http://10.0.100.40:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/753 Info System 2026-06-07T19:37:45Z http://10.0.100.40:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3228 Internally displaced persons and COVID-19: a wake-up call for and African solutions to African problems the case of Zimbabwe Madziva, Roda; Thondhlana, Juliet; Chiyevo Garwe, Evelyn; Murandu, Moses; Chagwiza, Godfrey; Chikanza, Marck; Maradzika, Julita In this paper we engage with the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) residing in two informal settlements in Zimbabwe, within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We draw on an ongoing collaborative, interdisciplinary, and impact-oriented project that seeks to help IDPs to be better prepared to protect them selves from the COVID-19 pandemic. We start by providing an analysis of the existing COVID-19 preventative messages and their applicability to the IDPs’ situation, and further argue for the need to adopt Transformative Public Health Education (TPHE), to allow co-creation and co-production with IDPs in order to produce messages and interventions that suit their lived realities. We then move on to show the importance of leveraging local low-cost COVID-19 solutions, drawing on the example of the innovations that the project adapted in order to meet the needs of the IDPs residing in the two informal settlements. Research article on : Internally displaced persons and COVID-19: a wake-up call for and African solutions to African problems — the case of Zimbabwe 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z http://10.0.100.40:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2514 The Nexus between Personal Life Events of Medical Students and Distress: A Case of Two Newly Established Medical Schools in Zimbabwe TSHABABA, MQEMANE; CHIRESHE, REGIS; MUTAMBARA, JULIA The article is based on a study whose aim was to investigate sources and levels of distress among medical students at two newly established medical schools in Zimbabwe. The study used a mixed methods approach and a concurrent parallel design. A sample of 123 medical students, drawn from two newly established medical schools in Zimbabwe, was used for the study. The participants‘ ages ranged between 18 and 47 years. The study used a structured questionnaire and face-to face interviews to collect data. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected separately, analysed independently, and merged at the interpretation stage. Numerical codes were used for the quantitative data. The quantitative data were entered into the SPSS version 21 and analysed using regression analysis. The computed quantitative data showed significant relationships between personal life events and medical students‘ distress. The qualitative data were analysed thematically. Personal life events were examined under the following themes: death of a loved one and distress, pregnancy and distress, a gain of a new member in the family, change in the health of self or family member, and distress, and marital separation and distress. The death of a loved one was found to be the only significant factor affecting medical students at the two newly established schools in Zimbabwe. The journal is a forum for the discussion of ideas, scholarly opinions and case studies natural and physical science with a high proclivity to multidisciplinary approaches. The journal is produced bi-annually. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://10.0.100.40:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2513 The Herbicidal Activity of Spider Plant, Cleome Gynandra L., Plant Tissue on Weeds in Sweet Pepper (Capsicum Annuum) and Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum) CHIHOBVU, FARAI SHELTON; NGADZE, ELIZABETH; MABASA, STANFORD; HANDISENI, MAXWELL; CHIRISA, INNOCENT The indiscriminate use of synthetic fumigants is hazardous to farmers, consumers and the environment at large. This provided an interest in, and research on, biofumigation using different spider plant, Cleome gynandra, plant tissue on weeds in the laboratory and field trials. Two different biofumigant crops (green and purple spider plant) and four weed species (Rottetboelia cocchinensis, Setaria verticillata, Amaranthus hybridus and Bidens pilosa) were studied as model organisms in the laboratory. The other set of experiments was done in the field and inoculated with various weed species. In the laboratory study, the herbicidal activity of C. gynandra plant tissue was studied using three different levels on weight to volume basis, using a completely randomised design. The results showed that Setaria verticillata, Amaranthus hybridus and Bidens pilosa were significantly reduced in their early growth and biomass by the different C. gynandra plant tissues. In the field, the use of C. gynandra plant tissue as treatment increased field yields of the crop plants infected with different weed species. The weed species in the field were significantly reduced on the weed evenness on plots which had C. gynandra plant tissue as compared to the untreated controls. This study provides important information for choosing a green manure crop with the purpose of managing weeds. The journal is a forum for the discussion of ideas, scholarly opinions and case studies natural and physical science with a high proclivity to multidisciplinary approaches. The journal is produced bi-annually. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://10.0.100.40:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2512 Phenomenological Insights into Challenges and Opportunities of Learning through ocial Information Communication Technology Andragogy NHARO, TOBIAS; MANYANGA, TAUYA; BARUGAHARA, FLORENCE; MAKOTA, JUSTIN; KANGAMBEU, SIBUSISIWE; MAFUHURE, TIRIVASHE; KABOTE, FERDINAND Globally, Social Information Communication Technology Andragogy (SICTA) has long been advocated for in tertiary institutions. Yet, most lecturers have remained stuck in their traditional face-to-face andragogical practices. The lockdown to curb the spread of the corona virus, COVID-19, has accelerated the adoption SICTA. In this article, we adopted a phenomenological design from a qualitative research perspective to examine students‘ challenges, solutions and opportunities of SICTA learning. Six students doing a Postgraduate Diploma in Tertiary Education (PGDTE) shared their experience of SICTA learning. A three staged process was adopted to generate qualitative data through written narratives, document analysis and dialoguing. The content qualitative analysed data revealed multiple and nested challenges grounded in the use of multiple SICTA based platforms. SICTA created learning opportunities such as online learning competences, learning material accessibility and sharing, time limitless collaborative learning and enhanced self directed learning. The researchers recommend that educators at tertiary level should conduct professional students and staff development on social ICT, design and establish policies for the use of Social ICT and disseminate relevant information as well as undisrupted access to internet and technological device The journal is a forum for the discussion of ideas, scholarly opinions and case studies natural and physical science with a high proclivity to multidisciplinary approaches. The journal is produced bi-annually. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z