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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Bulawayo"”.
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Victims as perpetrators of gender-based violence in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Management Science: Public Administration – Peace Studies at the Durban University of Technology, 2023.
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Life Experiences of Street Children in Bulawayo: Implications for Policy and Practice
… children in Zimbabwe’s second largest city, Bulawayo. The study explores the work and activities that street children engage in as they negotiate their way through public and private spaces. A consideration is given to how the street children’s need for space and their sense of place becomes …
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Hustle Revolution: Participation of young graduates in the informal economy of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
… who participate in the informal economy of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. This study aimed to answer the question of whether formal education gives young graduates competing in the informal economy a competitive advantage or disadvantage. This was done through in-depth interviews, hanging out …
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Heat exposure and adaptation strategies of outdoor informal sector workers in urban Bulawayo - Zimbabwe
… in developing countries in the tropics. In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, a large portion of the population work outdoors in the informal sector as street vendors (hawkers) due to a lack of employment opportunities. These hawkers spend long hours in the sun or under makeshift sheds with poorly …
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Market solutions to the low-income housing challenge – a case study of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
The provision of decent, affordable and well-located housing for low-income communities has been an intractable problem, especially for developing countries. The empirical puzzle that motivated this study is that, despite the adverse macro environment in Zimbabwe, there appears to be private-sector …
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Medical missions in Rhodesien / Zimbabwe : zur Geschichte der Missionshospitäler der Erzdiözese Bulawayo und den Biographien ihrer leitenden Ärztinnen
… Missionsorden)im Gebiet der heutigen Erzdiözese Bulawayo auf- und ausgebaut wurden. Diese Missionshospitäler sind Teil eines landesweiten Netzes von kirchl. Gesundheitseinrichtungen (überwiegend in kath. Trägerschaft), die flächendeckend den Großteil der ländlichen Bevölkerung (= 70% der …
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Reproductive decisions among couples with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe: a descriptive qualitative study of a sample from Bulawayo
Men and woman of reproductive age are the largest group infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Zimbabwe. Over 70% of the reported HIV/AIDS cases in Zimbabwe are among the 20-29 year age group. The purpose of this exploratory study was to explore and describe the impact of being HIV …
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Intimate Partner Violence among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and perceived barriers and facilitators to the provision of psychosocial interventions in salons
… salons to provide psychosocial interventions in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Methods. Nine AGYW who had experienced IPV participated in virtual and in-person key-informant interviews. Two focus groups were conducted with salon and spa workers to explore the potential use of salon-based interventions …
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Prevalence of depression and anxiety and associated risk factors among adolescent offenders within the juvenile justice system in Bulawayo and Matabeleland North Province(s), Zimbabwe
… years within the juvenile justice system in Bulawayo and Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe. Methods In total, 130 adolescent offenders aged between 10 and 17 years were recruited in the cross- sectional study using a convenient sampling technique. The Centre for Epidemiological Studies …
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Intimate partner violence among adolescent girls and young women in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and perceived barriers and facilitators to the provision of psychosocial interventions in salons
… salons to provide psychosocial interventions in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Methods. Nine AGYW who had experienced IPV participated in virtual and in-person key informant interviews. Two focus groups were conducted with salon and spa workers to explore the potential use of salon-based interventions …
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Circumstantial social entrepreneurship: Exploring inclusive, social innovation in the transition from shadow to mainstream economic spaces. A case study of informal sector recycling activities in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
… and social innovation. The research area is Bulawayo, Zimbabwe with the informal recycling sector as case study. The main research question is “How can we harness inclusion and social innovation as the informal sector transitions into mainstream economic spaces?” The research employs an …
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A comparative analysis of metaphorical expressions used by rural and urban Ndebele speakers: the contribution of S'ncamtho
… an Ndebele-based urban youth variety of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe along the variables of rural/urban, sex, age and level of education. The thesis uses Cognitive Metaphor Theory to build on research on metaphor in urban youth varieties to answer the overarching question; how is S'ncamtho …
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Measuring technical efficiency in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector: a two-stage DEA Tobit approach
… significantly vary with location with firms in Bulawayo being more efficient. This paper found no evidence of a relationship between foreign ownership and manufacturing productivity in Zimbabwe. By identifying factors that affect efficiency as well as measuring their impact on manufacturing …
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Informal production in Zimbabwe : a study of production methods and intersectoral relations with special reference to the clothing industry
… twenty formal and informal clothing producers in Bulawayo. The questionnaire was administered and completed by the author during the course of an interview, the questions requiring specific, as opposed to open-ended, answers. The production data obtained were analysed using the Kmenta formulation …
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Contestation, confusion and change: urban governance and service delivery in Zimbabwe (2000-2012)
… and, SPECIFICALLY, in the cities of Harare, Bulawayo, Masvingo and Mutare. The problematic of urban governance in these cities has been marked by contestation, confusion and change for a range of reason which would seem to be associated with issues of planning and management of urban areas, …
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An exploratory study of the employment prospects of Deaf individuals in Zimbabwe
… were purposefully selected in two cities, namely Bulawayo and Gweru. They had completed their secondary level of education and sat for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) ordinary level exams which are Zimbabwe's national exams, while others sat for Higher Education Examination …
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The Goffal Speaks: Coloured Ideology and the Perpetuation of a Category in Postcolonial Zimbabwe
… of Zimbabwe, in particular, in the city of Bulawayo. Additional ethnographic data was also collected in Cape Town, South Africa in the winter of 2009. Several methods were used in collecting data for this project: household surveys, genealogies, semi-structured and unstructured interviews, …
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Characterisation of the hydantoin-hydrolysing activity of pseudomonas putida strain RUKM3s and development of biocatalyst for amino acid production
This study tested the hypothesis that the hydantoin-hydrolysing enzymes of a novel Pseudomonas putida, RUKM3s, with high-levels of activity of a non-stereoselective hydantoinase, and an L-selective N-carbamyl amino acid amidohydrolase (NCAAH), could be optimally extracted, partially purified for …
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The emergence of cultural policy in Zimbabwe 1984-1997
… to socialist independence. Cultural workers in Bulawayo were very productive after Independence without apparently being aware of any policies. How, then, did things get done? The initial premise was that people living in oral cultures were always able to discuss plans and implement decisions, …
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