i ABSTRACT Land use changes have been occurring as a result of human uses for developmental purposes. These changes will certainly have a negative influence on the hydrological characteristics of catchments, thereby inducing an increase in surface runoff, soil erosion and sediment inputs. In the year 2000, Rio Tinto discovered kimberlite diamonds in Murowa, Zvishavane. This discovery led to the relocation of 142 families to Shashe resettlement block in Masvingo Province near Mashava. The area...
Abstract There has been a country wide outcry from citizens about the poor performance of councilors and that they are not doing what the electorate wants them to do. Throughout all the local authorities in Zimbabwe it has been realized that, there is poor oversight, judgment and overwhelming corruption which has in turn led to serious poor service delivery. What is not disputable in Zimbabwean politics is that the ordinary citizens have in most cases been by and large remained political spec...
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ABSTRACT the study sought to identify common method of academic cheating, situation when academic dishonesty took place and the perceived reasons for engaging in such behaviours. form 5 and form 6 student sampled from 4 gweru urban high school (n-238) responded to a Questionaire that used to collect data.
ABSTRACT PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The purpose of this study is to examine the link between the regulatory framework of accounting reporting in Zimbabwe Public sector and the quality of financial reporting. METHODOLOGY: The study used questionnaires to survey 15 staff members of Civil Service Commission .Qualitative and quantitative approach was used to determine the link between the regulatory framework of accounting reporting and the quality of financial reporting. FINDINGS: Results indicate th...
ABSTRACT This study is aimed at unveiling the challenges that have been faced by Zimbabwe in the 21st century. This study mainly focuses on the challenges that have had a negative impact to peace and in some instances reconciliation. The research branched out the challenges into economic, social and political categories so as to create a proper path of how they affect peace. In other sections of this research the dimensions of the categories shape shift into two distinct parallels which are e...
ABSTRACT The research was primarily aimed at assessing if it is feasible for National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to extend contributory social security scheme to the informal sector. The research was motivated after realizing that the informal sector in Zimbabwe is increasing at the expense of formal sector which is leading to the contribution base of NSSA to decrease since only formally employed workers are the ones who are obliged to contribute. This leads to a funding gap where contr...
ABSTRACT Motivation is crucial for organizations to function; without motivation employees will not put up their best and the organisations performance would be less efficient. The situation is even more serious in developing countries where working conditions are unattractive. It is in view of this that this study was conducted to assess the role of motivation on employee performance in parastatals: a case study of the rural electrification agency. The case-study approach was adopted for the...
Abstract The study’s aim was to understand the role of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in livelihoods provision. The Plumtree-Mutare road rehabilitation was done under the PPP framework. It was necessary to study the impacts in Gweru because some of the national benefits are overstated, elitist, and remote which the poor cannot easily feel. PPPs were chosen as government had no funds thus it formed Infra-link, a joint venture with Group 5 International financed by a USD $206 million doll...
ABSTRACT Financial derivatives are used for hedging and transferring of risks in the financial system, government planning and regulatory systems. Derivatives have been used as a tool to identify risks and develop strategies to address the risks in Agriculture. The study’s main aim is to investigate the applicability of weather derivatives on tobacco farming in Zimbabwe and examines its role in production. Thus by studying the issue within the context of Zimbabwe weather patterns and their ...
ABSTRACT This study is an investigation into the effectiveness of livelihood projects as a strategy in reducing Gender Based Violence (GBV). The study explored and highlighted the major causes of GBV, the livelihood options for women, the relationship between GBV and livelihoods and the extent to which livelihood projects as a strategy have reduced GBV and empowered women using the case study on Nyanga, Ward 27. The major causes of GBV are poverty, lack of economic independence among women, p...
ABSTRACT In Zimbabwe, food security has been always a major challenge in parts of the country especially in the rural areas and many households in the country remain food insecure. Maize being the staple food for the nation and a strategic crop for food self-sufficiency for the nation it been suppressed due to the lack of effective economic policies and this has resulted in the low production of the crop amongst the farmers especially communal farmers in the country. Developing countries have...
ABSTRACT This study is aimed at assessing the impact of the civil society towards improving the livelihoods of orphans with particular focus on Restless Development in Nhedziwa ward 4 of the Chimanimani district. The general objective of this study was to assess the impact of the civil society in improving the livelihoods of orphans. A sample of twenty respondents out of a total of sixty-five orphans was selected using purposive sampling. Data was collected using interviews, questionnaires an...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the determinants of bank spreads in Zimbabwe’s commercial banking sector in the multiple currency period (2009 to 2012). The study employed panel data techniques to analyze the impact of bank specific, industry specific and macroeconomic factors on bank spreads. Other objectives of the study involved the study of the contribution of foreign and local banks to widening bank spreads and to establish the relationship between the spread and its components the depos...
ABSTRACT The motive of the study was to assess the extent of product performance analysis’s impact on the overall corporate performance of Delta Corporation. The research’s statement of the problem exposed that the decrease in revenue over the past 3 years and growing production costs resulting in poor performance of the corporation is a cause for concern. This prompted for the research in which the study endeavours on how best product performance can be improved at Delta Corporation. Lit...