ABSTRACT The research aimed at evaluating the inclusive education policy in Zimbabwe. In this study, Danhiko Secondary School was used as a case study. The growing rate of school dropouts has increased due to poor educational provision. Most schools in the country are struggling to offer inclusive education. The rate of dropouts and cases of discrimination in schools has also indicated more need for readdressing the educational policies and laws that supports the inclusive education. It is ag...
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 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 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...
ABSTRACT This dissertation seeks to examine and analyse the historical explanation of women led churches in Zimbabwe tracing from GutaRaJehovah which was formed by Mai Chaza in 1954. The study portrays that the church grew during the colonial era where patriarchy was dominant and suppression of women was rampant and were restricted to many sorts of life. The church expanded because of healing practices which were performed in the church, it became popular to many African countries and abroad....
Abstract The objective of this dissertation is the exploration of the plight of women in PVs of South Eastern Zimbabwe during the liberation struggle for Zimbabwe 1970-1980. The study focuses on how the establishment of the PV strategy made uneasy life for the local people especially women. The PVs were introduced by the Rhodesian government as a counterinsurgency measure to contain guerrillas. In order to complete the research objectives, the dissertation is based on various case studies of ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to discuss and assess STEM implementation in rural secondary schools. The study mainly focused on two rural schools in Zhombe, Kwekwe District in the Midlands province. The schools are Siyaphambili Gwenzimkulu secondary school and St Faith Manzimnyama secondary school. The study sample comprised of ten teachers (five from each school) selected using purposive sampling and seventy students (thirty-five from each school) that were selected using the ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study is to explore the response of women to the Armed Struggle in Chipinge West constituency between 1974-9. The study illustrates the experiences of women in the pre-colonial traditional society prior to the armed struggle and how this was extended to the role of women in the armed struggle in Chipinge West constituency. The role of women at family level in Ndau traditional society in Chipinge played a crucial contribution to support and to sustain the lib...
Abstract This research is a study on the history of the Mutare Museum which was opened to the public in 1964 but this study focus from its humble beginnings from 1954 up to the contemporary period. The research shows the success and failures of the museum throughout its existence. Through an analysis of interviews and oral sources the research presents the chronological summary of the museum. The establishment of the museum was first established as private entity by the colonialist but was la...
ABSTRACT The study was on the role of music in the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe, and Matabeleland region in particular. The main focus of the study was to examine how liberation music in Matabeleland region provided an outlet for their anguish and bitterness about the insensitive colonial system. The use of liberation songs in the decolonization process in Zimbabwe depicted music as a bludgeon which was dedicated to express the people's experiences under a colonial system which had proved ...
Abstract The history of the Shangwe of Gokwe South District has been discovered by many scholars. Though, my study unloaded the history of the Shangwe people of Gokwe South District mainly on the indigenous knowledge systems and how colonialism and imperialism have affected the Shangwe communities and their IKS. The investigation has shown the effects of the Shangwe displacements by the Rhodesian government and also the effects caused by the immigrants (Madheruka) who came from other regions ...
ABSTRACT The study‘s main aim is to demonstrate how the Varemba people preserved their cultural activities and to unpack the reasons behind the survival of the Varemba cultural practices in Zvishavane district. The Varemba ethnic group is a distinct group in Zvishavane, this is due to their unique way of life, their cultural practices includes Komba initiation rite, Murundu, virginity testing, testing for fertility, Female genital Mutilation (FGM), Child marriages, and inheritance. Komba is...
Abstract The dissertation examine contemporary Zimbabwean ideologies and ideals of female beauty through the beauty pageant phenomenon. The concept of beauty is revealed in the study as many people wildly use beauty as something to deal with outer appearance in today’s world. The study represent all types of beauty pageants including fashion modelling, commercial modelling and advertising. Similar events for men and boys are called by other names and are more likely to bodybuilding. The res...
Abstract The study analyzed the contribution of IMK in treating stroke since 1980 to 2015 in Chipinge District . The objectives of the study were to locate the importance of IMK in providing primary health care to the rural people . Factors that encourage people to continue using IMK were also uncovered in the study . Different causes of ailments were also discussed in depth in the study and these causes include witchcraft , bad spirits and diseases that are natural those that are caused by n...
ABSTRACT This research sought to highlight how cultural dynamism solved conflicts between the four ethnic groups of Gokwe south. The research argues that clinging to individual cultures and seeing the next person’s culture as inferior was the major cause for conflicts. Therefore accepting one another and bearing in mind that culture is dynamic marked the end of conflicts. As a result people are now living together peacefully and one cannot tell the difference between these groups today. Thi...