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The Nature Of Social Commitments Required To Promote Corporate Social Responsibility In The Platinum Mining Sector In Zimbabwe
No full textThe study sought to establish the nature of social commitments required to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the mining sector in Zimbabwe. The study adopted the mixed method approach rooted in the pragmatism paradigm and a cross-sectional descriptive survey design. Stratified random sampling and purposive sampling were used. An interview guide and a questionnaire were used as research instruments. The sample size was 181 respondents, representing 2 400 artisanal platinum miners in Mashonaland West Province, calculated using the Krejcie and Morgan formula. SPSS version 24 was used for analysing quantitative data, while NVivo was used for the analysis of qualitative data. The study indicates that adoption of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) transparency in the form of enhanced disclosures, led to effective CSR in the mining sector, benchmarking to lobal Reporting leads to effective CSR and consistent adherence and adoption of the International Standards Organisation (ISO). Results show that implementing the EITI could promote accountability to society and lead to effective CSR. The study recommends that the Mines and Minerals Act or the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act should include a provision requiring any mining firm operating in Zimbabwe to support local communities through CSR
Innovation and Intellectual Property in Zimbabwe: A Discussion
No full textModern day financial corruption, poverty, ineffective social security, coupled with rapid increase in globalisation has, for years, left a detrimental dent on innovation and development. Generally, education, knowledge and skill are key to the development of country‘s economies. The article argues that the snail pace innovation in Zimbabwe has been a result of poor education policies which centred more on research than industrialisation. The article, therefore, discusses the evolution of the education system in Zimbabwe towards production and its relation to the law of intellectual property (IP). The goal of innovation is to have local, national and global impacts which can correspond to the stability of the economy. The study demonstrated how the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development has been instrumental towards the uplifting of the education system. Furthermore, the Education 5.0 curriculum has been viewed as an important aspect towards problem solving, whereby tertiary institutions play an important role in a common journey of development. The second part of the article unmasks the extent to which the existence of IP as a pro field of innovation has been lagging behind due to the disrespect and ill consideration of IP rights. The article establishes the relationship between creativity and innovation, which when new ideas are proposed, new skills are implemented based on thorough research. What remains as a catalyst is the rate at which such an idea can be successfully implemented. Therefore, on the final part, having outlined the existing dilemmas and problems, the article provides; lessons and recommendations on how the two (innovation and creativity) integral aspects of development can be used wisely for the betterment of social and economic fields
The School as a Multi-layered Platform for Learning and a Community Demonstration Centre
No full textThe Zimbabwean education system has gone through various reforms in search of frameworks that can inspire socio-economic growth as poor economic performance had crippled the country. There is increasing disapproval over the pertinence of education currently given to students. There is need to produce learners who are problem-solving, prepared for sustainable development and enterprising, who contribute to their country’s growth. The article explores and discusses the argument that due to the increase in underdevelopment and societal problems, which include poverty and hyper-unemployment, particularly in Africa, the school should be a focal point for the plan of action and a demonstration centre for the community. The study is a qualitative study with a desktop research approach. The study revealed that the school is a multi-layered platform that can echo resistance of the oppressed masses as a community centre for demonstration in this case, decoloniality and Africanisation of the education sector. The study reveals that the school can be a platform for learning through Education 5.0, that has served as a learning method towards innovation and industrialisation, creating graduate attributes and students that can create than seeking employment. The study concludes that the school system remains both a key to learning and demonstration through liberation of the oppressed minds and suppressed histories
Reflection on the During and Post -COVID-19 Experiences, Response Strategies The Case of Informal Traders in Masvingo URBAN
No full textThe research evaluated the Zimbabwe‘s City of Masvingo‘s response to the impacts of COVID-19 on informal traders . The research shows the resilience strategies which have been adopted by the informally employed and the sustainability of the strategies therein. A sample of 94 informal traders were selected to participate in this research. Key informant interviews, questionnaires and observations were used in data collection as they support the mixed approach. Key findings reveal that appreciation of the Sendai Framework by the City of Masvingo that agitates for resilience and protection of livelihoods and productive assets throughout the supply chains, ensure continuity of services and integrate disaster risk management into business models and practices. Most strategies employed by the planning authority to counter contingencies were skewed towards the physical response such as renovations and demolitions of marketplaces, water and sanitation rehabilitation and the hierarchy of controls, whist the socio-economic dimension has been kept at bay. The research recognises that social and physical distancing are essential response mechanisms to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is need to for integrative planning that takes human factor into consideration by guaranteeing safety nets
Addressing Barriers to Land Investment and Productivity Enhancement in Zimbabwe: Some Critical Reflections
No full textThe study explores policies and practices that address barriers to land investment and productivity enhancement in Zimbabwe after the land reform. Post-colonial Zimbabwe has been marred by the land question from its inception as land was one of the reasons for the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe. There is a missing link in the post-land reform era, that is, the lack of land investment and productivity enhancement which has caused underutilisation of land and led to food insecurity due to lack of productivity enhancement. Hence, policies and practices that address land investment and enhance productivity in Zimbabwe become important for this study. The study uses a qualitative research methodology with a case study design. The study reveals that the regularisation of land tenure security through SI 53 of 2014 improved land investment due to minimisation of land invasions. The study shows that there has been the adoption of small grains to enhance productivity through climate-smart agriculture, while reducing crop failures. The study concludes that the land question in Zimbabwe remains unanswered, with the government shifting goal posts on land ownership. The study recommends the reduction of evictions without compensation and land tenure security for farmers to increase their land investment with the guarantee of compensation
Measures to Reduce Secondary School High Dropout Rate Of The Girl-Child In Marginalised Rural Communities In Zimbabwe The Case Of Binga District
No full textThis article explores and discusses measures to reduce the secondary school digh dropout rate of the girl-child in marginalised rural communities of the Binga District in Zimbabwe. It plugs the gap in literature that, besides secondary education being a fundamental human right with far-reaching benefits for girls and women, its successful completion is one of the measures for quality learning which the study acknowledges. For methodology, the study engaged the qualitative approach. Data was collected using focus group discussions, individual key–informant interviews, observations, photographs, as well as documents and records. Six critical issues, long and daring walking distances; substandard school infrastructure and furniture; subject teacher profile and high turnover; cultural and religious practices; impoverished backgrounds and menstrual hygiene management, among other issues, were noted as deep-rooted barriers to girl child‘s successful completion of secondary education in Binga District. The study concluded that dropout threats that played havoc with girl child‘s successful completion of secondary education were historically institutionalised among the marginalised communities of Binga District. Thus, this study evokes all stakeholders‘ political will and review of policies, supported by beneficiary-originated targeted affirmative action mitigation measures, to effectively curb the girl child‘s institutionalised secondary school dropout rate in Binga District, Zimbabw
Agricultural productivity enhancement on land Challenges, options and strategies in Zimbabwe
No full textLand productivity enhancement remains a pipeline dream in the African agrarian landscape as climate change continues to ravage the continent with most of the countries in dire need of productivity improvement as populations are food insecure and disproportionately vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. The post-colonial African state has addressed the land issue through land reform, but the regained land remains unproductive or less productive than it was before causing the quest for land productivity enhancement strategies clearer than before. The article critically examines the strategies and options of the farmers in Zimbabwe on land productivity enhancement amid the vagaries of climate change that are transforming land into barren land. The study was guided by the climate-smart agriculture concept as the conceptual framework that attempts to reduce the impacts of climate change while, improving productivity in the agricultural sector. The study adopted a qualitative methodology with a bias towards the case study research design. The study used secondary data as the source of data gathering. The study found that lack of institutional support is the main challenge encountered in enhancing land productivity. The study revealed that climate-smart agriculture has become one of the strategies to improve productivity and reduce crop failure through the growing of small grains that are drought resistant. The study concluded that climate-smart agriculture can be the only way towards land productivity enhancement. The study recommends the inclusion of technology-based agricultural productivity enhancement strategies
An Ethical Expose for Economic Development Zimbabwe: Case in Entrepreneurial Skills by Crossborder Traders, 2005-2015.
No full textThe economic and political ambivalences that affected Zimbabwe between 2005 and 2015 saw the extrinsic development of immoral informal cross-border entrepreneurship in the troubled citizens as they endeavoured to eke a survival. This research investigates the tribulations that created the flaws that militated against the trade during this period of economic-politico crises. The research used the triangulation methodologies to tap into the informants’ data sets. Thus interviews, questionnaires and participation observation were basically employed to gather the data for this study. The study appropriates analytic interpretivism, analytic philosophy within an enculturation hermeneutical framework with a view to fully comprehend the phenomena in question. The study establishes that the moral repugnant strategies employed to outwit the challenges were politically generated. It, therefore, argues for a fusion of ethics into informal cross-border trade for sustainability in Zimbabwe’s developmental strategies.
Numerating the Impacts of Climate Change and Degradation Environmental In Vulnerable Communities and Their Resilience in Zimbabwe
No full textThis article critically discusses the adverse impact(s) of climate change and environmental degradation in vulnerable communities and their attendant resilience strategies in Zimbabwe. Communities that occupy peripheral or environmentally degraded areas frequently struggle daily to survive and are not capable to deal with any other stress factors. The research method utilised in this study was secondary data analysis to gather literature and analyse findings to answer the research topic. Results highlight that, climate change and environmental degradation are partly to blame for the vulnerable groups’ persistent poverty and hunger as they depend heavily on subsistence economies and natural resources for their survival. This, in turn, has hindered their ability to build resilient communities as their stresses are interlinked. The study concludes that Zimbabwe’s ability to reduce and adapt to climate change must be reinforced. Refining our understanding of how environmental vulnerability is connected to vulnerable communities and their resilience is novel and crucial in mapping strategies for developing and engendering resilience. It is important for governments to support communities to diversify livelihood and fall-back alternatives
Land-Use Planning and Social Ecology in the 21st Century
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This article critically examines the intractable nexus between land use and social ecology in the 21st Century in a bid to strengthen sustainable development. This emanates from the view that human use of land has been changing Earth’s ecology for ages. Although land use has always sustained human civilisations, its ecological penalties cause global climate change. Methods engaged in collecting data for this review include secondary data analysis of relevant literature that answered the research topic. Results highlight that by converting Earth’s ecology, land use has factually paved the way for the Anthropocene. Now, a better future relies on land use approaches that can efficiently sustain people together with the rest of terrestrial environment on Earth’s limited land. Review concludes that it is, therefore, clear that realising food security and refining the quality of life, while conserving the environment, will continue to pose challenges to scientists, decision-makers and technicians in the years to come. It is well agreed that the wise use of land resources will play a role of supreme importance in the provision of food for future generations. Recommendations are, sensible Land-use Planning is a central tool to find an equilibrium among these different demands and guarantee agricultural production, while safeguarding the natural environs