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    • The Rhodesia Freedom From Hunger Campaign 

      Lombard, John (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1968-09)
      It was Dr. Sen, of India, Director of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, which has its headquarters in Rome, who organised the world-wide organisation known as the “Freedom from Hunger Campaign”. ...

    • Banking Law and Public Policy: Recent Developments in Zimbabwean Law 

      Madhuku, Lovemore (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997)

    • Deconstructing Visual Imagery by the Mentally Retarded: Implications for Methodology Theory 

      Mamvuto, Attwell (Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2006-03)
      This paper presents a deconstructive analysis of drawings by the mentally retarded children. It analyses the visual images for their symbolic meanings and significance to the young artists. Data were collected qualitatively ...

    • The Competition Act of 1995: a Legal Analysis 

      Manase, Arthur J. (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1996)
      The objective of this paper is to undertake a broad analysis of the desirability or otherwise of instituting competition law in Zimbabwe and an analysis of the Act itself in an endeavour to ascertain whether or not technically ...

    • Transport in Relation to Exports 

      Hawkins, Roger T.R. (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1972-12)

    • Gender and Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Sustainable Development 

      Mohamed-Katerere, Jennifer (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1996)
      Environmental education is essential for promoting sustainable development practices and strategies. Potentially, it may affect the choices various stakeholders, policy makers and managers make that affect the environment. ...

    • Agriculture as an Exporter 

      Margolis, William (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1972-12)
      The Rhodesian economy has many different characteristics. In some sectors we can find a degree of development and sophistication that ranks with the most developed regions of the world; in others our economy has all the ...

    • The Potential Demand For Game Meat in Harare's Low and Middle Density Suburbs 

      Masomera, Augustine; Muir-Leresche, Kay (Department Of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) (University of Zimbabwe) (UZ), 1998-12)
      In some African countries game meat is preferred to domestic animal meat. In Zimbabwe a significant amount of game meat is being produced but little is consumed in the main urban centres. As a result the selling of game ...

    • The Quest to Consign Apartheid to the Dustbin of History: Procedural Human Rights in Criminal Justice in the Final Constitution of South Africa 

      Goredema, Charles (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1996)
      History will record that the first democratic Constitution of South Africa came into force on the 27th day of April 1994. Officially titled the Constitution of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993, it generally became known ...

    • Education, Race and Employment in Rhodesia: a Review of the Review 

      Murphree, M.W. (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1976-03)
      In his review of this book (RJE, Vol. 9, No. 4, December 1975 pp 157/ 175) Professor Irvine concludes his summary of what he considers to be both its value and its defects with the statement, “Nevertheless it should be ...

    • Job Stress, Job Dissatisfaction and Stress Related Illnesses among South African Educators 

      Peltzer, Karl; Shisana, Olive; Zuma, Khangelani; Van Wyk, Brian; Zungu-Dirwayi, Nompumelelo (Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2008-11)
      The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between self-reported job stress and job dissatisfaction and the prevalence of stress related illnesses and risk factors amongst educators. A cross-sectional survey was ...

    • Urban Agriculture, Food Security and the Environment: Socio-economics, Land Use Conflicts and Cultivators’ Views 

      Mudimu, Godfrey D.; Siziba, Shepherd; Hanyani-Mlambo, Benjamin (Department Of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) (University of Zimbabwe) (UZ), 1998)
      Crop production on open municipal and undeveloped lands has become a significant source of the food security and indirectly sources of household cash income generation or savings. Advent of economic reforms has exacerbated ...

    • The Demand for Manpower in Malawi: Economic Growth, Employment Opportunities and the Utilization of Manpower 

      Gupta, Desh (Rhodesian Economic Society. (RES) University of Rhodesia (UR) (now University of Zimbabwe.) (UZ.), 1976-03)
      It is a truism to say that people with higher education earn more on the average than those with less education, at least if the same age profile is being considered. This is even more so in the case of developing countries, ...

    • Towards the Constitutional Protection of Environmental Rights in Zimbabwe 

      Ncube, Welshman; Mohamed-Katerere, Jennifer; Chenje, Munyaradzi (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1996)
      The increasing emphasis on environmental protection and ecological preservation, as well as Zimbabwe's crisis of development make it eminently desirable to analyse the conceptual values in which environmental law is based. ...

    • Quality Concerns in Basic Primary Education in Two Rural Districts of Zimbabwe: an Interrogation of Perceptions of Critical Stakeholders 

      Chisaka, Bornface C.; Mavundutse, Oliver (Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2006-03)
      Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has been priding itself of a high literacy rate among its population, and has been producing what has been termed high quality products in the form of teachers, doctors, nurses, among ...

    • African Education and the Rhodesian Employer 

      Reader, D.H. (Rhodesian Economic Society. (RES) University of Rhodesia (UR) (now University of Zimbabwe.) (UZ.), 1972-06)
      This paper is propounded in the context that the seemingly bottomless well of African teaching posts in Rhodesia is drying up, and that the employment of Africans generally is becoming a problem of greater concern. It is ...

    • Towards a Compensatory Approach to Redressing Constitutional Violations in Botswana 

      Boko, Duma Gideon (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1998)
      Constitutions of most, if not all, civilised countries contain elaborate provisions on fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual. These are normally entrenched in a Bill of Rights and operate to delineate a general ...

    • Retrenchment and the Law 

      Madhuku, Lovemore (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1998)
      Retrenchments belong to the class of termination of employment commonly described as "economic dismissals". This class is distinct in that on the one hand workers lose their jobs without any fault (such as misconduct) or ...

    • Redefining Insider Dealing Law for Emerging Markets: a Comparative Legal Study 

      Mwenda, Kenneth Kaoma (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997)
      The collapse of the so-called communist regimes in eastern Europe and the ending of the cold war have had a significant bearing on the relationships of various subjects of international law. Indeed, not only has the ...

    • Criminal Justice and the Truth in Zimbabwe: a Necessary Introspection? 

      Goredema, Charles (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1998)
      Criminal justice systems in many of the countries in southern Africa are based on legal systems transferred from the erstwhile colonial powers.1 It would appear that by the time of independence the adopted systems had ...