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Regulating against business "fronting" to advance black economic empowerment in Zimbabwe: lessons from South Africa
(2017)
This article examines Zimbabwe's indigenisation legislation, points out some of its inadequacies and draws lessons from South Africa's experiences in implementing its own indigenisation legislation. Both countries have ...
Economic nationalism amid ethnic disharmony in postcolonial Zimbabwe (1980-2013): a case of Matabeleland Provinces
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)
The colonial legacy of uneven economic development in Zimbabwe and the use of such constructs as ‘Mashonaland’, ‘Matabeleland’ and ‘Manicaland’ have remained substantially unaltered under the post-colonial government. Those ...
Kalanga culture and the nature of resistance against the Native Land Husbandry Act of 1951 in colonial Zimbabwe
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)
In this article the nature of resistance to the implementation of the Native Land Husbandry Act of 1951 (NLHA), popularly known as amagandiya in Bulilimamangwe, in colonial Zimbabwe is explored. It looks at two Kalanga ...
“Who does this history curriculum want you to be?”: Representation, school history and curriculum in Zimbabwe.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)
This paper looks critically at representation in the history curriculum of Zimbabwe
in relation to the production of subjectivity and identity that the government
hopes will fulfil the quest for nationhood. It finds that ...
Challenges faced by rural people in mitigating the effects of climate change in the Mazungunye communal lands, Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2019)
The phenomenon of climate change is one of the most contested and debated concepts globally. Some governments still deny the existence of climate change and its impact on rural–urban areas around the world. However, the ...
Adapting to climate change: reflections of peasant farmers in Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2019)
Climate change is projected to have negative impacts on agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa and this is likely to continue for decades, unless adaptation measures are implemented. The changing climate is a global ...
Disability and disaster risk reduction as an incongruent matrix: lessons from rural Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2019)
The policy thrust of disaster risk reduction initiatives is in many instances tailored towards able-bodied people. This is at the expense of those challenged in many facets such as physically, mentally and other forms of ...
Estate farming and Ndau people’s displacement from Zimbabwe into Mozambique, c.1940-2010
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)
This article focuses on the development of plantation farming close to the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border and its effects on the Ndau people. Colonial incursions on the Zimbabwe/Mozambique border areas resulted in the development ...
Narratives and interpretations of the political economy of Zimbabwe’s development aid trajectory, 1980–2013
(AOSIS, 2021)
The purpose of this conceptual study is to analyse the political economy of Zimbabwe’s
development aid trajectory from 1980 to 2013. The discussion unfolds around four historical
epochs: colonial legacy, land and ...
Solid waste management practices in Zimbabwe: a case study of one secondary school
(AOSIS, 2019)
The discourse on waste management in general and solid waste management in particular has captured the interest of many scholars. Although there is a plethora of literature on the solid waste management phenomenon globally, ...