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Using the case study method to examine the implications of public sector reform for public sector unions.
(209) Madimutsa, Clever
Several decisions were made in the process of conducting this research. First, I had to state the research problem. The research focused on public sector reform and its implications for public sector unions in Zambia. Second, a decision was made on the research approach. The qualitative approach was adopted so as to understand the effects of public sector reforms on trade unions. Third, I selected the case study method to allow me to collect detailed information on the behavior of a particular union within the context of public sector reform. The union that was selected is the Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia. The Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia was selected because of its unique characteristics. It was the largest public sector union in Zambia when the first reform programs were implemented. It was also the only union that could be seen responding strategically to the reform of the public sector. Fourth, I had to identify the sources of data. These included documents, union leaders, and managers of public institutions. A combination of multistage, purposive, and snowball sampling methods was used to select the participants. This approach to sampling was adopted because the target population was somewhat hidden. I also faced the problem of some potential participants refusing to participate in the research. Such potential participants were replaced with those willing to participate. Through the case study method, insights were gained into the effects of public sector reforms on the Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia and how the union responded to the same reforms.
Language, medical auxilliaries and the re-interpretation of missionary medicine in colonial, Mwinilunga, Zambia,1922-51.
(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2007) Kalusa, Wilima T.
Through an examination of the concepts used by lunda speaking auxiliaries to translate mission medicine at the hospital run by the Christian Missions to many Lands in Mwinilunga from 1922-1951,this article argues that auxiliaries translated missionary medicine in ways missionaries could imagine nor control.
A library response to the massification of higher education: the case of the University of Zambia.
(International Association of Universities, 2009-01-01) Kanyengo, Christine
This paper looks at the challenges that libraries in Africa face in responding to massification of higher education by discussing the University of Zambia library’s response in library and information resources provision. As a result of massification of higher education, libraries have been forced not only to employ new and different strategies to meet the increased demand for information resources but also to balance the increased demand for services with dwindling human and financial resources. In doing so, the library’s response to massification needs to take cognizance of the different levels of information literacy skills in order to afford every student an equitable opportunity to effectively use the information resources available.
An Historical Analysis of Vulnerability and Resiliencein a Semi-Arid Region of Zambia
(Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), 2009-12) Siamwiza, Bennett Siamwiinde
This article is about the Valley Tonga’s resilience to ecological vulnerability ofteninduced by near chronic drought conditions that have, over centuries, characterised theirregion and occasionally by flooding of the Zambezi; prior to 1958 and of Lake Karibaafter 1958. The Valley Tonga are the inhabitants of the Gwembe Valley, a troughsandwiched by unbroken range of escarpments on the south and north of the Zambeziriver. The valley located in the middle Zambezi River basin in Southern Province ofZambia. Since long time ago, this region has been subject to hunger and famine largelybecause of its semi – arid nature. The article explores the various mechanisms the ValleyTonga have applied and exploited to survive their unfriendly environment. The article suggests that the Tonga’s resilience has largely depended on their ability toforecast good and bad weather patterns ahead. This ability to interpret climatic changes oftheir environment has enabled them to prepare ahead of an expected negativeeventualities. The Valley Tonga, the article explains, have remained in the valley despitechronic environmental setbacks, often leading to food crises, for several reasons. Thebush has been a granary as it has provided them with food in bad and even good times.They have also managed to live in the environment, outsiders have perceived asnotorious, because they have cultivated economic and social networks based on the moraleconomy paradigm. The valley Tonga have exploited even seemingly negativeoccurrences such as disastrous floods to their advantage; receding flood regime createdan opportunity for winter or dry crop cultivation. The introduction of colonial regime atthe turn of the twentieth century, added yet another dimension to the Tonga’s survivalstrategies. Labour migration, colonial intervention through famine relief and introductionof commercial and fishing upon the formation of Lake Kariba became a source of theirresilience to ecological shocks
Esquisse sur espace filmique et espace mental de la chambre dans Les enfants terribles de Cocteau et Melville
(The University of Zambia Press, 2010) Mwansa, Mulenga Rene
Abstract This article looks at the film `£e£ E#/o#/s rerrJ.6/es' by Jean Cocteau and Jean-Pierre Melville. The movie is a fiction drama about a brother and his elder sister who create an unrealistic romance. The scene of the bedroom unravels the shocking incest between siblings. Incest here might not be directly related to the Oedipus compl.ex, but it is in every way regarded as incest. Morally, a relationship between brother and sister, in this way, is a taboo to the community. The author's psychology is directed towards great Greek tragedy flgures, where he brings forth images related to the Greek mythology. He made an adaptation of `Oedipus Rex' in `£o Wczc47.#e lyifernale' . The article is divided in three parts: the first is a brief narration of the storyline; the second part is an analysis of the plot with two sub-categories- `cinematic space of the bedroom' and `mental space of the bedroom'; the third part is the collective imagination and symbols in the film, which look ~. the symbols of death, mirrors and stars. These three symbols are the materialisation of what cannot be seen: the death. This materialisation is an ffort to depict how the two children constantly lived with death, which represents the death of their mother and sister's husband. The bedroom is the place that united the brother and the sister at the physical level as well as at the mental level. In that bedroom, there is an evil spirit but also a treasure, which is the narcissistic instrument for both of them, Paul and Elisabeth. Furthermore, the fish that killed one and the gun that killed the other were both kept at the treasury. Paul and Elisabeth were deflnitely united in a fatal way, one to another despite the will to get married elsewhere. What they could not do in the flesh is spiritually realised beyond theworldwhenthesistercommitssuicidewhilecalculatingtheexactmoment of her brother's death. The detailed revelation of the whole shocking story is in the main text.
Emerging Patterns of Stress in Zambian English: Deviation or Nationalization ? An Exploratory Study
(The University of Zambia Press, 2011) Kashoki, Mubanga
The state of democracy in Zambia.
(The University of Zambia, 2011) Chipenzi, McDonald; Kaela, Laurent C W; Madimutsa, Clever; Momba, Jotham C; Mubanga, Hope; Muleya, Nchimunya; Musamba, Charity
The state of democracy in Zambia.
(FODEP & UNZA-PAS, 2011) Chipenzi, McDonald; Kaela, Laurent C W; Madimutsa, Clever; Momba, Jotham C; Mubanga, Hope; Muleya, Nchimunya; Musamba, Charity
Zambia became renowned for its peaceful transition from one party to multi-party democracy when in 1991 it replaced a sitting president through peaceful elections three years before the end of his term of office. This was part of a general trend in Africa which began in the late 1980s and saw many African one-party regimes replaced by multi-party democracies following political changes in Europe, including the end of the Cold War. Although formally, Zambia has been a multi-party democracy, it was virtually a one-party state for two decades from 1991 to 2011 as the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) remained in power. The MMD is a political party that was formed by an amalgamation of organizations, which included civil society organizations, student groups, trade unions, church organizations and other interest groups of the same name that championed the return to multi-party democracy.
RES/MLS Archive 1
(2011-11-14) Musambachime, Mwelwa
An analysis of Gender issues in Zambian Literature in English
(2012-01-05) Chilala, Cheela F.K.
Domination of females by males is evident not only in the economic, political, educational and social spheres, but also in the field of written literature. Analyses of gender stratification in all these fields reveal and reflect the extent and nature of male dominance. In the area of written literature, gender inequalities are reflected and even perpetuated through the portraiture of male and female characters, the type and choice of language used, among other means. This study analyses the treatment of gender issues in six primary texts, all of them Zambian novels written in English. Three of the novels are male-authored while the others are female-authored. The male-authored texts are: The Accusing Finger, Ticklish Sensation and Changing Shadows by Nyambe Wina, Gideon Phiri and Henry Musenge respectively. The female-authored works, on the other hand, are: Picking up the Pieces, Behind the Closed Door, and The Fight for Justice, by Maliya Mzyece Sililo, Susan Chitabanta and Josephine Bwalya Muchelemba respectively. The purpose of this study is to identify intratextual and intertextual common features and trends. The method of analysis utilises theories of gender and textuality, particularly Gerard Genette's theory of textuality. The findings of this study reveal that Zambian literary works written in English are not only male-dominated, but also perpetuate and largely reflect the gender inequalities of Zambian society. Generally, male characters are portrayed in better light than female ones; they are generally more privileged than the womenfolk economically, politically, socially, and generally occupy higher positions than women. According to the findings, the male-domination of the literary field has not only entrenched the male perspective and writing style, but also influenced women writers to largely follow the male writing tradition. However, the findings also reveal that, despite being influenced by male writers, female writers also exhibit archetypes which are peculiar to a female perspective in writing. Finally, the findings show that some archetypes exist in Zambian literary works written in English by both male and female writers, and that these archetypes are largely similar to what obtains in similar works written by other African writers.
The death trap
(2012-11-01) Katai, Kaule
Tonga Oral History
(2012-11-15) University Of Zambia
The recording captures oral history about the famine among the Tonga Speaking people in Southern Part of Zambia.
Tonga Oral History
(2012-11-15) University Of Zambia
The recording captures oral history about the famine among the Tonga Speaking people in Southern Part of Zambia.
Tonga oral history.
(2012-11-15) University Of Zambia
Oral history of the Tonga speaking people.
(2012-11-22) University Of Zambia
The oral interview covers an historical account of famine in Southern Part of Zambia between after 1920.
Oral history of the Tonga speaking people of southern Zambia.
(2012-11-26) University Of Zambia
The recording captures oral history about the famine among the Tonga Speaking people in Southern Part of Zambia.
The Impact of Language Policy on Teacher-Training Programs: Cases of Selected Teacher-Training Colleges in Zambia and Malawi
(Kyoto University Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, 2013-03-01) Ngalande, Sande; Chigeda, Antonie
The study highlights the glaring mismatch between language policy and planning, especially in education, and the actual practices on the ground. It seems Zambia and Malawi are lost somewhere between policy formulation and implementation. Since the education sector is usually the major player in language policy and planning implementation, the study was conducted in teacher training colleges in both countries to mainly observe what impact the prevailing language policy and planning issues are having on the two countires. The rersults are indicative of the struggles of divising and implementing a language-in-education policy that agrees with demographic principles of the two democratic, multiethnic and multilingual states.
Determinants of household credit demand in Zambia.
(2013-11-15) Wabei, Silumbu
There is a serious lack of empirical evidence on household credit demand in Zambia. This has led to an information gap in terms of evidence-based policy that would aid policy makers in the formulation of possible policy intervention to help stimulate and sustain household credit. Therefore, this dissertation attempts to partially fulfill this gap by analyzing the determinants of household credit demand in Zambia. Using a sample size of 20,000 households from the Living Conditions Monitoring Survey (LCMS) V of 2006, a probit model was used to predict the probability of borrowing due to the binary nature of the dependent variable. In addition, a subsequent tobit procedure was implemented to take into account the potential selectivity bias that arises due to the non-random choice of borrowing households. The total amount of borrowing per household, taken as a proxy of credit demand, is the dependent variable. Various important explanatory variables that influence credit demand were regressed against total borrowing. The explanatory variables include the size of the household, gender, age, education, total household expenditure, remittances received and residence. The discrete choice models that control for potential endogeneity and selectivity bias showed that all the explanatory variables were significant correlates of credit demand. These results reveal that the likelihood of credit demand will be higher with an increase in the size of the household, age and education. Furthermore, remittances received and residence in an urban area also increases the probability of borrowing. On the other hand, the probability of borrowing declines when a household is headed by a female or has low levels of expenditure. Based on these results, it is recommended that policy makers promote basic infrastructure for financial sector development in rural areas and focus on education policy that will enhance employment opportunities and individuals’ future income. They should also form credit schemes for the elderly and implement policies that are gender sensitive to gender inequalities in the financial market.
From an Agency of Cultural Destruction to an Agency of public Health
(Kininklijke Brill NV, 2014) Kalusa, Wilima T.
Most medical histories maintain that missionary doctors in imperial Africa were agents of western cultural imperialism .This paper ,informed by the writings of Michel Foucault,projects mission based healers as agents of imperial power who played a major role in emasculating African therapeutic systems and in reinforcing colonial hegemony
Predictors of divorce among women of reproductive age in Zambia: evidence from the 2013 to 2014 Zambia demographic and health survey.
(The University of Zambia, 2014) Mapoma, Chabila Christopher
Divorce is a major cause of family dissolutions.It wreaks emotional and physical havoc upon families in which it occurs. In Zambia, media and court reports seem to suggest that divorce is soaring too (lusakatimes.com, 2012). However, these statistics are based on circumstantial, highly unsubstantiated and unscientific sources which mostly are unreliable to state the least. Up until now, Zambia does not have any study or studies that have attempted to detail the prevalence and trends in divorce; worse still, no study has been initiated to structure divorce by probable predictors. This study therefore aimed at investigating divorce among women of reproductive age in Zambia using data generated through the 2014 ZDHS. It aimed also at investigating possible predictors and related socio-economic and demographic aspects that explain the occurrence of divorce. The study used the 2013-2014 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) dataset to examine, on one hand, the socio-economic and demographic characteristics associated with divorce and, on the other hand, the relationship between divorce and identified predictors. Divorce status was established using the DHS question asking respondents or women on their current marital status. Using Stata 13, response categories were recoded to “0” (else, or not divorced) and “1” (divorced) so as to dichotomise the marriage status variable to enable manipulation using logistics regression. The study found that women of all ages have experiences of divorce. The study also found that women’s education, occupation and wealth status are among high predictors of divorce.Indications from this study suggest that women, who seem more independent, more educated and have a higher and stable income base are more likely to experience divorce in Zambia. It is probable that such women have a higher level of assertiveness and therefore prefer being by themselves than in relationships where they feel subjugated. On the other hand, women of less education, casual or unstable occupations and less income are less likely to be divorced. These women could be more loyal and to some extent more tolerant towards their partners and therefore have more stable marriages comparatively. Depending on which side one takes, the two scenarios pose different challenges to women in general and to the institution of marriage in particular.

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