The primary goal of the study was to establish models for predicting body weight (BW) using linear body measurements (LBMs) in indigenous Matebele does. BW data were correlated and regressed to body measurements (wither height = WTH, heart girth =…
The effect of feeding forage legumes,
Cowpea, Silverleaf desmodium and Oxley fine stem
stylo, as protein supplements to natural pasture (veld)
hay on intake, growth rate and nitrogen metabolism in
growing lambs was evaluated. Thirty growing…
The study assessed the nature of marketing chain of fruits and vegetables in Murehwa and Mutoko
Districts in Mashonaland East Province in Zimbabwe. Both quantitative and qualitative data collection
techniques were used. Qualitative data were…
This article, contextualised within the commemoration of 50 years of scholarship at the
Research Institute for Theology and Religion of the University of South Africa, examines
the enduring contributions of Clint Le Bruyns to the development of the…
This article, grounded in decentralisation theory, examined the determinants of poor service delivery in Zimbabwe’s local government system, against a backdrop of chronic underperformance and growing public discontent. Using a survey-based…
Despite repeated reform efforts, corruption remains deeply entrenched across key institutions. Zimbabwe is now ranked 160 out of 180 in terms of the perceived levels of public sector corruption. Whilst the cost of corruption has remained un-assessed…
On the basis of comparative study of public policy analysis, it is difficult to underrate or downplay
the illustrious contributions of an eminent American public policy scientist in the name of Professor Robert A.
Goldwin who has greatly assisted…
Arnold Brecht (1967:57), one of the leading 20th century-political scientist, maintains that clarity and
unambiguity of all terms and concepts used in a study are the first requirements of logical reasoning. It is
against this background that the…
According to Paul H. Appleby, a respected classical American social scientist, hierarchy, which is
one of the basic concepts and principles of organisation, is the means by which and through which resources
are apportioned, personnel selected and…
This theoretical study explores the Zimbabwe Council of Churches’ (ZCC) pivotal role in
promoting social justice and economic accountability within Zimbabwe’s repressive political
climate under the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front…
The two basic principles of unity of command and span of control are centrally indispensable to
the study of organizational theory and practice in particular, and in general terms, to successful, efficient and
smooth public administration practice…
This study was a systemic enquiry into attitudes of employers and co-workers towards employees with disabilities in the community of Chitungwiza in Zimbabwe. A qualitative case study method was used to carry out this study. The purposive sampling…
This study investigated how participants perceived Zimbabwe Open University’s (ZOU) fee- free short courses as tools for advancing developmental goals through community engagement. The research aimed to uncover how these programmes contribute to…
Term papers are an important component of the curriculum of students studying at higher
levels of learning. At the Zimbabwe Open University students pursuing Masters Degrees
write one term paper in each of the courses they would be studying. Term…
The technology acceptance model (TAM)
proposes that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness
predict applications usage. Affordances are the interactions
between users and tool, i.e. properties of the world that are
compatible with and…
eaching practice (T.P.) is a critical stage in the training of prospective teachers as it is a
process of producing a master teacher. There are many mechanisms that are put in place to
make T.P. a beneficial experience to trainee teachers and…
The major focus of any commercial goat and sheep enterprise is to
maximize on carcass and meat production and obviously realizing
substantial gain in profits. In modern goat and sheep meat production,
crossbreeding has become an admissible and…
Small and Medium Enterprises are globally credited for creating employment especially for
the youth, and to an extent, contributing to the gross domestic product of nations.
Unemployment is a scourge in Mozambique and small and medium enterprises…
Background: Medical male circumcision was introduced in Zimbabwe in 2009 as an additional HIV
prevention method. This study sought to investigate support for the roll-out of voluntary medical male
circumcision (VMMC) and men’s willingness to get…
To all those social scientists whose main focus of study is organisational theory and practice,
the concept of supervision is seem to mean overseeing the work of subordinates by their superiors and involves
various activities, namely,…
Two dairy concentrates (ram press sunflower and sunflower heads) were formulated locally and
their effects on the performance of crossbred dairy cows were compared with that of a commercial dairy
concentrate. There were no significant differences…
Administrative law is the law relating to the administration of the State. Administration is the systematically detailed and
practical implementation of the policies of the central government aimed at the smooth running of the entire State
This paper was on students’ attitudes towards Open Educational Resources (OERs) on selected
universities and colleges. The methodology used was a desktop review. The findings on OER textbooks were
their high quality, having more information than…
This study sought to establish the sources of student self-sustainability in Open and Distance
Learning. Literature review indicated that employees with higher academic qualifications were
highly remunerated and had higher prospects for promotion…