IR@LSU: Home

Welcome to IR @ Lupane State University

IR@LSU is a digital repository for the presevation and promotion of the research record and supporting research data at Lupane State University. The system is hosted and managed by the University Library.

Recent Submissions

An Analysis of Praise Names amongst the Kalanga People.

This research analyses Kalanga praise poetry, an old system that existed since time immemorial. Documenting such poems plays a pivotal in the lives of the Kalanga people and Africans at large as it instills a sense of pride, love and belonging. Data was collected from Kal...

Access to formal education for the San community in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe: challenges and prospects

This article examines the myriad of challenges faced by primary and secondary school going children amongst the San community in their quest to attain formal education in rural Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe. Using a mixed method approach, the study utilised focus group discussions from selected&...

Addressing Climate Change Vulnerability Through Small Livestock Rearing in Matobo, Zimbabwe

Livestock rearing is a popular climate change adaptation strategy among farmers in Matobo District, Zimbabwe. In this chapter we reveal how farmers in Matobo District have benefited immensely from rearing small livestock in response to climate change. Although the descriptor “small&#x...

Factoring water harvesting into climate change adaptation: Endogenous responses by smallholder farmers in Gwanda district, Zimbabwe

Climate change in the form of temperature increases and rainfall variability has intensified in the last three decades. Recent studies in Southern Africa (of which Zimbabwe is part) have indicated the extreme vulnerabilities of smallholder farmers to the impact of climate c...

‘‘Silent Voices’’: A Description of Views and Attitudes of Health Professionals towards Reproduction by HIV Positive People

Objective.The role of health professionals in the decision making process of patients is usually heard or seen from the perspective of the patients. This paper gives the usually silent and invisible health professionals voice and visibility. It describes their views and attitudes...

Against All Odds”. Female Small Scale Mine Owners in Gwanda, Zimbabwe

Historically, the mining sector has been a preserve of males, making it a highly male dominated environment which had very few women. Even in contemporary periods, the mining sector is still largely viewed as a gender “blind” sector to a larger extent. The study so...

Communication and the Decision Making Process among Couples with HIV/AIDS in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

The study explores how HIV-positive couples negotiate and make reproductive and sexually related decisions. The broader aim of the paper is to understand how men and women with HIV make decisions about contraception and reproduction and what those decisions indicate about the...

Space Use by Free Ranging Common Duiker (Sylvicapra Grimmia) at Dambari Field Station

In every ecosystem, there is need for population monitoring in order to relate population estimates to habitat use as this may have connotations on carrying capacity and resource availability, which ultimately impact on sustainability. A study that focused on common duikers (Sylvicapra ...

Community Involvement in Sustainable Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Makokoba Residential Suburb

This study examined the roles and effectiveness of communities in solid waste management in high density residential areas in order to come up with sustainable solid waste management options regarding Makokoba suburb. The study aimed at increasing knowledge with the Makokoba on sustaina...

An Analysis of The Role Played by Zim-Digitalisation in the Development of Indigenous Languages: a Case Study Of Tonga

The research is an analysis of the role played by Zim-digitalization in the development of indigenous languages using Tonga as a case study. The study aims to establish how Zim- digitalization is currently attempting to develop indigenous languages and evade language loss or endang...

Communities in DSpace

Choose a community to browse its collections.

Quality Assurance 1

Quality Assurance

RESEARCH ARTICLES 76

Collection of all Lupane State University Research Articles

THESIS 328

Collection of all Lupane State University Thesis

DSpace JSPUI

DSpace preserves and enables easy and open access to all types of digital content including text, images, moving images, mpegs and data sets

Welcome to IR @ Lupane State University

IR@LSU is a digital repository for the presevation and promotion of the research record and supporting research data at Lupane State University. The system is hosted and managed by the University Library.

Recent Submissions

An Analysis of Praise Names amongst the Kalanga People.

Access to formal education for the San community in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe: challenges and prospects

Addressing Climate Change Vulnerability Through Small Livestock Rearing in Matobo, Zimbabwe

Factoring water harvesting into climate change adaptation: Endogenous responses by smallholder farmers in Gwanda district, Zimbabwe

‘‘Silent Voices’’: A Description of Views and Attitudes of Health Professionals towards Reproduction by HIV Positive People

Against All Odds”. Female Small Scale Mine Owners in Gwanda, Zimbabwe

Communication and the Decision Making Process among Couples with HIV/AIDS in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Space Use by Free Ranging Common Duiker (Sylvicapra Grimmia) at Dambari Field Station

Community Involvement in Sustainable Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Makokoba Residential Suburb

An Analysis of The Role Played by Zim-Digitalisation in the Development of Indigenous Languages: a Case Study Of Tonga

Communities in DSpace

Quality Assurance 1

RESEARCH ARTICLES 76

THESIS 328

UNIVERSITY CENTRES AND UNITS 0

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 0

VICE CHANCELLOR 0

Discover