ABSTRACT The research assessed the revenue collection challenges and opportunities in Zimbabwean local authorities and the possible solutions using Bindura Municipality as a case study. The study analysed the different sources of revenue and analyzed their contribution to the budget and their collection rate. A case study research design was used in this assessment. A sample of one hundred ratepayers was chosen. The sample is made up of five strata and these are; Bindura Municipality employee...
Abstract The research main aim was to investigate the effectiveness of housing cooperatives in the provision of urban housing in Harare. A housing cooperative is a legal association formed for the purpose of providing housing to its member on a continuing basis. The introductory chapter highlighted on the background of the study citing the history of Harare city council that led to the emergence of housing cooperatives in the late 1980s. Housing cooperatives approach was adopted by many urban...
ABSTRACT Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time for example decades to millions of years. It is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions. Tsholotsho district is one of the most affected districts in the country by climate change. It has been rated number 7 out of 10 districts in terms of drought. The study seek...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to view the effectiveness of managerial control tools in Local Authorities at Chipinge Rural District Council. The main problem was that Chipinge Rural District Council still lags behind in terms of providing its services to the residents due to its poor financial base. The managerial controls is a global concern that stresses continuous improvements to fit the changing environment. Managerial control tools came to light due to the poor work performa...
ABSTRACT The main thrust of the study is to access the relationship between women and property ownership. To bring to light gender inequalities that exists in property ownership and allocation. The research focused on Tongogara Rural District‟s ward eight the ward which is poverty prone and one of the causes of poverty being that of lack of property ownership in which affects mostly women. The main aim of the research it to bring to light the disparities in property ownership in Tongogara R...
ABSTRACT The research topic is based on the impacts of central government supervision on rural local governance and development using Zaka rural district council as the case s tudy. Central government supervision has proved that it can run in two ways either producing positive or negative impacts in as much as rural local governance and development is concerned. Zaka rural district council has not been spared when incompetent ru ral local authorities are being counted. The district has been c...
ABSTRACT This study looks forward to examine factors that hinder the effectiveness of the anti corruption strategies for rural local authorities, case of Masvingo RDC. Corruption is affecting service delivery in various rural local authorities and Masvingo RDC was found to be one of the public organizations that are being haunted by it. Although there are anticorruption strategies in place, their efforts are being whitewashed by the effects of corruption. Corruption still exists in Masvingo R...
ABSTRACT The research study focused on the effectiveness of Results Based Financing (RBF) in the provision of better services within health facilities. The main motives of this research are to examine the forms of RBF being partaken by health service providers in ensuring changes in the health sector, to identify the various challenges experienced in the implementation of RBF, to analyze the influence of RBF towards a motivated health workforce within the operating circles, to assess the exte...
ABSTRACT People are forced into street vending due to various factors. First and foremost street vending is a source of livelihood for the urban poor and those who couldn’t be absorbed into the formal sectors of the economy. Zimbabwe is facing a plethora of economic challenges and under such a precarious state of affairs street vending activities are on the rise. The astronomical growth of street entrepreneurs is an addition to multifarious challenges faced by urban local authorities in mos...
ABSTRACT The main focus of the research was on innovative ways of engaging stakeholders in managing droughts. The research focused on Mutoko district’s wards fourteen, fifteen and eighteen which are naturally drought prone areas in the district. The research was aimed at establishing an effective way of managing droughts in the district, identifying and assessing the impacts of droughts in the district, assessing the capacity of institutions responsible for managing droughts in the distric...
ABSTRACT The new constitution which was adopted in 2013 saw the constitutionalisation of Local government and Provincial government in Zimbabwe creating a three tier government. Consequently they are three spheres of government, which are national, provincial and local levels. These tiers of governemnt are obliged to work together and mutualy cooperate and support each other through peaceful coordination and interactions termed intergovernmental relations (IGR). The basis for IGR in Zimbabwe...
ABSTRACT Zimbabwean Local Authorities have faced immense challenges in service provision during the past years due to economic challenges but however a poor performance management culture or system has been attributed to this drastic failure to provide services effectively and efficiently. The research analyses the adoption and implementation of Results Based Personnel Performance Management System and its impact on the provision of services with a special focus on Chipinge Town Council. The...
ABSTRACT The research topic came after realisation that UMzingwane Rural District Council was failing to attract investment despite having vast natural resources, a tarred main road and a railway line. In order to carry out the intended purpose the research objectives and research questions were out lined to guide the research on the topic: Rural Local Authorities and investment attraction. The case of UMzingwane Rural District Council. Relevant Literature was used to explore the viewsofother...
ABSTRACT The research seeks to explore the aspect of entrenching ethics in Zimbabwean Rural Local Authorities. The research study was influenced by a high rise of corruption and related unethical practices within the Local Government system which are greatly militating against the provision of efficient and effective service delivery. The research sought to identify; the unethical practices prevalent at Gutu Rural District Council (GRDC), to analyse the measures put in place to enforce ethica...