University of Zimbabwe Social Sciences Research: Recent submissions
Now showing items 401-420 of 1958
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Land reform and the challenge of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
(Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare,, 2004)Traditionally health and agriculture have received separate research and policy attention in Zimbabwe The Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe (MRCZ) and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), though under the same ... -
Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP): precursor to the fast track resettlement?
(© This collection: Medicine Masiiwa, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe, 2004)In 1991, the Government of Zimbabwe abandoned its highly interventionist economic strategy and adopted a market driven Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP). A major objective of ESAP was the reorientation of the ... -
Law, politics and the land reform process in Zimbabwe
(Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare,, 2004)The “land question” in Zimbabwe, particularly, the dimensions it took with the land occupations which began on 16 February 2000, demonstrates beyond any shadow of doubt, the intractable link between law and politics. Does ... -
South Africa's destabilization policy: the Zimbabwe experience
(Institute of Development Studies Zimbabwe (ZIDS), 1990)The Southern African region is today still a battleground. In two broad interrelated struggles, the mass of the population of the region are ranged against the South African ruling class and its apartheid regime. The first ... -
When tourists cross boundaries and peasants don’t: inequality and regional metaphors in the Great Limpopo Conservation Area
(Department of Economic History; University of Zimbabwe, 2002-09-13)Southern African conservation restricts the mobility of black peasants and enhances the mobility of white tourists. Nowhere is this inequality more evident than in plans for a vast, trans-boundary conservation area known ... -
Gender effect on the performance of junior secondary school students in mathematics: a case study of schools in Ibadan Municipal
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2014-12)This study investigated gender effect on the performance of Junior Secondary School (JSS) students in mathematics in Ibadan municipal. It is a descriptive survey using an ex-post-facto research design. This study made use ... -
Cultivating Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in in-service science teachers: addressing deficiencies of 'teaching as taught'
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2014-07)The infrastructural educational landscape in Botswana has grown at a tremendous pace in the past two decades. However, this growth has not been paralleled by similar growth in the performance of students in the same school ... -
Two aspects of social change: Highfield African township, Salisbury
(University Of Rhodesia's Institute For Social Research, 1972)This paper presents the results of a structured enquiry survey which is a sequel to a sociographic survey of Highfield African township (Stopforth: 1971). The general introduction to the 1971 publication outlines physical ... -
The opportunities that a department of anatomy can provide in a new faculty of medicine: an inaugural lecture given in the University College of Rhodesia on 12 August 1965
(University College of Rhodesia (now UZ), 1968)The opportunities that a department of anatomy can provide in a new Faculty of Medicine must be seen against the general policy of the Faculty of Medicine in respect to teaching, research and administration, and in the ... -
The small intestine and the effect of partial resection
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Sociological and gender issues in smallholder horticulture: the division of labour and horticulture in relation to household welfare and nutrition
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 1997)Understanding sociological and gender issues is the key in developing the scale ol' horticultural production among smallholders. This paper is based on practical experience in working with smallholders in Zimbabwe, available ... -
An eclectic approach to counselling aids patients: Jung, gestalt and meditation
(School Of Social Work (SSW) (UZ), 1988-01-15)The aim of this talk is to explore possible techniques for counselling HIV carriers, AIDS patients and their families, which do not involve extensive in-depth training in therapy. It is recognized that with the exponential ... -
Bioactive metabolites from African medicinal plants
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 1996-02)A peculiarity of African culture is that the near totality of ingredients used for the formulation of medical remedies come from plant sources; when subjected to chemical analysis, these plants frequently afford biologically ... -
Biotechnology and the future of agriculture in Zimbabwe: strategic issues
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 2006)Biotechnology is a collection of scientific disciplines that integrate natural, life and engineering sciences. The broad definition of biotechnology is simply the industrial use of living organisms or parts of living ... -
Sludge deposition and caustic embrittlement in the pre-mature failure of a waste heat boiler steel plate
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 1999)A failure investigation of a welded waste heat boiler steel shell that developed transverse cracks was carried out in 1996 to determine the cause of failure as well as propose measures to be adopted to prevent similar ... -
Experiential approach to teaching statistics and research methods
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2015-03)Statistics and research methods are among the more demanding topics for students of education to master at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is our conviction that teaching these topics should be combined ... -
The status of women and fertility in Zimbabwe
(Earthware Publishing Services (on behalf of ) The Demographic Unit, Department of Sociology, University of Zimbabwe, 1994)This paper examines the nature of the relationship between the status of women and fertility, and the implications of this relationship for future fertility reduction in Zimbabwe. Fertility in Zimbabwe is comparatively ... -
Engineering education in Zimbabwe from antiquity to the present
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2015-11)This article traces the origins of architectural and engineering roots in Zimbabwe from antiquity through the Kingdoms of Zimbabwe (1220-1450 CE), Mutapa (1430-1760 CE) and Rozvi (16H4-U334 CE), as well as the Colonial ... -
Socio-economic and cultural differentials in fertility in Zimbabwe
(Earthware Publishing Services (on behalf of ) The Demographic Unit, Department of Sociology, University of Zimbabwe, 1994)Studies of fertility differentials attempt to investigate why fertility varies within populations and population sub-groups sharing diverse or common socioeconomic and physical environments. This study seeks to show the ... -
The requirements and supplies of high level manpower in Southern Rhodesia 1961-1970
(University College of Rhodesia (now UZ), 1964)This report on the High Level Manpower requirements in Southern Rhodesia arose out of discussions with Mr. Alan Pifer in 1960. Subsequently a grant from the Carnegie Corporation made it possible for Professor E. A. G. ...