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Accessing good quality water in hazardous mining environments: coping mechanisms for young women in selected districts of Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe
(Bachudo Science Co. Ltd, 2018) Makwerere, David; Chinzete, Gillian Tafadzwa; Massimo, Charles
The study focused on how environmental degradation due to unregulated illegal mining activities is affecting the welfare of communities in general and women in particular with regards to access good quality water. The methodological design was a qualitative approach and focused on the two districts of Shamva and Bindura in Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe. The study noted that the area of environmental policing has remained weak and compromised owing to a combination of factors, key among them being the difficult socio-economic environment which has often seen a lot of communities destroying the environment around them, political populism leading to the destruction of local ecologies and general disregard of responsibilities by companies operating mining, construction, and other enterprises.This has seen the gradual destruction and pollution of fresh water bodies across the communities.The study revealed that there is a considerable level of pollution on some water bodies in the two districts. The pollution is largely caused by the use of mercury and cyanide by the illegal gold panners and artisanal miners in the area. This has restricted opportunities for women’s access to safe domestic water. Women are using strategies such as outsourcing from neighboring communities with relatively safe water for domestic use, differentiating water for cooking and drinking and for other activities like bathing and laundry, water harvesting during rain seasons and buying from shops in extreme circumstances. In conclusion, the coping mechanisms only offer temporary relief and are not be sustainable in the long run.
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Effectiveness of transitional justice processes in peace-building in Zimbabwe: the case of national peace and reconciliation commission
(Academic Journals, 2023) Chinyonga, Bazel Coster; Kurebwa, Jeffry
The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of transitional justice processes in Zimbabwe using a case of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC). The NPRC is the first Commission constitutionally mandated to implement the transitional justice processes in Zimbabwe. The research employed a qualitative research methodology and a case study design of the NPRC was used. Purposive sampling method was used to identify research participants. Data was collected using key informant interviews and documentary analysis. The research participants were drawn from the NPRC and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The findings of the study showed that the NPRC was far from meeting its mandate as enshrined in the Constitution of Zimbabwe (2013) and the NPRC Act. The key issues of transitional justice include reparations, prosecutions, and truth telling. The major challenges noted included financial, political, and lack of visibility at grassroots levels.
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Marechera’s world: naming people and places in Marechera’s black sunlight
(NISC (Pty) Ltd., 2023) Pfukwa, C.; Maganga, Allan T.
A name is an important statement of identity of a person, persons, a phenomenon, or a place. It can be a peg around which identities are constructed or deconstructed, formed or de-formed, erased or resuscitated, planted or dismembered. The problem of identity is central to Marechera’s concerns, with critics and scholars perpetually trying to place him in certain spaces, sometimes without much success. This article explores Dambudzo Marechera’s Black Sunlight through an onomastic lens, with a view to finding out how the novelist named his characters and space(s) in his story. The names he uses create a landscape that reflects certain forms, processes and patterns. In its analysis of Marechera’s names, the article weaves in current thinking in onomastics and of post-colonial traditions that have influenced literary criticism in the last twenty years.
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(Re) writing an urban landscape: street names in Harare’s CBD after 1980
(NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2018) Pfukwa, Charles
This paper examines some changes in street names in Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare, after 1980. It is guided by some current perspectives in onomastics such as onomastic erasure, descriptive backing, and studies in the linguistic landscape. A historical background of the country from 1890 is given in order to understand how European names emerged on this urban landscape. From a corpus of over 51 names, it was observed that only 19 street names were changed. The changed names are discussed alongside the old name. The study observes that these street names are statements of power on the urban landscape. Whenever street names (and other place names) are changed on a landscape, history is rewritten or in some cases erased and replaced by a new script
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Competence-based education pedagogy and its infusion into primary school learning activities: experiences from teachers in a selected cluster in Eswatini
(Yayasan Centre for Studying and Milieu Development of Indonesia (CESMiD), 2025-03-01) Dlamini, Cyprian; Chikuvadze, Pinias; Mudavanhu, Young; Dziva, Daimond; Makuvire, Claretah
This study sought to explore how Competency-Based Education (CBE) pedagogy was implemented in the selected primary schools and to understand the experiences of teachers with this pedagogical approach. The study was rooted in mixed research method approach. For this study 24 respondents were selected through stratified random technique. Data was collected through an interview and semi structured questionnaire. In analysing quantitative data, percentages were used and qualitative data was analysed according to emerging themes. This created the platform for quantitative and qualitative data to corroborate each other. From the analysed and interpreted data, it was revealed that seminars, peer tutoring, and workshops were commonly used approaches to prepare teachers for the integration of CBE pedagogy into all learning activities. The results showed that student-centred methods, such as problem-solving, inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, and design-based learning were at the centre of CBE pedagogy’s integration into primary school learning activities. The integration of CBE pedagogy in primary school teaching and learning fosters flexible personalised learning with emphasis on skills development. Based on the results it can be concluded that to a larger extent the teachers in the selected primary schools cluster were facilitating the infusion of CBE pedagogy into learning activities. It can be recommended that continuous teachers’ professional development to enhance their competencies in the infusion of CBE pedagogy into learning activities.