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    The health-seeking practices of borderland communities:
    (Springer, 2023) Phiri, Keith; Dube, Thulani; Ndlovu, Sibonokuhle
    The chapter examines the San population of Tsholotsho as a borderland community and their health-seeking practices. The San have been subjected to historical marginalisation and they are currently largely ignored by the Zimbabwean government in relation to creating a conducive environment for them to access health services. The San are thus beset by a plethora of challenges which affect their healthseeking behaviour. In the face of various diseases like diarrhoea, tuberculosis and HIV, they are not receiving the medical attention they expect from the government. The hindrances include long distances to clinics, lack of transport (ambulances), inadequate medical personnel, unavailability of medication and unaffordable medical fees. At times, the San feel that they are overtly discriminated against by the government and neighbouring ethnic groups, namely the Kalanga and Ndebele. On account of this, they might resort to traditional medicines and herbalists to deal with their diseases and ailments, or rely upon churches to obtain healing. The San people argue that they want an improved and strengthened health care system which is closer to their villages, and they highlight the need to have more health staff, equipment and transport for effective health service delivery.
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    The health-seeking practices of borderland communities:
    (Springer, 2023) Phiri, Keith; Dube, Thulani; Ndlovu, Sibonokuhle
    The chapter examines the San population of Tsholotsho as a borderland community and their health-seeking practices. The San have been subjected to historical marginalisation and they are currently largely ignored by the Zimbabwean government in relation to creating a conducive environment for them to access health services. The San are thus beset by a plethora of challenges which affect their healthseeking behaviour. In the face of various diseases like diarrhoea, tuberculosis and HIV, they are not receiving the medical attention they expect from the government. The hindrances include long distances to clinics, lack of transport (ambulances), inadequate medical personnel, unavailability of medication and unaffordable medical fees. At times, the San feel that they are overtly discriminated against by the government and neighbouring ethnic groups, namely the Kalanga and Ndebele. On account of this, they might resort to traditional medicines and herbalists to deal with their diseases and ailments, or rely upon churches to obtain healing. The San people argue that they want an improved and strengthened health care system which is closer to their villages, and they highlight the need to have more health staff, equipment and transport for effective health service delivery.
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    Developing Pathways for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Zimbabwe by 2030
    (2022) Sabine Homann-Kee Tui; Gevious Sisito; Elisha N. Moyo; Thulani Dube; Roberto O. Valdivia; Malgosia Madajewicz,; Katrien Descheemaeker; Alex C. Ruane
    Agricultural production systems in Zimbabwe are facing high intensity of climate change impacts. Stakeholders require actionable information to direct investments towards a climate resilient future. The Agricultural Model Inter-comparison and Improvement Project, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (AgMIP CLARE) uses an integrated multi-modeling approach to support policy-level decision making and priority setting for sustainable development and climate adaptation with the goal of improving farmers’ livelihoods, food and nutrition security and gender equity. The Zimbabwe Vision 2030 was used to co-develop, with stakeholders’ and experts, plausible future scenarios of the agricultural sector in Zimbabwe. For systems like in Nkayi district, the simulation results illustrate that investing in a sustainable future, yields more favourable outcomes than investing in ‘high emission’ economic growth: pro-active diversification and intensification of small (traditional) grains and legumes and integration with livestock, supported by inclusive, functional value chains and access to information leads to higher returns per unit land on farm. Policies and interventions that promote a switch to more legumes in the farming systems, and make the uptake of productivity enhancing technologies more attractive, achieve greater food and nutrition security and increase social and economic equity, offset the impacts of climate change and improve farmers livelihoods. Importantly, to make effective investments there is need to create incentives for all farmers to invest; under a sustainable future, vulnerability is less and the poorest benefit more. Deciding for one future helps prioritizing what it would take in terms of policies and investments to achieve the vision 2030. Testing technologies and adaptations under different possible futures, integrating socio-economic and agro-ecological dimensions across different scales, simulation experiments helps stakeholders and experts to design and evaluate policies aimed at meeting sustainable development, climate and food security goals.
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    Creating democratic spaces through theatre: the case of speak out!
    (2021) Moyo, Cletus
    A few years into Zimbabwe’s independence, there were disturbances in the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces, resulting in the massacre of about 20,000 unarmed civilians in what has become known as the Gukurahundi. The atrocities ended with the signing of the Unity Accord in 1987. The government has, however, refused any culpability in the matter and has muted dialogue around the issue. To explore ways of speaking about the Gukurahundi issue and of aiding the grieving process for the second-generation sufferers of the Gukurahundi, I worked with a group of young people to devise and stage theatre on this emotive subject. This chapter reports and reflects on the activities involved in devising and staging Speak Out! phase one and phase two plays. It also identifies and discusses challenges and opportunities that lie in using theatre to create democratic spaces within silencing and oppressive structures. The chapter is framed within decoloniality theory as envisioned by Walter Mignolo. I argue that devised theatre is rich with potential to create democratic spaces that can give a platform for telling stories of pain and suffering when the mainstream media and channels are closed for such. I observe that techniques such as improvisation, storytelling and use of songs, when deployed during the devising process, assisted in creating a social and aesthetic space to speak about the Gukurahundi issues, creating a potential for helping those who are grieving.