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    • Lawyers Against the Law? Judges and the Legal Profession in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe 

      Ncube, Welshman (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997)
      This negative image of lawyers as a dishonest profession which feeds on the innocent's miseries is almost as old as the legal profession and has sometimes resulted in shortsighted, emotional and retrogressive measures ...

    • Socio-Economic Rights under International and Zimbabwean Laws 

      Hwenhira, Frank; Matika, Edzai Edson; Chikwayi, Admire (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2009)
      Socio-economic rights fail into the category of rights, which is known as the second generation of rights, the first generation being that of the civil and political rights. These are the rights that the state has to ...

    • Finance for Exports 

      Gilbert, John T. (Rhodesian Economic Society. University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1972-12)
      A simple subject with a simple answer is one way of describing the subject matter of this paper but the only really simple part is being played by the speaker who was simple but honoured to accept the invitation of the ...

    • Fiscal Incentives for Good Environmental Management In Zimbabwe 

      Hlatshwayo, Ben (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1996)
      Tax incentives are rarely considered in discussions on environmental protection, yet well structured incentives can be of critical importance in contributing to good environmental management. For tax incentives to contribute ...

    • Biological Nitrogen Fixation: Sustaining African Agriculture into the Twenty-First Century? 

      Mpepereki, Shemunyoro M.; Makonese, Fred T. (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications. (Department of Soil Sciences), 1998)
      The main objective of the African Association for Biological Nitrogen Fixation (AABNF) is to promote research, training and the use of biological nitrogen fixation systems to increase food production, reduce the need for ...

    • The Possible Effects of Rhodesian Industrial Growth Upon Agriculture 

      Mills, W.D. (Rhodesian Economic Society. University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1969-06)
      Introduction This Symposium, I believe, is very relevant to present-day economic- conditions in Rhodesia. Manufacturing as we know (and this is shown in Appendix I) is an extremely important contributor to Gross Domestic ...

    • Observations on the Observance of Administrative Law in University Students Disciplinary Proceedings: a Survey of Selected Universities in Southern Africa 

      Goredema, Charles (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1996)
      The case for the transformation of educational institutions, particularly the universities, in South Africa has been well pleaded. Many universities have set up transformation structures of one form or another to give ...

    • The Mining Industry as an Exporter 

      Gibson, Craig A. (Rhodesian Economic Society. University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1972-12)
      In looking at the Rhodesian mining industry it is clear that the industry has to export to survive; our own economy has not developed, and will not do so in the foreseeable future, to the stage where it can absorb any but ...

    • Economic Analysis of Soyabean Production and Management Technologies: a Case Study of Hurungwe Communal Lands, Zimbabwe 

      Mudimu, G.D. (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications. (Department of Soil Sciences), 1998)
      This study focused on analysis of research, demonstration and survey data on alternative soyabean production and management technologies in Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe. Use of improved soyabean production and management ...

    • Muddling in the Quicksands of Tradition and Custom and Skating Down the Slippery Slopes of Modernity: the Reform of Marriage and Inheritance Laws in Zimbabwe 

      Ncube, Welshman (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1996)
      In 1993 the Government of Zimbabwe published a White Paper on Marriage and Inheritance in Zimbabwe which invited debate on proposed law reforms to this area of the law. That white paper generated widespread and often heated ...

    • Theoretical Perspectives on the Right to Access to Information: Expanding the Democratic Space 

      Feltoe, Geoff (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications./ Norweian Institute of Human Rights (NIHR.), 1998)
      Birkinshaw points out that that information is a feature of power and so too is its control, use and regulation. Those possessing and controlling information have power and their power is augmented if they have exclusive ...

    • Manufacturing Industry and Export Prospects 

      Whyte, Peter (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1972-12)
      The tremendous growth of Rhodesian secondary industry over the past seven years has brought important benefits to our economy by way of increased levels of economic activity and employment. Industrial growth has also ...

    • The Problem of Urban Squatting in African Countries — with a Special Focus on Nairobi (Kenya) and Harare (Zimbabwe) 

      Nkiwane, Victor. (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1993)
      Urban squatter settlements are an increasingly prevalent phenomenon in many parts of the Third World countries as they hold substantial proportions of their populations. For example, it has been estimated that more than ...

    • An Analysis of African Family Expenditure Part Two: the Chiweshe Reserve 

      Johnson, R.W.M. (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1971-03)
      Chiweshe Reserve is some 60 miles north-west of Salisbury in the Mazoe district, and is a typical African Reserve in the high veld of Mashonaland. Male absenteeism is fairly high, and agriculture is typically carried out ...

    • Imprisonment: Its Effectiveness and Results 

      Nairn, R.G. (Department of Law, University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe) (UZ)., 1972-10)
      Imprisonment is ill-suited to achieve any of the traditional objects of punishment, and in practice produces the undesirable results of contamination with experienced criminals, loss of employment, character re-definition ...

    • The Right to Information and the Regulation of Broadcasting in Zimbabwe: Towards a More Liberal Framework 

      Ncube, Welshman (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1996)
      The debate over the broadcasting legal regulatory framework in Zimbabwe falls within the general discourse on freedom of expression, information and the media. Accordingly, issues relating to the reform of the laws governing ...

    • Modulation and yield of some self-nodulating soyabean varieties in Malawi 

      Khonje, D.J. (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications. (Department of Soil Sciences), 1998)
      Natural nodulation and yield of self-nodulating soyabean (Glycine max) varieties were evaluated in trials on different soils of Malawi. Treatments were: (a) seed inoculation with Bradyrhizobium japonicum, (b) 200 kg/ha ...

    • Industrial Growth and the Mining Industry 

      Hedley, R. John (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1969-06)
      No country needs much incentive to develop its natural resources to the best advantage, but the present uncertain state of the world, both economically and otherwise, lends tremendous impetus to the effort to become more ...

    • Irregularity in the High Court: Appeal or Review? 

      Godfrey, K. (Department of Law, University of Rhodesia ( now University of Zimbabwe.) (UZ), 1972-10)
      The difference between appeal and review is familiar to Southern African lawyers: appeal challenges the correctness! of the decision and is based on what appears in the record; review challenges the regularity of the ...

    • Labour Laws in Zimbabwe: Legal Targets and Reality 

      Nzombe, Shephard (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1993)