Browsing Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences e-Theses Collection by Title
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The strategic relevance of sanctions as a democratising tool in the third world in an emerging multi-polar world: a case study of Zimbabwe
(2014-07-21)The increasing use of sanctions as a democratisation tool has elicited many questions regarding their strategic relevance and effectiveness in an emerging multi-polar world. The rise of China, India, Brazil, resurgence of ... -
The strategic relevance of sanctions as a democratizing tool in the third world in an emerging multi-polar world: A case study of Zimbabwe
(2016-04)The increasing use of sanctions as a democratisation tool has elicited many questions regarding their strategic relevance and effectiveness in an emerging multi-polar world. The rise of China, India, Brazil, resurgence of ... -
A study on the challenges faced by children infected with HIV: the case of children on the SOS children’s villages community outreach programme (Glen View, Glen Nora and Budirio)
(2013-05-27)The aim of the study was to establish the challenges faced by HIV infected children. The objectives of the study were to ascertain health, education and psychosocial needs and problems of children infected with HIV, to ... -
A study to assess the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of people in accepting male circumcision as a preventive method in HIV and AIDS, in Mbare and Southerton suburbs of Harare, Zimbabwe
(2014-07-17)This study explored the knowledge levels, beliefs and attitudes on male circumcision as an HIV intervention among a non-circumcising society within a country with high levels of heterosexually- transmitted infection. The ... -
Succession planning and business survival at crossroads: the case of family-controlled businesses in Harare, Zimbabwe
(2014-06-17)This thesis examines the issue of succession planning and business survival in family controlled businesses which is a topic of growing interest among scholars and policy makers given the increasingly volatile employment ... -
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 ... -
Teachers’ perspectives on trade unions and teacher welfare: a case study of Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) members in Masvingo province.
(Unpublished, 2020)The study focused on teachers’ perspectives on Trade unions and teacher welfare in Masvingo Province with Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) members in Masvingo Province as the case study. The main objective ... -
The threat to constitutionalism and democracy by an incumbent government: The case of Venezuela.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2018-01)Constitutionalism and democracy is under attack by sitting governments. The study is an analysis of how incumbent governments threaten the whole concept of constitutional democracy. The study also pays attention to the ... -
Transnational organised crime: Effectiveness of state’s response to human trafficking: The case of Zimbabwe (2004-2016).
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-03)The central objective of the study sort to analyse the effectiveness of the Government of Zimbabwe’s (GoZ) response in combating transnational organized crime in regard to TiPs through legislative, policy, institutional ... -
Transnational organised crime: Effectiveness of state’s response to human trafficking: The case of Zimbabwe (2004-2016).
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-03)The central objective of the study sort to analyse the effectiveness of the Government of Zimbabwe’s (GOZ) response in combating transnational organized crime in regard to TiPs through legislative, policy, institutional ... -
The trivariate causality among education, health and economic Growth in Zimbabwe (1980 – 2014).
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-05)The study empirically investigated the causality among education, health and economic growth in Zimbabwe for the time series data spanning from 1980 to 2014. Specifically, the study’s main aim was to establish whether there ... -
Tuberculosis treatment adherence among the economically active age- group (15-64 years) patients in Zimbabwe: A study of Wilkins hospital and its catchment area.
(Not published, 2019-04)The general question for this study was concerned with why TB patients fail to adhere to treatment yet it is in their best interest to do so. The aim of this study was to assess factors associated with adherence to TB ... -
UNDERSTANDING SOCIO-ECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS OVER ACCESS, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN ZIMBABWE: A CASE STUDY OF ZUNGWI VLEI (ZVISHAVANE DISTRICT)
(2012-07-31)The role of modern technology in economic transformation and sustainable development of Africa has been a subject of debate amongst theorists. Two dominant schools of thought have come up namely pro-modern technology and ... -
Understanding women’s experiences in the context of climate change in Mawanga Ward, Goromonzi District: A feminist sociological study.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2017-12)The study was conducted with the purpose of gaining an understanding of women’s experiences in the context of climate change. The study focused on women in Mawanga ward in Goromonzi district of Zimbabwe. In particular the ... -
Urban informal manufacturing through the lens of planning law in Zimbabwe: A case of Harare.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2018-08)This study was motivated by the clarion call by the Zimbabwean government to compile a national informal sector database to ease tax collection. The thesis was designed as a multiple-embedded situational study of Gazaland, ... -
Urban informal manufacturing through the lens of planning law in Zimbabwe: Case of Harare.
(2019-11)This study was motivated by the clarion call by the Zimbabwean government to compile a national informal sector database to ease tax collection. The thesis was designed as a multiple-embedded situational study of Gazaland, ... -
Urban land use conflicts in Harare: exploring the notion of inclusive cities through an analysis of urban agriculture in Mabvuku suburb
(University of Zimbabwe, 2019)The study focuses on urban land use conflicts in Harare, exploring the notion of inclusive cities paying particular attention to the analysis of urban agriculture in Mabvuku suburb. The study used Henry Lefebvre(1991)’s ... -
Urban land use conflicts in Harare: Exploring the notion of inclusive cities through an analysis of urban agriculture in Mabvuku suburb.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2019)The study focuses on urban land use conflicts in Harare, exploring the notion of inclusive cities paying particular attention to the analysis of urban agriculture in Mabvuku suburb.The study used Henry Lefebvre(1991)’s ... -
The utility of fiscal decentralisation in local governance: The case of Chitungwiza Municipality
(2016)There is a shared sentiment among scholars and public policy makers that fiscal decentralisation is the most suitable panacea for the problems associated with centralised provision of public services. Fiscal decentralisation ... -
Variation in tick community across different control systems, habitats, seasons and environmental factors in a mixed cattle/wildlife ranch: Imire game reserve, Zimbabwe.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2015-11)An assessment of spatial and temporal variation in tick community diversity, abundance, sex ratio and age structure across habitats, seasons and tick sweeper types at Imire Ranch was carried out from March to September ...
