The Lieutenant-Governorship of Andries Stockenstrom
This thesis covers a short but critical and decisive period in South African History — the crowded and fateful years about 1836. These years saw the final act in slave emancipation; large-scale settlement of Boers beyond the Orange; the application to the northern and eastern frontiers of a treaty policy, based on regard for native rights and interests; and finally a revolt against the liberal British policy and a Great Trek of irreconcilables; which turned the story of the Colony into that...
Armed Intervention and the Challenges of Maritime Security in the Gulf of Aden, 2008-2011
ABSTRACTThe economic collapse and civil war that ensued in Somalia after President Siad Barre gave rise to piracy, armed robbery and dumping of toxic wastes in and around the Gulf of Aden. The attendant humanitarian crisis attracted the intervention of the international community. This study evaluated armed intervention and the challenges of maritime security in the Gulf of Aden between 2008 and 2011. The objectives were to: (i) determine whether the application of the principle of political ...
Assessment of Child Bearing Decisions of Women in Aniocha-North Local Government, Delta State
AbstractThis study was designed to obtain information on the childbearing decisions of women in Aniocha-North L.G.A of Delta State. The specific objectives of the study was to: (i) identify the pattern of childbearing among women in Aniocha –North Local Government Area, Delta State, (ii) identify the extent of women’s participation in child-bearing decisions in Aniocha –North Local Government Area, Delta state and (iii) determine the factors that influence women’s child- bearing decis...
Oil Price Shocks and Oil Sector Stock Prices in Nigeria
ABSTRACTThis study investigates the impact of oil price shocks on oil sector stock prices in Nigeria using a high frequency data between January 2000 to December 2010. The empirical results indicates that no significant effect of oil price is found on oil sector stock prices but there are significant effects of such macroeconomic variables as interest rate, exchange rate and real gross domestic product on oil sector stock prices in Nigeria.Therefore the volatility in oil price does not necess...
Analysis Of The Impact Of Physical And Social Capital Asset Holdings On Poverty Among Farm Households In Nigeria
ABSTRACTThe study was conducted to analyze the impact of physical and social capital asset holdings on poverty among farm households in Nigeria as a contribution towards finding a panacea to the poverty plague in the agricultural sector. The study used secondary data obtained from the Nigeria living Standard Survey data conducted in 2003/2004. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Forster-Greer- Thorbeck poverty measures and Propensity score matching. Results showed that 90% of the...
Determinants Of Restoring A Culture Of Saving In Banks Among Zimbabweans
ABSTRACTThe study set out to examine the determinants of restoring the culture of saving in banks among Zimbabweans over the post-independence Zimbabwe. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in the study. Primary data from 200 bank customers from across the ten provinces of Zimbabwe randomly selected was used in the study to gather opinion regarding the restoration of savings practices among Zimbabweans. Secondary data from the Reserve bank of Zimbabwe on bank deposits, bank ...
An Assessment Of The Role Of Entrepreneurial Action In Influencing Growth Of Rural Farm Enterprises: A Case Of Selected Districts In Zambia
ABSTRACTHuman actions involved in identifying and exploiting opportunities for start-ups and enterprise growth have been studied for some time now (Bird & Schjoedt, 2009; Gartner, Carter, & Reynolds, 2010). But how these actions are triggered and what role they play particularly in rural enterprise growth is a matter that has remained relatively un-researched. Despite the understanding that enterprise growth/failure is an outcome of the entrepreneurial processes, which are emergent from a com...
Analysis Of Effectiveness Of The Law Of Agency On Electronic Commerce In Zambia: A Study Of Zampost- Ndola Branch
ABSTRACTThe law of agency is a area of commercial law dealing with a set of contractual, quasi- contractual and non-contractual fiduciary relationships that involve a person called the agent in this case Zambia Postal Services Corporation (Zampost), that is authorized to act on behalf of another person called the principal in this case a customer to create legal relations with a third party. Succinctly it may be referred to as the equal relationship between Zampost and a customer whereby the ...
The Effectiveness Of The Somap Model To Sustain Rural Water Supply In Zambia - A Case Of Chongwe District
ABSTRACTThis study was to explore the effectiveness of the strategy adopted by the Government of Republic of Zambia to sustain rural water sources of boreholes fitted with hand pumps, using a case of Chongwe District. The Government of the Republic of Zambia adopted a strategy to reduce the rate of non-functional hand pumps for sustaining rural water supply under the National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (NRWSSP). Under the NRWSSP, the Sustainable Operation and Maintenance Proj...
Study On The Formulation Of Pantoprazole Microspheres And Tablets Using Mucuna pruriens Starch
ABSTRACTMicrosphere drug delivery systems are used to protect sensitive drugs from enzymatic degradation in the body, for controlled release and tissue targeting of the drug of interest. Starch and products derived from starch modification, are increasingly gaining acceptance in microsphere drug delivery. They are less expensive, non-toxic, readily available, bio-compatible and bio-degradable. The aim of the study was to formulate sustained release pantoprazole microspheres and enteric-coated...
CAUSES OF HUMAN ENCROACHMENT ON KALULU FOREST IN KABWE DISTRICT OF CENTRAL PROVINCE, ZAMBIA
ABSTRACTForest reserves in Kabwe have undergone changes over the years due to encroachmentby humans who are engaged in activities as such agriculture, charcoal production and even settlements. This has led to the deforestation of Kalulu Forest in Kabwe district of Central province. The main objective of this study was to establish causes of human encroachment of Kalulu Forest. The study was conducted through both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Primary and secondary data was collecte...
DISASTER RISK PREPAREDNES STRATEGIES AGAINST FIRE IN URBAN MAKRKETS IN ZAMABIA A case study of Chisokene Market in KITWE
ABSTRACTThis study investigated disaster risk preparedness strategies against fire at Chisokone market in Kitwe, Zambia. The aim of the study was to analyse disaster risk preparedness strategies against fire at Chisokone market in Kitwe to ensure safety at the trading place. The objectives were to identify fire risks at Chisokone market in Kitwe. To establish disaster risk preparedness strategies against fire at Chisokone market in Kitwe. To determine the challenges being faced in implementin...
THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISK OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION OF WATER IN THE KAFUBU RIVER
ABSTRACTThis research assessed the public health risk of bacteriological water contamination of the Kafubu River in Zambia against the backdrop of limited research on the ambient surface water quality of the river that is flowing in a catchment area characterised by high human activity. Human activity, particularly sewer effluent disposal, is continually loading the river with bacteria that could pose adverse health risks to the public. The study was based on a systematic sampling design by w...
ROLE OF MOTIVATION FOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS; A CASE OF THREE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN ZAMBIA
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors which affect motivation of librarians in three selected Universities in Zambia namely; Mulungushi University, Copperbelt University and Nkrumah University. The objectives of this study were to determine the extent to which librarians are motivated in their work, to find out factors that influence motivation among librarians in the selected university libraries in the Central and Copperbelt provinces of Zambia, to assess the impact ...
An assessment of Information Security Awareness among employees in Higher Education Sector in Zambia: A case of Zambia’s public Universities
AbstractThe use of Information and Communication Technology to collect and process large volumes of data into information has made it possible for organisations to find ways and means of making informed decisions within a short space of time. There is so much dependent on information systems to such an extent that system failure can adversely compromise the organisation’s operations. The education sector has not been left out but has instead become an information super house. The devel...
