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A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF AGE DETERMINATION IN THE SHARPTOOTH CATFISH CLARIAS GARIEPINUS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: Douglas Clay --- Department of Zoology, U. K.Growth of the sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus from four southern African impoundments was estimated by back-calculating age from vertebrae and spines. Length frequency analysis supported the growth estimates derived from vertebrae but not those from spines.- Spines under-estimated the age... -
PRODUCTION OF THE AFRICAN CATFISH (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS) II. POPULATION PRODUCTION AS ESTIMATED FROM SURPLUS PRODUCTION MODELS FOR LAKE MCILWAINE, ZIMBABWE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: Douglas Clay --- Marine Fish Division, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, CanadaThe population production of Clarias gariepinus was studied by Schaefer type surplus production models. The maximum sustainable yield of African catfish in Lake McIlwaine, Zimbabwe was found to be in the range of 33 000 to 41 000 kg (13,46... -
BEHAVIOUR OF A RADIO-TAGGED TILAPIA RENDALLI BOULENGER IN LAKE NGEZI, ZIMBABWE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: CharlesH. Hocutt --- Horn Point Environmental Laboratories, United States of AmericaThe behaviour of a single specimen of Tilapia rendalli Boulenger was observed June through October 1986 in Lake Ngezi, Zimbabwe, by the use of a surgically-implanted radiotransmitter. The individual displayed a distinct homing response on two occasions, returning to the... -
THE BARRED MINNOWS (TELEOSTEI: CYPRINIDAE) OF ZIMBABWE: IS THERE CAUSE FOR CONCERN?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: B. E. Marshall --- , , Zimbabwe B. Gratwicke --- , , ZimbabweTwo species of barred minnow, Opsaridium zambezense and O. peringueyi, occur in Zimbabwe. The former is widely distributed in the Zambezi basin and some other rivers but is now absent from Lake Kariba and possibly some of its tributaries. The... -
Kraft Pulping Properties of Acacia mearnsii and Eucalyptus grandis Grown in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: A. Muneri --- , AustraliaPulpwood samples from 8-year old Acacia mearnsii and Eucalyptus grandis plantations grown in Zimbabwe were evaluated for kraft pulping, bleaching and papermaking properties. The possibility of co-pulping the two species was also investigated. -
Perceptions of Child Abuse by Teacher Trainees in Zimbabwean Schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Almon Shumba --- School of Education Studies,This study is a part of a larger study that examined the epidemiology and aetiology of child abuse by teachers in Zimbabwean primary schools. The purpose of the study was to determine teacher trainees' conception of sexual abuse of pupils... -
Students' Self-Concept and Academic Achievement in Zimbabwe: A Preliminary Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pesanayi Gwirayi --- Midlands State University, Almon Shumba --- University of Fort Hare, South AfricaStudents' personal beliefs about their capabilities to learn influence their motivation and learning. This study determined the relationship between self-concept and academic achievement of Zimbabwean primary school students. A qualitative approach was used to collect data from 75 pupils (36... -
Pupils' Perceptions of Sexual Abuse by Teachers in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Almon Shumba --- University of Fort Hare, Pesanayi Gwirayi --- Midlands State University, Jenny Shumba --- Morgan ZINTEC College, Cosmas Maphosa --- Zimbabwe Open University, Regis Chireshe --- Great Zimbabwe University, Ephias Gudyanga --- Midlands State University, Alfred Henry Makura --- University of Fort Hare,Most studies available on sexual abuse of pupils in schools have examined the epidemiology of the phenomenon by teachers but have not looked at what the pupils themselves say about why some teachers sexually abuse them. This study sought to... -
Childhood Sexual Abuse Experiences of Female Student Teachers in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pesanayi Gwirayi --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Almon Shumba --- University of Fort Hare, South AfricaThe study investigated childhood sexual abuse (CSA) experiences of female student teachers in Zimbabwe. A convenience sample of 112 female respondents (mean age = 27.4 years) responded to a retrospective questionnaire which assessed childhood sexual experiences. Data were analysed descriptively... -
Reasons and Justifications Used by Child Abuse Perpetrators in Zimbabwean Schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Almon Shumba --- University of Fort Hare, South AfricaThis study sought to determine reasons and justifications used by child abuse perpetrators as viewed by education officers who handle and process cases of child abuse by teachers in Zimbabwe. Six education officers were interviewed. They were purposefully selected for... -
Management of Child Sexual Abuse Cases by Female School Heads in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alfred Henry Makura --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Almon Shumba --- University of Fort Hare, South AfricaThis study determined the nature, extent and causes of child sexual abuse cases and how Zimbabwean female primary school heads handle such cases in their schools. Seven female primary school heads from the southern province were interviewed. data were analysed... -
Child Physical Abuse Among Urban Secondary School Pupils in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pesanayi Gwirayi --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Almon Shumba --- University of Fort Hare, South AfricaThe study had two main objectives: (a) to examine the nature and prevalence of child physical abuse among urban secondary school pupils in Zimbabwe; and (b) to investigate pupils' views on the causes of child physical abuse among urban secondary... -
Child Abuse: Psychosocial and Religious Intervention Strategies in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Regis Chireshe --- Walter Sisulu University, Excellent Chireshe --- Great Zimbabwe University, Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda,The article examines psychosocial and religious intervention strategies used to prevent and manage child abuse in Zimbabwe. Psychosocial interventions used include primary, secondary and tertiary interventions. Religious interventions include primary and tertiary intervention. It appears that the intervention strategies are... -
The Impact of Poverty on Women's Psychosocial Well-being: Narratives from Zimbabwean Migrant Women in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Regis Chireshe --- Walter Sisulu University, South AfricaThe study investigated the psychosocial impact poverty has had on Zimbabwean migrant women. The sample comprised 7 female participants (3 professional teachers and 4 informal traders) who had migrated to South Africa because of poverty. Their age ranged from 16... -
Lived Experiences of Informal Settlers in Peri-Urban Districts in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Excellent Chireshe --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Takupiwa Nyanga --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe John S. Mapfumo --- Africa University, Zimbabwe Regis Chireshe --- University of South Africa,The study explored the lived experiences of informal settlers in two peri-urban cities of Zimbabwe (n=53, males=19, females=34; Age range 18 to 76 years). The settlers self-reported on aspects of wellbeing, including perceived neighborliness of habitats. Data were thematically analyzed... -
Influences on Fertility Control and Early Parenthood in a Rural District of Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nyengeterai Chemhuru --- Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe Jephias Matunhu --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Almon Shumba --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Winifrida S. Nyamande --- Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe Janet P. Mahlatini --- Zimbabwe Open University, ZimbabweThis study investigated influences on fertility control and early parenthood among teenage learners from a rural district in Zimbabwe. Data on perceived influences on risks for early parenthood were collected from 1320 female secondary school learners (mean age=16 years, SD=1.35)... -
Access to Sexuality Information by Zimbabwean School Teenagers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Martin Musengi --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Almon Shumba --- Central University of Technology, South AfricaThis study reports on the findings on access to sexuality information by Zimbabwean school teenagers from a region with cultural rites of passage to adulthood. Participants were a convenience sample of 100 Shangaan speaking high school students (females = 50%)... -
'Kusvika taparadzaniswa nerufu' (Until death do us part)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: N Spark-du Preez B Zaba C Nyamukapa M Mlilo S GregsonA cross-sectional study of 7 667 non-virgins between 15 and 54 years of age was carried out to assess the protective effect of marriage against HIV acquisition in a rural population in Zimbabwe, whilst taking into account gender-differentials in risk... -
An assessment of the health of two rivers within Harare, Zimbabwe, on the basis of macroinvertebrate community structure and selected physicochemical variables
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: C PhiriThe aim of this study was to assess and compare the water quality of the Gwebi and Mukuvisi Rivers, on the basis of selected physicochemical variables and macroinvertebrate community structure. Five sites where selected on both rivers and these were... -
An assessment of the fish population of the lower reaches of the Sanyati River, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: W MhlangaThe fish population of the lower reaches of the Sanyati River was studied using multifilament gillnets and monthly sampling was conducted over 13 consecutive months. A total of 15 fish species belonging to seven families were collected and variations in... -
The occurrence of the tapeworm Ligula intestinalis (L.), in Barbus paludinosus from a small dam in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Barson BE MarshallCestode parasites were collected from Barbus paludinosus from Munwahuku Dam near Harare, Zimbabwe over a period of 13 months. Plerocercoids of Ligula intestinalis were found in 7.2% of the fish. The majority of the infected fish carried one parasite, with... -
Prosobranch mollusc species- and size-preferences of Sargochromis codringtonii (Cichlidae) in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: J Brodersen MJ Chimbari H MadsenFrom the stomach contents of 28 wild-caught Sargochromis codringtonii from Lake Kariba the size and species of snails consumed were estimated from opercula found. An energetic cost/benefit ratio of the various sizes of the most frequent prey, Bellamya capillata, was... -
The biology of Barbus mattozi Guimaraes (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in a Zimbabwean reservoir. 3. Numbers, biomass and mortality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: BG Donnelly BE MarshallThe population of B. mattozi in the Mtsheleli Dam, Zimbabwe, was estimated to be about 55 000 fish in July 1974 but fell to about 370 by June 1975. The total biomass followed a similar trend, reaching 2 000kg (43kg... -
The biology of Barbus mattozi Guimaraes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in a Zimbabwean reservoir 4: Reproduction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: BG Donnelly BE MarshallSpawning of Barbus mattozi in the Mtsheleli Dam, Zimbabwe, is highly seasonal and timed to take place with the first floods. In December 1974, the Mtsheleli River flooded after heavy rain and the entire adult population of B. mattozi migrated... -
The distribution and relative abundance of stream fishes in the upper Manyame River, Zimbabwe, in relation to land use, pollution and exotic predators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: B Gratwicke --- Department of Biological Sciences, Zimbabwe BE Marshall --- Department of Biological Sciences, Zimbabwe T Nhiwatiwa --- Department of Biological Sciences, ZimbabweA survey of the upper Manyame River catchment, middle Zambezi system, Zimbabwe, yielded a total of 22 fish species from 48 stations. The most widespread species (present at >20 stations) were Marcusenius macrolepidotus, Barbus paludinosus, Labeo cylindricus, Clarias gariepinus and... -
The biology of Barbus mattozi Guimaraes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in a Zimbabwean reservoir. 2. Growth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: BG Donnelly --- Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management, Zimbabwe BE Marshall --- Department of Biological Sciences, ZimbabweThe growth of Barbus mattozi was investigated in the Mtsheleli Dam, a small Zimbabwean reservoir. Scale rings were found to be a suitable method of determining growth, the rings being laid down in October, just before the rainy season. There... -
Mobile Money for Financial Inclusion: Policy and Regulatory Perspective in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Alex Bara --- Senior Economist at the Agriculture Bank of Zimbabwe, ZimbabweThe introduction of mobile telephony and innovative technology in financial services is forcing regulators to re-evaluate their rules for financial service provision. Zimbabwe also adopted mobile financial service, and has realised rapid growth in mobile financial services. Inevitably, it has... -
Interspecific hybrids in Zimbabwe: status review and future challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: D.P. Gwaze --- , USASeveral F1 eucalypt and pine interspecific hybrids have been tested in Zimbabwe. The first hybrids tests were of pine species, and these were established in 1973. The results from these early tests were not spectacular and interest in hybrids was... -
A laboratory assessment of the potential molluscicidal potency of Jatropha curcas aqueous extracts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MJ Chimbari CJ ShiffPreliminary laboratory studies were conducted to determine the molluscicidal potency of Jatropha curcas, the physic nut. Biomphalaria glabrata and Bulinus globosus snails were exposed to varying concentrations of aqueous extracts of crushed J. curcas seeds from unripe, ripe and overripe... -
Condensed tannins and saponin content in different plant parts of Stylosanthes scabra (Fitzroy) plants harvested from agro-ecologically different sites in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: JJ Baloyi T Acamovic M Odoardi N Berardo NT Ngongoni H HamudikuwandaThe objective of this study was to determine the proanthocyanidin (PA; condensed tannin) and saponin contents of different parts of Stylosanthes scabra (Fitzroy) plants harvested from five agro-ecologically different sites in Zimbabwe. Condensed tannins and saponin content of S. scabra... -
‘Zimbabwe will never be a colony again’: changing celebratory styles and meanings of independence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Wendy Willems --- Department of Media and Communications, United KingdomAs part of a revival of cultural nationalism, state-led national-day celebrations intensified in Zimbabwe in the early 2000s through the introduction of popular music events alongside the traditional official, militarised ceremony. Independence Day, in particular, provided ZANU-PF with an excellent... -
Performance appraisal systems — equity perceptions of mathematics teachers: an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael Kainose Mhlolo --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study investigated equity perceptions of a school based performance appraisal system in a subject discipline. Participants were 110 mathematics teachers (females = 10%) and 12 school principals (females = 25%). They completed a questionnaire on distributive, procedural and interactional justice regarding the performance... -
“Bearing my fruit into the grave”: experiences of anticipatory grieving and bereavement among Zimbabwean HIV positive women with loss of their only child
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Julia Mutambara --- Department of Psychology, Zimbabwe Memory Chitambira --- Department of Psychology, Zimbabwe James January --- Department of Community Medicine, Mpikelelo Maseko --- Department of Psychology, ZimbabweThis study aimed to explore the bereavement experiences of HIV positive women who had lost their only child. Participants were 10 women living with HIV (age range = 24–35 years) and with loss of their only child. Data on experiences of anticipatory... -
Effect of location and season on the arthropod prey of Nycteris grandis (Chiroptera: Nycteridae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Sarah Bayefsky-Anand --- Abraham Joshua Heschel School, U.S.A.Analysis of culled arthropod prey parts collected from beneath four feeding perches was used to assess prey taken by Nycteris grandis from November 1987 to May 1988. The perches were located along the Zambezi River in Mana Pools National Park... -
The impact of fish and drought on frog breeding in temporary waters in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: T. Muteveri --- Department of Biological Sciences, Zimbabwe B. E. Marshall --- Department of Biological Sciences, ZimbabweThe breeding of frogs in four ponds near Harare, Zimbabwe, was investigated during a wet rainy season (2000/01) and a dry one (2001/02). During 2000/01 eight and nine species bred in two ponds in abandoned gravel pits that never contained... -
Breeding density of the southern ground hornbill, Bucorvus leadbeateri, in the communal areas surrounding the Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Minke Witteveen --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Elspeth Parry --- , South Africa Mark Norris-Rogers --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Mark Brown --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThe southern ground hornbill, Bucorvus leadbeateri, is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as a ‘Vulnerable’ species with a decreasing population. Despite a myriad of threats, including loss of nesting sites, accidental poisoning and persecution, there has been... -
The use and perceived usefulness of IAS 29 restated financial statements by Zimbabwean investment analysts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: E Chamisa --- Department of Accounting,International Accounting Standard 29 (IAS 29) (Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies) asserts that, in a hyperinflationary economy, financial statements “are useful only if they are expressed in terms of the measuring unit current at the balance sheet date” (International Accounting... -
An exposé ethnography of Zimbabwe's internally displaced ex-farm workers: Practical and ethical dilemmas
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew Hartnack --- Department of Anthropology,From 2000 onwards, Zimbabwe's often violent land invasions displaced at least 500 000 farm workers from white-owned commercial farms across the country. While studies subsequently conducted on the land invasions tended to focus on their impact on farm workers who... -
‘Zimbabwe will never be a colony again’: changing celebratory styles and meanings of independence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Wendy Willems --- Department of Media and Communications, United KingdomAs part of a revival of cultural nationalism, state-led national-day celebrations intensified in Zimbabwe in the early 2000s through the introduction of popular music events alongside the traditional official, militarised ceremony. Independence Day, in particular, provided ZANU-PF with an excellent... -
A psychobiographical analysis of Dambudzo Marechera's personal development through his writings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kudakwashe C Muchena --- School of Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Greg Howcroft --- School of Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Louise Stroud --- School of Behavioural Sciences, South AfricaThis study applied psychobiography to explore the personal development of Zimbabwean novelist Dambudzo Marechera – and particularly focus on psychological disintegration. For the evidence, we examined primary and secondary works on his life history with special attention to his literary... -
Investigation of a parasitic outbreak of Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus (Crustacea: Copepoda) in fish from Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Maxwel Barson [AN0001] Atridah Mulonga --- Department of Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Zimbabwe, Belgium Tamuka Nhiwatiwa --- Department of Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Zimbabwe, BelgiumInfestation of fish by the crustacean ectoparasite Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 was investigated to establish the extent of infestation, potential effects of the parasite and its ecological adaptations. Fish samples were collected from impoundments in the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve in... -
The potential of replacing conventional dairy supplements with forage legume-based diets in Zimbabwe’s smallholder dairy sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Lovemore C Gwiriri --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Godfrey Manyawu --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Promise B Mashanda --- Department of Animal Science, Zimbabwe Irenie Chakoma --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Siboniso Moyo --- International Livestock Research Institute, Ethiopia Charles Chakoma --- Independent, Zimbabwe Hazel Sethaunyane --- Chikwaka-Kubatana Dairy Co-operative, Zimbabwe Venancio E Imbayarwo-Chikosi --- Department of Animal Science, Zimbabwe Sikhalazo Dube --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Barbara V Maasdorp --- Department of Crop Science, ZimbabweThe effect of replacing commercial supplements with isoenergetic and isonitrogenous velvet bean-, cowpeaand lablab-based supplements on milk yield, milk quality and economic returns in smallholder crossbred dairy cows was investigated in the 2013 and 2014 dry seasons. Using 3 ×... -
Forage seed production and trade as a pathway out of poverty in the smallholder sector: lessons from the Zimbabwe Crop Livestock Integration for Food Security (ZimCLIFS) project
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Irenie Chakoma --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Lovemore C Gwiriri --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Godfrey Manyawu --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Sikhalazo Dube --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Mercy Shumba --- Community Technology Development Organisation, Zimbabwe Aleck Gora --- Cluster Agricultural Development Services, ZimbabweThe major challenge to adoption of improved forage technologies in the smallholder farming sector is poor accessibility to seed of improved cultivars. Since 2012, the Zimbabwe Crop Livestock Integration for Improved Food Security (ZimCLIFS) project set out to address such... -
Promoting the use of home-mixed supplements as alternatives to commercial supplements in smallholder beef production systems in the subhumid region of Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Irenie Chakoma --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Godfrey Manyawu --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Lovemore C Gwiriri --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Siboniso Moyo --- International Livestock Research Institute, Ethiopia Sikhalazo Dube --- International Livestock Research Institute, Zimbabwe Venancio E Imbayarwo-Chikosi --- Department of Animal Science, Zimbabwe Tinyiko E Halimani --- Department of Animal Science, Zimbabwe Charles Chakoma --- , Zimbabwe Barbara V Maasdorp --- Department of Crop Science, Zimbabwe Victor Buwu --- Department of Animal Science, ZimbabweThe economic and performance effect of supplementing smallholder cattle by substituting commercial feed with iso-nitrogenous and iso-energetic diets based on alternative protein sources was investigated in two trials. In trial 1, three diets (commercial concentrate, commercial concentrate partially substituted with... -
Correlates of postnatal depression among women in Zimbabwean semi-urban and rural settings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: James January --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Namatai Mutamba --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Julita Maradzika --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences,This study explored antecedents to postnatal depression and its prevalence in semi-urban and rural Zimbabwean communities. 115 women completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. The mean age of participants was 25.8 years (SD = 5.4 years). Descriptive statistical analysis indicated... -
Primary care screening and risk factors for postnatal depression in Zimbabwe: A scoping review of literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: James January --- Department of Psychiatry, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa Jonathan Burns --- Department of Psychiatry, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa Moses Chimbari --- School of Nursing and Public Health, Howard Campus, College of Health Sciences, South AfricaPostnatal depression (PND) exerts a significant burden on the global public health system, globally affecting approximately 10 to 20% of women. Despite the recently reported high prevalence of PND in Zimbabwe, it is rarely diagnosed or appropriately managed in primary... -
“What else can we do?” Strategies and negotiations around place and space in the case of “undocumented” Zimbabwean migrant workers in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Treasa Galvin --- Department of Sociology, BotswanaRestrictive immigration laws, enhanced border controls, the criminalisation of migrants, punitive deportation practices and a lack of respect for the right to asylum have become a common feature of the contemporary world. In the face of these increasingly restrictive state... -
The rediscovery of a lost frog: Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Francois S Becker --- Gobabeb Research and Training Centre, Namibia Robert W Hopkins --- Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, ZimbabweThe cave squeaker Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963 was first collected in 1961/62, and not observed again for 54 years despite several attempts to locate it. We rediscovered this species near the type locality in the Chimanimani mountain range in eastern... -
Different Orders of Pleasure: Good Life and Human Flourishing in the City in Dambudzo Marechera’s Scrapiron Blues
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Edwin Mhandu --- English Department, South AfricaIn this article, I argue that Dambudzo Marechera’s Scrapiron Blues demonstrates different and varied orders of enjoyment and well-being in the city that challenge the authenticity and truthfulness of the narration of the enjoyment space(s) sanctioned by the ZANU PF... -
Discursive hauntings: limits to reinvention for Zimbabwean farm workers after fast-track land reform
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew Hartnack --- Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation, South AfricaScholars of Zimbabwe’s agrarian milieu since the “fast-track land-reform” in 2000 are increasingly suggesting that the label “farm worker” is no longer a relevant or accurate term for referring to former workers now living in resettlement areas. While many former... -
“On paper” and “having papers”: Zimbabwean migrant women’s experiences in accessing healthcare in Giyani, Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Tamuka Chekero --- Anthropology, School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics, South Africa Fiona C. Ross --- Anthropology, School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics, South AfricaSouth Africa is signatory to international protocols that secure migrant rights to healthcare. Its national health policy prohibits discrimination. Pregnant women and children under six years ostensibly enjoy access to free healthcare, irrespective of migration status. What is clear “on... -
Determinants of market participation and marketing channels in smallholder groundnut farming: A case of Mudzi district, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nelson Mango --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Zimbabwe Clifton Makate --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Zimbabwe Nicola Francesconi --- Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), The Netherlands Matthias Jager --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia Mark Lundy --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), ColombiaThis paper investigates the factors that are associated with market participation and choice of marketing channels by smallholder groundnut farmers in a semi-arid district of Zimbabwe. It contributes to the existing body of knowledge on groundnuts, especially the marketing aspect... -
(Mis)communicating through Conflicts: Chinese Restaurant Owners and Zimbabwean Employees in Johannesburg
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ying-Ying Tiffany Liu --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, CanadaSouth Africa is home to the two largest populations of foreign nationals on the continent – migrants from China and Zimbabwe – and many of them are involved in the Chinese restaurant sector. Based on original ethnographic research, this paper... -
Exchange rate impact on output and inflation: A historical perspective from Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nyasha Mahonye --- School of Economic and Business Sciences (SEBS), South Africa Tatenda Zengeni --- Competition and Tariff Commission of Zimbabwe, Harare, ZimbabweThis research looks at the inflationary effect of currency devaluation and its contractionary effect on real output growth in Zimbabwe. The study uses quarterly data from 1990 to 2006 and utilizes the Johansen co-integration regression test and vector error correction... -
Forage seed value chain analysis in a subhumid region of Zimbabwe: perspectives of smallholder producers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Irenie Chakoma --- Graduate School of Business and Leadership, South Africa Bibi Zaheenah Chummun --- Graduate School of Business and Leadership, South AfricaIn smallholder systems, farmers are increasingly becoming aware of the need to improve livestock productivity through production of quality fodder. This is in response to scarcity of feed, particularly in the dry season, associated with seasonal variations, land degradation and... -
Evaluation of the early warning indicators of HIV drug resistance surveillance system in Manicaland province, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Anesu Marume --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Zimbabwe Admire Zikiti --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Zimbabwe Byron Chapoterera --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Zimbabwe Julita Maradzika --- Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, ZimbabweMore than 1.1 million people currently receive lifelong antiretroviral treatment in Zimbabwe following the adoption of the test and treat strategy in 2017. The huge numbers of people on antiretroviral therapy (ART), combined with HIV’s error-prone replication, increases the probability... -
Sexual behaviour among adolescents living with the human immunodeficiency virus in Zimbabwe: educational implications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Peter T Sandy --- Health Studies, South Africa Tichaona Vhembo --- Health Studies, South Africa Tebogo K Molotsi --- Health Studies, South AfricaThe incidence of HIV infection is increasing among adolescents in Zimbabwe. This rise in incidence is partly due to risky sexual behaviours yet there are no published research studies on sexual behaviours of HIV-positive adolescents in Zimbabwe. Hence, this study,... -
Histological alterations of selected tissues (gill, liver, kidney and stomach) in two common fish species within two eutrophic peri-urban lakes in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: B Utete --- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Zimbabwe N Mabika --- Department of Anatomy, Zimbabwe J Chiwara --- Department of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology, Zimbabwe J Makaure --- Department of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology, Zimbabwe C Phiri --- Department of Freshwater and Fishery Science, Zimbabwe SS Mlambo --- Department of Biotechnology Science, Zimbabwe N Muboko --- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Zimbabwe J Tsamba --- Department of Biology, ZimbabwePollution threatens fish health in the eutrophic lakes, Chivero and Manyame, in Zimbabwe. Histopathological tissue alterations of two commonly consumed fish: catfish, Clarias gariepinus, and; tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, from Lakes Chivero and Manyame were assessed between 2015 and 2016. Seventy-one... -
Foreign direct investment and technology catch-up in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Albert Edgar Manyuchi --- Global Change Institute, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, South AfricaMugabe’s forced resignation and subsequent policy changes provide prospects for increased inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Zimbabwe. This study employs a System of Innovation (SoI) framework to highlight post-independence Zimbabwe’s technology situation, which has generally deteriorated. It further... -
Reliability and equity of subject delivery competencies: Perspectives of pre-service teachers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alfred Henry Makura --- Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Lukanda Kalobo --- Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThis study examined the reliability and equity of assessors of subject delivery competences as perceived by pre-service teachers. The participants were 310 final year student teachers from a college in Zimbabwe. They responded to a survey on their perceptions of... -
New land, old claims and the politics of belonging during a changing agrarian situation in central Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Grasian Mkodzongi --- Tropical Africa Land and Natural Resources Research Institute, ZimbabweThis article examines the way discourses of autochthony and belonging were deployed by various groups of people to make claims over land during the implementation of Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) in 2000. Although the FTLRP was not... -
The impact of supply chain management practices on industry competitiveness: A mixed-methods study on the Zimbabwean petroleum industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Happyson Bimha --- Graduate School of Business & Leadership, South Africa Muhammad Hoque --- Graduate School of Business & Leadership, South Africa Elias Munapo --- School of Economics and Decision Sciences, South AfricaEffective supply chain management practices can enhance competitiveness along the supply chain. Fuel supply chain competitiveness requires a reliable flow of product and customer satisfaction. Competitiveness eluded the Zimbabwean petroleum industry over time and so this research looked at the... -
Perspectives of healthcare workers on factors influencing diabetes management and diabetic foot problems in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Oppah Kuguyo --- , Zimbabwe Chengeto Muhaso --- , Zimbabwe Simbarashe Nyandoro --- , Zimbabwe Joconiah Chirenda --- , Zimbabwe Vasco Chikwasha --- , Zimbabwe Akimu C Mageza --- , Zimbabwe Lovemore Gwanzura --- , Zimbabwe Doreen Macherera Mukona --- , Zimbabwe Alice Matimba --- , ZimbabweBackground: Poor management of diabetes mellitus gives rise to complications such as diabetic foot (DF), which pose a host of medical and socioeconomic problems, especially in low-income countries where resources, capacity and awareness are limited. -
The construction of “normative Zimbabweanness” through demonisation of rage, anger and emotion in select press coverage of the #ZimShutDown protests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kudzaiishe P. Vanyoro --- , South AfricaHashtagged #ZimShutDown on Twitter, protests erupted in Zimbabwe in January 2019 in response to a widespread national economic crisis and a drastic fuel price hike. This paper shows how the protesters’ use of citizen rage, anger and emotion was criminalised,... -
Liminality in incorporation: regularisation of undocumented Zimbabweans in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Shingirai Nyakabawu --- , South AfricaSince 2000, large numbers of undocumented Zimbabweans have settled in South Africa in search of better living opportunities. In 2010, the South African government approved an immigration amnesty known as the Dispensation Zimbabwe Permit (DZP). This article argues that DZP... -
The role of “food” in network formation and the social integration of undocumented Zimbabwean migrant farmworkers in the Blouberg-Molemole area of Limpopo, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Denboy Kudejira --- , CanadaThis article examines the role of food in mediating social relations between undocumented Zimbabwean migrant farmworkers and other Zimbabweans living and working in the Blouberg and Molemole local municipalities in Limpopo province, South Africa. Based on ethnographic research, the article... -
Demographic variables as drivers of innovation in small accommodation businesses: A case of South Africa and Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lovemore Tendai Chipunza --- , South Africa Matsidiso Nehemia Naong --- , South AfricaMost of the evidence that has been documented on the impact of demographic factors on innovation has primarily focused on large businesses, and there has been little focus on small businesses. The literature continues to confirm that innovation is a... -
An exploratory study into the establishment of agricultural innovation platforms to improve agricultural efficiency in Hwedza district, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Innocent T. Mahiya --- , South AfricaAfrica has suffered a series of challenges around food insecurities which are partly explained by inefficient agricultural systems. The agricultural innovation platforms have been popularized in Africa and Zimbabwe in particular as part of the answer to the many agricultural... -
Challenges managing women with suspected Lynch Syndrome in Zimbabwe: a case report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Kotti-Emily Mukucha --- , Zimbabwe Marshall T Manase --- , Zimbabwe Charles Muronda --- , Zimbabwe Judy Whittaker --- , South Africa Bothwell T Guzha --- , ZimbabweLynch Syndrome (LS) is associated with a genetic predisposition to colorectal, endometrial and multiple extracolonic cancers. The lifetime risk of developing endometrial and ovarian cancers is 40–62% and 4–12% respectively. The case is presented of a 56-year-old woman with a... -
Building markets between institutional discontinuities: Intermediation between formal and informal sectors in developing countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: John M. Luiz --- , UK Baldwin Guchu --- , South AfricaWe explore the role of an intermediary, Palladium, in Zimbabwe as it bridges the divide between formal and informal sectors and the process through which it connects these sectors. We conduct in-depth, qualitative interviews structured around our case study of... -
Tourism graduate students’ employability skills: Results and implications of a Zimbabwean study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Beaula Moyo --- , Turkey Hale Özgit --- , TurkeyThe study investigated perceptions of employability skills of Tourism and Hospitality Management (THM) graduates in the Zimbabwean sector. The participants included 15 THM university graduates and 15 tourism sector managers. The participants completed semi-structured interviews regarding the perceived employability skills... -
Electronic customer relationship management framework for Game Parks in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Theo Tsokota --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Gilbert Mahlangu --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Muchaneta Enipha Muruko --- MSc Information System Management Graduate Student at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Colletor Tendeukai Chipfumbu Kangara --- Midlands State University, ZimbabweElectronic customer relationship management (e-CRM) is acknowledged today as an obligatory concept of customer relationship management in the world of services. However, there is a lack of any clear e-CRM framework for Game Parks in Zimbabwe. Consequently, this study’s primary... -
Slow repair: gender and restorative justice in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Shannon Morreira --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaThis article reports on a ceremony gone awry at Kufunda Village, Zimbabwe, in which women had refused to follow a gendered cultural script of forgiveness and had instead released rather than slaughtered a chicken. They thus reinscribed old symbols with... -
“Armed with faith”: church membership, Pentecostal beliefs and migrant belonging in Harare, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rufaro Hamish Mushonga --- University of Zimbabwe, ZimbabweThis ethnographic study explores how church membership and Pentecostal beliefs afford Nigerian migrant traders living in Harare an opportunity to embed themselves within the spaces of Harare’s Downtown informal settlement, which are characterised by entrenched and heightened forms of exclusion... -
Social and economic consequences of HIV and AIDS on children: case study of a high-density community in Harare, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Joshua Kembo --- Bureau of Market Research, University of South Africa,We present results from a household-based survey that was conducted in Mabvuku, a high-density community in Zimbabwe. The objective of the study was to improve understanding of social and economic consequences of HIV and AIDS on children. Children affected by... -
Risk factors associated with HIV infection among young persons aged 15–24 years: Evidence from an in-depth analysis of the 2005–06 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Joshua Kembo [d118e18]This study focuses on factors that predispose young persons aged 15–24 years in Zimbabwe to infection from HIV. Using the Mosley and Chen framework, multivariate modelling was used to assess the effect of demographic, socio-economic and behavioural factors on the... -
Perception of risk of HIV infections and sexual behaviour of the sexually active university students in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Njabulo Nkomazana --- , , Republic of South Africa Pranitha Maharaj --- , , Republic of South AfricaThe study sought to establish university students' perceptions of risk of HIV infections. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 345 sexually active students at two universities in Zimbabwe (one state and one private). Results revealed that above a quarter of... -
HIV in (and out of) the clinic: Biomedicine, traditional medicine and spiritual healing in Harare
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Stephen O'Brien --- , , Australia Alex Broom --- , , AustraliaContemporary lived experiences of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are shaped by clinical and cultural encounters with illness. In sub-Saharan countries such as Zimbabwe, HIV is treated in very different ways in various therapeutic contexts including by biomedical experts, traditional... -
Zimbabwe's national AIDS levy: A case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Nisha Bhat --- , Peter H. Kilmarx --- , Freeman Dube --- , Albert Manenji --- , Medelina Dube --- , Tapuwa Magure --- ,Background: We conducted a case study of the Zimbabwe National AIDS Trust Fund (‘AIDS Levy’) as an approach to domestic government financing of the response to HIV and AIDS. -
‘I thought if I marry the prophet I would not die’: The significance of religious affiliation on marriage, HIV testing, and reproductive health practices among young married women in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Denise Dion Hallfors --- , USA Bonita J. Iritani --- , USA Lei Zhang --- , USA Shane Hartman --- , USA Winnie K. Luseno --- , USA Elias Mpofu --- , , Australia Simbarashe Rusakaniko --- , , ZimbabweThis study examines the association between religious affiliation and reasons for marriage, perceived church attitudes, and reproductive health-seeking behaviors, including HIV testing, among young women in eastern rural Zimbabwe. The sample comprised women (N = 35) who had married by 2012 while... -
Monogenean parasites of Pseudocrenilabrus philander (Weber, 1897) (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the middle Limpopo River basin, southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: I Walter --- University of Limpopo, South Africa I Přikrylová --- University of Limpopo, South Africa M Barson --- University of Botswana, Botswana WJ Luus-Powell --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThe study aimed to isolate and describe the monogenean parasites of the southern mouthbrooder, Pseudocrenilabrus philander (Weber, 1897), an endemic fish species of the Limpopo River basin in southern Africa. During summer and winter between November 2013 and August 2014,... -
Homophilic social networks and school adjustment among primary school pupils: Results and implications from a Zimbabwean study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Edwin Simbarashe Mpofu --- University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Maximus Monaheng Sefotho --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaSocial network patterns were explored among Zimbabwean rural school pupils to determine their peer preferences and statuses. Participants were 173 school pupils attending grades 4–6 in a rural school in Zimbabwe (76 boys; 97 girls; age range 9 years to... -
Migrant arrival infrastructures and their impact on Zimbabweans’ mobility and integration in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Shingirai Nyakabawu --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThis study argues that arrival infrastructures play a crucial role in shaping the mobility and integration of Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa. By examining the experiences of migrants with access to these infrastructures and those without, the research explores the... -
Silence, the Unsaid and the Unsayable in Yvonne Vera’s The Stone Virgins
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Nicklas Hållén --- Karlstad University and Uppsala University,The primary aim of this article is to think through how silence can be considered as generating meaning in literary prose. For this purpose, the article focuses on Zimbabwean author Yvonne Vera’s last novel, The Stone Virgins (2002a), which has... -
The quest(ion) of Leaning Towards a Liberal Historiography in Edgar Tekere’s A Lifetime of Struggle (2007) and Cephas Msipa’s In Pursuit of Freedom and Justice: a Memoir (2015)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Walter Kudzai Barure --- , South AfricaZimbabwe’s historiography is commonly confined to a singular narrative that glorifies the deeds of a few prominent figures while sidelining the contributions and perspectives of other political actors. This paper redirects the narrative focus by examining Edgar Tekere’s A Lifetime... -
HIV incidence and prevalence projections for Zimbabwe: Findings from five mathematical models
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Isaac Taramusi --- UNAIDS UCO Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe John Stover --- , United States of America Robert Glaubius --- , United States of America Tsitsi Apollo --- Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe Getrude Ncube --- Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe Owen Mugurungi --- Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe Ngwarai Sithole --- Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe Loveleen Bansi-Matharu --- Institute for Global Health, University College London, United Kingdom Jenny Smith --- Institute for Global Health, University College London, United Kingdom Andrew Phillips --- Institute for Global Health, University College London, United Kingdom Valentina Cambiano --- Institute for Global Health, University College London, United Kingdom Daniel T Citron --- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, United States of America Anna Bershteyn --- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, United States of America Debra ten Brink --- Burnet Institute, Australia Rowan Martin-Hughes --- Burnet Institute, Australia Michael Pickles --- Medical Research Council Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Paul Revill --- University of York, United Kingdom Amon Mpofu --- National AIDS Council of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Jeffrey Imai-Eaton --- Chan School of Public Health, Center for Communicable Diseases Dynamics, Harvard University, United States of America Richard Makurumidze --- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Simbarashe Rusakaniko --- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, ZimbabweIntroduction: Understanding how HIV epidemics are likely to behave in the future is key to informing HIV response strategies in low-income countries. Up-to-date HIV epidemiological estimates are important for policy decision- making, but surveillance data can be out of date... -
“We wait to become”: The politics of selfhood, culture and control in waiting mothers’ shelters
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Brenda Muchabveyo --- University of Free State, South AfricaIn this article, I explore how cultural norms, bodily autonomy and institutional control intersect in shaping maternal care in a waiting mothers’ shelter (WMS) in Mawadza, a rural community in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe. Looking through a symbolic interactionist lens, I...
