm experiments were conducted during the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 cropping seasons to explore the effect of ... -
Effects of parent choices of provitamin A inbred lines on productivity and stability of their corresponding hybrids.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2019-06-01)Maize is a cereal that is widely utilized as both a food and feed crop globally. In Africa alone, about 900 million people depend on maize as a staple crop. Although maize is very rich in energy, it contains nutritionally ...
