Abstract Small and Medium Enterprises play an important role in emerging economies with its capacity to create employment opportunities and hence contributing to a country’s GDP. The training of adult entrepreneurs however remains a challenge as there is no consensus as to the components that should be included in such training initiatives. This study aims to evaluate an adult entrepreneurship programme in terms of its content, delivery methods and outcomes concurrent to the perceived valu...
ABSTRACT This study is an analysis of the participation of women in urban agriculture in Gweru. The importance of urban agriculture has often been overlooked, thus this study sought to explain how urban has been important in sustaining livelihoods. Over the years urban agriculture has been increasing due to the socio-economic and political problems. The study examines urban agriculture and its contribution to the livelihoods of women urban farmers. The study seeks to highlight the reasons wh...
ABSTRACT The whites owned large and fertile land while the blacks were placed to small and unfertile land and this made room for land distribution process as a way of equality, fairness and justice. The government implemented land reform program where they attained their land from the colonizers (whites). However the result of this act led to the Zimbabwe crisis which is characterized by food insecurity, inflation, deindustrialisation and high rate of unemployment. The main objective of the ...
ABSTRACT The study exposes the challenges which are being faced after the implementation of debt cancellation in Mutare. The research was conducted in Mutare urban with the aim of assessing how debt cancellation has contributed in the fall of service delivery. The objective of this study is to examine the effects of debt cancellation on service delivery in Mutare and coming up with strategies in order to cope up against the effects of debt cancellation. As a way of fulfilling this, questionn...
ABSTRACT Worldwide, public administration has been considered to be the most crucial aspect in the field of administration where all administrative duties are supposed to be performed in order to serve the interest of the general mass. Local authorities perform their duties as a sub division of the central government and decision making at local council should be exercised as an independent action which should not be influenced by partisanship nor do central government meddle in the decision...
ABSTRACT Zimbabwe is currently characterized by droughts caused by El Nino. The droughts have become a common feature for agriculture in Zimbabwe, a country whose majority of the population (70%) depends on agricultural-based activities as their livelihoods resource. The research is carried out in Tsholotsho district ward 13 which is characterized by erratic and inadequate rainfall. Drought frequency is very high occurring at a rate of four in every five years. The main purpose of this resea...
Abstract The period between 1900-1980 witnessed effective occupation by the colonialists administration in Rhodesia. The colonial regime imposed potentate rule through their introduction of the colonial taxation system on black people in Chirumanzu district. The plight of black people in Chirumanzu district towards the impact of colonial taxes has been largely ignored by postcolonial historians. In this study l take perspective to primarily focus on how black people were exposed to deplorabl...
ABSTRACT This study is on the role of the School Head ineffective implementation of the competency-based curriculum in rural primary schools in Hwange District. Study objectives were: to explore the roles and responsibilities of school heads as curriculum leaders; to determine how school heads manage curriculum change for effective curriculum implementation; to establish resources that must be available to ensure effective curriculum implementation in schools; and to proffer strategies that ...
ABSTRACT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ADVENTIST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH BOTSWANA CONFERENCE: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE WAYS FORWARD By Machinda Guzha This study sought to investigate Human Resource Management in Adventist Primary Schools in South Botswana Conference: Challenges and Possible Ways Forward. It is a case of two schools that are run by the South Botswana Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Botswana. The study was centred on the issues that affect the human resources i...
ABSTRACT Intertextuality is the presence of a text in other texts, intertextuality can be something that a reader identifies when reading a text or it can be deliberate connections that a writer makes to other existing texts. The objective of the study is to analyse the anthology, State of the Nation and find out if the poets made any reference to already existing works as well as find out if the reader can make connections to already existing literary works.
Abstract The study sought to determine the effectiveness of corporal punishment as a way of achieving discipline in schools. Corporal punishment was illegalised but continues to be in use in secondary schools, and this pushed the need for the study. The study employed a descriptive research design. The population of the study included teachers, learners and heads in High schools in Sanyati District. A sample of nineteen teachers, eighty-five learners and three heads of schools was used in thi...
ABSTRACT This dissertation is an assessment of the effectiveness of the poverty alleviation strategies implemented by the World Vision and KLGC in the Tongwe area. The research was generally motivated by the individual concerns which have also influenced the focus of the project topic, the research problem as well as the area of study which is home to the writer. The central factor that has affected the writing of this academic paper was the ever growing need inside the Tongwe rural areas in ...
ABSTRACT The demographic analysis shows that young people constitute the majority of the population yet, are underrepresented in democratic structures. Civil society organizations have made attempts to increase youth participation in the broader framework of enhancing citizen participation. The study therefore looks at ways Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust (YETT) as representative of civil society organizations is using media advocacy in increasing youth participation with a critica...
ABSTRACT Public service delivery is essential to citizens worldwide. Service delivery therefore is providing basic needs which are essential in life such as housing, water supply, waste management, sewerage reticulation and treatment and if residents are denied those basic needs the environment becomes unfriendly and they are subjected to a lot of discomfort and prone to diseases. However, looking at the Zimbabwean context due to economic instability and financial constraints it has crippled ...
Abstract Bulawayo has struggled with water scarcity since its inception in 1894 and even after the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980. The irony was that while the City of Bulawayo celebrated 120 years of existence in 2014, water scarcity challenges were still a living memory and a reality - a situation that has witnessed its residents living without water, the industries struggling without water and even the authorities’ witch hunting a more feasible and sustainable solution to end water sho...