This is a two-year, part-time (block-release) Postgraduate degree programme. Applicants      can apply for either Bulawayo or Harare Cohort, and therefore should specify on the application form.

Entry requirements

To be considered for admission a candidate must:

• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies or equivalent from a recognised university, or
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies or equivalent.
• Relevant work experience in the field of development or equivalent will be an advantage.

 

This is a two-year, part-time (block-release) Postgraduate degree programme. Applicants      can apply for either Bulawayo or Harare Cohort, and therefore should specify on the application form.

Entry requirements

To be considered for admission a candidate must:

• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies or equivalent from a recognised university, or
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies or equivalent.
• Relevant work experience in the field of disaster risk and emergence management or equivalent will be an advantage.

Admission Requirements: To be admitted into one of these highly sought-after and competitive research-based doctoral programmes, an applicant should be in possession of the following:

Development Studies: A Masters's degree with a Merit or better in a Social Science discipline, preferably Development Studies, from any recognized institution of higher learning.

Disaster Management: A Masters's degree with a Merit or better in a Social or Natural Science discipline from any recognized institution of higher learning.

Admission Requirements: To be admitted into one of these highly sought-after and competitive research-based Master of Philosophy programmes, an applicant should be in possession of the following:

Development Studies: An Honours degree in any Social Science discipline with an overall degree class of First or Upper Second Class from any recognized institution of higher learning.

 

Disaster Management: An Honours degree in Social Science disciplines such as Geography, Disaster Management, Rural and Urban Planning, Public Health etc with an overall degree class of First or Upper Second Class from any recognized institution of higher learning. A Candidate who holds a Bachelors degree in Natural Science with an overall degree class of First or Upper Second Class from any recognized institution of higher learning is also encouraged to apply.

 

POSITION: Assistant Registrar

CONTACTS: ronald.moyo@nust.ac.zw 

QUALIFICATIONS:

 Bachelor of Arts (University of Zimbabwe), PGDE (University of Zimbabwe), MBA (NUST, Zimbabwe), MSc Marketing (NUST), Zimbabwe.

POSITION: Associate Professor

CONTACT (S): ncube.cornelias@nust.ac.zw

Cornelias Ncube is an Associate Professor of Development Studies at the Institute of Development Studies. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Birmingham. He joined the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) at the beginning of 2024. Prior to joining NUST, Ncube was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at Lupane State University where he also served as the Head of Department for 6 years from 2016-2022. He started his academic career in 2002 as a Staff Development Fellow with the University of Zimbabwe. His teaching and research specialism is multidisciplinary with a strong track record of scholarly research output, crosscutting international development, gender analysis in monitoring and evaluation, African politics and civil society, governance, the politics of development and human rights approaches to development.

 

 

 

Selected Publications:

• Dube, T., Ncube C., Moyo, P., Phiri, K., and Moyo, N. (2021). ‘Marginal Communities and Livelihoods: San Communities' Failed Transition to a Modern Economy in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe’, in Development Southern Africa

 DOI:10.1080/0376835X.2021.1955660.

• T., Ncube, S.B., Mapuvire. C. .C, Ndlovu, S., Ncube, C. & Mlotshwa, S. (2021)

‘Interventions to Reduce the Exclusion of Children with Disabilities from Education: A Zimbabwean Perspective from the Field’ in Cogent Social Sciences, 7:1,1913848, DOI:10.1080/23311886.2021.1913848.

• Dorman, S. R., Ncube, C, and Chipato, F. (2020). ‘The Politics of Civil Society in Zimbabwe’, in Blessing-Miles Tendi, Jocelyn Alexander and JoAnn McGregor (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Zimbabwean Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Dube T, Phiri K., Ndlovu S, Nyathi D., Ncube, C., and Tshuma, N. (2020). Access to Formal Education for the San Community in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe: Challenges and Prospects’, in Heliyon, 6(7), e04470.
• Phiri, K., Dube, T. Moyo, P. Ncube, C. and Ndlovu, S. (2019). ‘Small grains “resistance”?

Making sense of Zimbabwean smallholder farmers’ cropping choices and patterns within a climate change context’, in Cogent Social Sciences, 5: 1622485.

https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2019.1622485

• Dube, T. Mlilo, C., Moyo, P. Ncube, C. and Phiri, K. (2018). ‘Will Adaptation Carry the Future? Questioning the Long-Term Capacity of Smallholder Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies against Climate Change in Gwanda District, Zimbabwe’, in Journal of Human Ecology, 61(1):20-30.
• Moyo, G. and Ncube, C. (2015). ‘The Tyranny of the Executive-Military Alliance and Competitive Authoritarianism in Zimbabwe’, in AFFRIKA: Journal of Politics, Economics and Society, 5(1): 37-61.
• Ncube, C. (2015). ‘Elites, Institutions and the Politics of Poverty in Africa: Editorial Note’. Guest Editor for Special Issue of Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict & Social Transformation, 4(2):7-15.
• Moyo, G., Ncube, C. and Moyo, P. (2015). ‘Can Devolution Aid the Construction of a Democratic Developmental State in the Context of Authoritarian Nationalism in Zimbabwe?’ in Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict & Social Transformation, 4(2):49-73.
• Ncube, C. and Okeke-Uzodike, U. (2015). ‘Constituting Power and Democracy: Zimbabwe’s 2013 Constitution Making and Prospects for Democracy’, in African Renaissance, 12(3):129-157.
• Ncube, C. and Okeke-Uzodike, U. (2015). ‘Understanding Illicit Financial Flows in Post- 2000 Zimbabwe’, in Journal of African Foreign Affairs, 2(1 & 2):95-114.
• Moyo, P. and Ncube, C. (2014). ‘Devolution of Power in Zimbabwe’s New Constitutional Order: Opportunities and Potential Constraints’, in Law, Democracy and Development, 18:289-304.
• Ncube, C. (2014). ‘Civil Society and Peacebuilding during Zimbabwe’s Government of National Unity, 2009 – 2013’, in Africa Security Review, 23(3):1-12.
• Ncube, C. (2013). ‘The 2013 Elections in Zimbabwe: End of an Era for Human Rights Discourse?’ in Africa Spectrum, 3(13):1-11.

POSITION (S): Lecturer

CONTACTS: Buhle.francis@nust.ac.zw ; buhlefrancis00@gmail.com

RESEARCH LINKS

COURSES: Climate Change, Disasters and Responses, Urban Disaster Risk Management,

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD Environmental Science; MPhil Environmental Management (Stellenbosch RSA), BSc (Hon) Forest & Wildlife (NUST, ZW) Diploma in Forestry (Forestry Commission, ZW).

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Environmental issues ranging from disaster to conservation; Climate change; Livelihoods

SUPERVISION

EXTERNAL EXAMINER

PUBLICATIONS

Publications under review and work in progress

• Francis, B., and McGarry D. (2023). Grandmothers of the Sea: Stories and lessons from five Xhosa ocean elders in Hydrofeminist thinking with ocean/s: Political and pedagogical possibilities, Routledge.
• Publishers Editors: Tamara Shefer, Vivienne Bozalek, Nike Romano Francis, B., (2024) Diversifying Ocean livelihoods in the face of climate Change: A case of Coastal Women in Sewing projects in South Africa (I Am working on a solo publication, and I am yet to identify a possible journal).

Peer-reviewed Journal articles

• Mukute, M., Burt, J., Francis, B. and de Souza, B. (2020). Education in Times of COVID-19: Looking for Silver Linings in Southern Africa’s Educational Responses. Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, Vol 36.
• Moyo, F., Ndlovu T. and Francis, B. (2018). The effects of Artisanal Mining on Irrigation Farming: The Case of UMzinyathini Irrigation Scheme in Umzingwane District, Southern Matebeleland, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Public Affairs 10 (2): pp139-62
• Ngorima, P, Francis, B., and E. Svotwa (2015). Tobacco Production, Deforestation, and the Importance of Community Participation in the Conservation of Forestry Resources in Zimbabwe: A Review. Journal of Basic and Applied Research International, pp.68-74.

 

Book Chapters

• Monde Duma, Taryn Pereira, Lawrence Sisitka, Monde Ntshudu, Buhle Francis and Thomas Salmon (2021): Care, Trust and Learning – Reflections from iQonga loThungelwano loLuntu, an Eastern Cape based COVID-19 Learning and Solidarity Network In: Stories of Collective Learning and Care During A Pandemic. 2021.
• Editors: Kulundu-Bolus, I., Chakona, G. and Lotz-Sisitka, H. (pp.1 - 24) Chapter: 1, Publisher: Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures and the Environmental Learning Research Centre.
• Ke-Tui, S.H.K., Masikati, P., Descheemaeker, K., Sisito, G., Francis, B., Senda, T., Crespo, O., Moyo, E.N. and Valdivia, R.O. (2021): Transforming Smallholder Crop-livestock Systems in the Face of Climate Change: Stakeholder-driven Multi-model Research in Semi-arid Zimbabwe. In Handbook of Climate Change and Agroecosystems: Climate Change and Farming System Planning in Africa and South Asia: AgMIP 3.
• Stakeholder-driven Research part 2 AgMIP Stakeholder-driven Research part 2. editor / C. Rosenzweig; E.… Editors: C Rosenzweig and E Mencos Contreras (eds), Handbook of Climate Change and Agroecosystems: Climate (pp. 217-276). World Scientific Publishing
• Francis, B., Pepler D., and H. Ndagurwa (2018): Woody Species Diversity and Surface Soil Nutrients in an Opuntia fulgida Engelm Invaded Semi-arid Savanna Rangeland, Southwest Zimbabwe. In: Africa At A Crossroads; The Continent’s Future Prospective 50 Years after the Formation of the Organisation of African Unity/ African Union. Editors: Mutanga S., Simelane T., Gumbo T. and Mujuru M. AISA, Pretoria. South Africa pp 8-23.
• Francis, B., Nare L., Nyamanhindi M., and M. Sithole (2017): Timber as a Source of Sustainable Development A Case of Timber Harvesting in Lupane, Zimbabwe. In: Sustainable, Climate Change and The Green Economy, Editors: Nhamo G and Mjimba V. AISA Pretoria South Africa pp115 – 130.
• Sithole, M. and Francis B. (2017): Institutional Dynamics of Mopane Woodland Management. In: Sustainable, Climate Change and The Green Economy. Editors: Nhamo G. and Mjimba V. Sustainable, Climate Change and The Green Economy, AISA Pretoria South Africa.

CONSULTANCIES AND COMMISSIONED RESEARCH

• Sustainable Land Management project funded by the Global Environment Facility /UN Development Programme http://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/5327 (RU)- Hub leader Home gardens (2018 – 2019).
• Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (https://agmip.org) (IDS-NUST) -Stakeholder liaison (2015 –2018).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Francis, B., (2023) Global climate change litigation and the rise of international adjudication 30- 1 July 2023 Centre for International Law and Globalisation, Southampton Law School Co-organised by Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment.
• Francis, B., Thondhlana G., and Shackleton C. (2018) Implications of invasive alien plants on rural livelihoods: A perspective from the community on Lantana camara at the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation. The 24th Symposium on Society and Resource Management, 16-22 June 2018, Salt Lake City, Utah State, United States of America.
• Francis, B., Keetui., S., Bartels -W, Sullivan, A and Anaglo J., (2016) Stakeholder Engagement: Lessons for Southern Region. Agricultural Modelling and Intercomparison Project (AgMIP), 14 – 16 February 2016, Dakar Senegal.
• Francis, B., Nare L., Nyamanhindi M. and M. Sithole (2015) Timber as a source of Sustainable Development A Case of Timber Harvesting in Lupane, Zimbabwe in Economy. International Conference on Innovation for Sustainability under Climate Change and Green Growth Economy, 26 - 28 May, Pretoria, South Africa.
• Francis, B., Pepler D. and H. Ndagurwa (2014) Woody species diversity and surface soil nutrients in an Opuntia fulgida Engelm invaded semi-arid savanna rangeland, Southwest Zimbabwe. A conference that was organised by Africa. Institute of South Africa Institute in Collaboration with the University of Johannesburg, 16 – 20 February 2014, Johannesburg South Africa.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

• Facilitated a high-level stakeholder workshop targeting policymakers during IYAFA week in March 2023 FAO, HQ in Rome, Italy (see https://oneoceanhub.org/newsletters/one-ocean-hub/).
• Participated in the climate change litigation and the rise of international adjudication workshop at (30 June -02 July 2023, Southampton University, UK)
• Adviser and participated and assisted Zimbabwe in the Needs Assessment workshop for Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) and Low Emission Development Pathway for Mitigation Stakeholders, and Academic and Research Institutions 2
• Stakeholder liaison on climate change in Southern Africa and part of the delegation to India on – AgMIP in 2015-2018
• Co-Author of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Zimbabwe (2015 NBSAP)
• Climate adviser and facilitated many workshops for the portfolio committee on the environment, water, tourism and hospitality industry for the Parliament of Zimbabwe on climate change (https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/buhle-francis-shining-beacon/)

REVIEWER

• Journal of Asia Pacific Education Reviewer from 2023 to date
• Journal of Disaster Risk Studies from 2016 to date

CONTACT (S): zenzo.dube@nust.ac.zw

QUALIFICATIONS:

PhD in Governance (University of Glamorgan-Now University of South Wales, Wales); 

MA in Corporate Administration (Anglia Polytechnic University-Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, England); Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators- Member  (ICSA) (UK); Member- South Africa Institute of Financial Markets (SAIFM), Qualified Services SETA Assessor (RSA)

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS: governance, corporate governance, institutional studies, development.

PUBLICATIONS

 Dube, Z.L and  Mapfudza, C. (2020). ‘Debt sustainability in fragile economies: the case of Zimbabwe’. Journal of Management and Science. Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp 43-46

Dube, Z.L and Mandizvidza G.V (2020) ‘The upper middle income status of Botswana vis a Vie Gaborone’s non-governmental organizations’ access to international funding’. Journal of Management and Science. Vol 10, Issue 4, pp 29-32

Dube, Z.L and Kunaka, P (2019). ‘Emergent views on public private partnership in public hospitals in Zimbabwe’.  International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol. 8 No. 6, pp 357-366.

Maphosa, M., Tshuma, N., Dube, Z and Dube, T. (2019). ‘Migrant Remittances Inspired Enterprises in Tsholotsho: Issues of Sustainability’. African Human Mobility Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (April 2019) pp 1459-1481

Dube, Z.L. and Duve, W. (2015), “Assessing the role of actors in managing conflicts emanating from the utilisation of wildlife resources: The case of Matetsi Ward 1 Woodlands, Hwange, Zimbabwe”, International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol. 4 No. 8, pp. 872-880.

Dube Z and Rossi G (2015) ‘An analysis of Corporate Governance practices in government controlled banking institutions versus private banking institutions in Zimbabwe’. International Journal of Development and Sustainability. (ISSN 2186-8662) Volume 4 Number 6 (2015), pp 759-771.

Maphosa M, Dube T, Dube Z, Ncube G, Tshuma N (2014) "Enhancing food security through micro- irrigation: Evaluating the contribution of treadle pumps to household food security in Umzingwane district of Zimbabwe". International Journal of Development and Sustainability Volume 3 Number 5 (2014): Pages 1043-1059 ISDS Article ID: IJDS13122001.

Dube, Z L and Mukumbiri, N.M (2014) 'An Analysis of the Impact of Shareholder Activism in Corporate Governance. The Case of the Zimbabwean Banking Sector' Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy Vol 5 No 25 November 2014. ISSN 2039-2117 (online) ISSN 2039-9340 (print)

Tshuma N, Maphosa M, Ncube G, Dube T, Dube Z (2012) “The Impact of Conservation Agriculture On Food Security And Livelihoods In Mangwe District” Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, Pennsylvania.

Dube Z and Kerry E (2006) ‘Assessing Corporate Governance and The London Stock Exchange: A Historical Analysis’. Corporate Governance And Institutions: A Pan-European Perspective (Ed by Kowalski T and Letza S). Poznan University of Economics, Poznan.

Dube Z and Kerry E (2006) ‘Assessing Corporate Governance And The London Stock Exchange: A New Institutionalism Analysis’ International Journal of Applied Finance For Non-Financial Managers (ISSN: 1742-528X) Volume 1 Issue 3.

Book Chapters

Dube Z (2016). ‘The King Reports on Corporate Governance in South Africa. A Buntu African philosophy analysis’ in ‘Corporate Governance in Africa: Assessing Implementation and Ethical Perspectives’. Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp199-222

Dube Z, (2012) “The Recent World Recession: A Déjà vu of the South Sea’s Turbulent History” in “The Subprime Crisis and its Impact on Financial and Managerial Environment: An Unequal Repercussion at European Level”. Cambridge Scholars Publishing Newcastle-Upon Tyne.

Conferences & symposia

Muswere. J. and Dube, Z.L (2021) ‘New Public Management and the Corporate Governance of SOEs in Zimbabwe’s ICT Sector’. Virtual presentation at the 22^nd Annual International Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 9–13th July

Dube Z and Makwelo S (2019). ‘Social media in the workplace: a study of Zimbabwe’s Revenue Authority, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’. Presentation at the 21st Annual International Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association, Crowne Plaza Paris-Republique Hotel in Paris, France, July 9-13th.

Dube Z and E Muzinda (2017) ‘An analysis of enterprise risk management and corporate governance in Zimbabwe's banking sector’. Presentation at the 19^th Annual International Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association in Vienna, Austria, 11– 15 July.

Dube Z, (2015) ‘The ramifications of the socio-economic reconstruction of the 1945-1947s Britain’. Presentation at the 17th Annual International Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association in Lisbon, Portugal, 7 – 11 July.

Dube Z, (2014) ‘A New Institutionalism analysis of the London Stock Exchange Years (1914-1939)' Presentation at the 16th Annual International Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association in Baku, Azerbaijan, 8 – 12 July. 

Dube Z, (2013). ‘Accessing the London Stock Exchange’s initial path-dependency. A New institutionalism Analysis’. Presentation at the Fifteenth Annual International Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association in Helsinki, Finland, 2 – 6 July.  (Manuscript No. 36) ISBN: 1-932917-09-8

Dube Z, Kerry E and Ozuem W (2009) ‘“The recession. Is it the end of self-regulation in the city?” Presentation at the Eleventh Annual International Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association in Prague, Czech Republic, 7 – 11 July. (Manuscript No. 109)  

POSITION: Lecturer

CONTACT (S): mthuthukisi.ncube@nust.ac.zw

Mr. Mthuthukisi Ncube is a Lecturer at the Institute of Development Studies where he researches under the Climate Change, the Natural Environment and Agriculture thematic cluster. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Institute of Development Studies of the National University of Science and Technology where he is researching on Environmental Management (Payment for Cultural Ecosystem Services) among open green spaces broadly.  Mr Ncube teaches Research Methods (MDS 5204 and MDM 5204 respectively) at MSc level. His research interests include the sustainability of nature-based livelihoods, ecosystem services, artisanal mining-agriculture conflict, quality assurance in higher education, sexual, environmental and rights based development, sexual and reproductive health and rights.

GOOGLE SCHOLAR PROFILE: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=aJ5Li7EAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=1&sortby=title&gmla=AJsN-F7-Jfg2LzivxshMC-fwKLZ3DSWEqkMS5vntWI9fyGySDkNB zmC6UuF1DbtZrEPIafTTcFImNGsnjcGoJfrDzgf4s8feVBk9GuDyGqqRY5He2DfpvG0&sciund=11620625424856348588

 

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

      

9. Funa Moyo, Mthuthukisi Ncube and Sincere T. Mamhute, 2023. “Attaining Sustainable Smallholder Irrigation-farming and Rural-livelihoods through Social-capital: Post Fast Land-Reform (FTLR) Perspectives from Rozva Irrigation Scheme, Bikita, Zimbabwe” DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/2753-3182/2023/v2n2a6, African Journal of Public Administration and Environmental Studies (AJOPAES) ISSN 2753-3174 (Print) ISSN 2753-3182 (Online) Indexed by Sabinet Volume 2, Number 2, December 2023 Pp 109-132.

 

8. Funa Moyo, Mthuthukisi Ncube, and Thabo Ndlovu, 2022. “The Competing Nature-Based Livelihood-Strategies: Artisanal Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Perspectives in Agricultural-Communities in Umzingwane District, Zimbabwe”, African Journal of Public Administration and Environmental Studies Vol. 1, No. 2 (1 Dec 2022), Adonis & Abbey Publishers, https://journals.co.za/doi/full/10.31920/2753-3182/2022/v1n2a7

 

6. Mthuthukisi Ncube, Mesabe (Bhebhe) Ncube, Sithandweyinkosi Nkomo, Daniel Tafadzwa Chikonye, 2022. “Reconfiguring the Academic Success Matrix through Student Involvement: Implications for a Higher Education Institutions-A Case of Three Selected Universities in Zimbabwe”, International Journal of Social Science And Human Research, Volume 05 Issue 01 January 2022, DOI: 10.47191/ijsshr/v5-i1-29, Impact factor-5.586 Page No: 202-215

 

5. Mthuthukisi Ncube, Francis Godfrey Ncube, Excellence Charles Mateke, 2022. “Unpacking the Paradox of Student-Involvement Quality Promotion Nexus: Knowing Where to Draw the Line and Implications Thereof”. International Journal of Social Science And Human Research, Volume 05 Issue 01 January 2022, DOI: 10.47191/ijsshr/ v5-i1-28, Impact factor-5.586, Page No: 189-201, https://zenodo.org/record/5883323# .YrTgPGgzbIU

 

4. Mthuthukisi Ncube, Funa Moyo, and Sincere T. Mamhute, 2021. “Unpacking Negative Externalities of Social Capital in the Sustainability of Smallholder Rural Irrigation Farming: The Case of Rozva Irrigation Scheme in Bikita District, Zimbabwe”, International Journal of Social Science And Human Research ISSN(print): 2644-0679, ISSN(online): 2644-0695, Volume 04 Issue 12 December 2021: https://ijsshr.in/v4i12/64.php DOI: 10.47191/ijsshr/v4-i12-64

 

3. Peter Nkala and Mthuthukisi Ncube, 2020. “Institutional structures for student-inclusivity in quality assurance promotion in higher education: The case of one university in Zimbabwe”. South African Journal of Higher Education, 34(5), pp.92-108.eISSN1753-5913, https://dx.doi.org/10.20853/34-5-4243,

https://www.journals. ac.za/index.php/sajhe

 

2. 2. Mthuthukisi Ncube, “Exploring the prevalence of the sexually transmitted marks phenomenon in higher education institutions”. South African Journal of Science, 115(11-12), pp.1-7. https://doi.org/10. 17159/sajs.2019/6326

 

1. Funa Moyo, Thabo Ndlovu, Buhle Francis and Mthuthukisi Ncube, 2018. “The effects of artisanal mining on irrigation farming-the case of Umzinyathini Irrigation Scheme in Umzingwane District, Southern Matabeleland, Zimbabwe”. African Journal of Public Affairs, 10(2), pp.139-162. Accreditation: The International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS) Publisher: African Consortium of Public Administration (ACPA) http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-fa99fd27a

 

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED

 

1. Researcher and Author: Paying for Cultural Ecosystem Services: The Case of Open Space Sects (Vapostori) in Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe, XV World Forestry Congress: Building a Green, Healthy and Resilient Future with Forests 2–6 May 2022 | Coex, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Role: Author-Mthuthukisi Ncube

https://programme.wfc2021korea.org/en/content/papers-posters-videos?searchtex t=&page=13&%24pagegroup=paper

https://programme.wfc2021korea.org/en/session/57e7f59d-a9c1-ec11-997e-a04a 5e7cf9dc

     https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IPwhmJWooU19F2YqdgkDu6LenF_bb7Js/view

 

2. Presenter: PAPER 10- “Unpacking the Second Republic’s Ideological Thought and Direction: (The) Politics of Furthering Economic Empowerment (PFEE)” Theme: Unpacking the Second Republic’s Ideological Thought and Direction, Hosted by Chitepo School of Ideology (ZANU-PF) Virtual Symposium, 13 October 2021 on Symposium Link: https://gluevp.com/app/invadd.php?g=12014 Password: 7fT4Dsp, Role: Author and Presenter: Mthuthukisi Ncube (Online Presenter) For and On Behalf of Professor D.Z. Moyo of Gwanda State University
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4. Researcher, Author and Presenter: “Squalor, Clean Cities and Diminishing Livelihoods in SDGs Era: Evaluating The Post-Resettlement Livelihoods among Mazwi ‘New Settlers’, Bulawayo Province”, The 7^th RAYS (Reach a Young Soul) Symposium 2020 Theme: Heritage and Sustainable Development Goals, SDG 11 Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Bulawayo October 2020, Role: Researcher, Author and Presenter: Mthuthukisi Ncube

 

5. Researcher and Conference Speaker/Presenter: ‘Interrogating Trends in Student-Involvement for Quality Assurance and Promotion among Institutions of Higher Learning, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe’, Council on Higher Education (CHE, South Africa). Quality Assurance and Promotion, Conference Theme: Trends in Student involvement in Quality Assurance and promotion in a Changing Higher Education Environment, Session Chair: Mr Christopher Khoza (Diamond Hall), CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, 26^th-28^th February 2020, Role: Mthuthukisi Ncube (Researcher and Presenter)

 

6. Researcher and Conference Speaker: ‘Exploring the Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Marks Phenomenon among Higher Education Institutions’-(Special Section on Teacher Sexual Abuse), Quality Promotion Conference: Theme-Threats to Academic Integrity and the Impacts Thereof, Chair: Dr Senoelo Nkhase, CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, 26^th to the 28^th of February 2019. Role: Mthuthukisi Ncube (Conference Speaker/Presenter)

 

7. Researcher and Author: Peer Reviewed Abstract and Paper- The Effects of Artisanal Mining on Irrigation Farming: The Case of Umzinyathini Irrigation Scheme in Umzingwane District, Southern Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, Review of Southern African Society for Disaster Reduction (SASDiR) Progress since its inception in 2012; Conference Program 3 – SASDiR: 3^rd Biennial Conference of SASDiR, 12-14 October 2016, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Authors: Funa Moyo, Thabo Ndlovu, Mthuthukisi Ncube & Buhle Francis http://sasdir.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ Conference-Program-3.pdf Role: Mthuthukisi Ncube (Researcher and Author)

POSITION:  Chief Secretary

CONTACTS: nomsa.ngwenya@nust.ac.zw, idsnustnomsa@gmail.com

QUALIFICATIONS:  

• ND Secretarial Studies (Bulawayo Polytechnic)
• 2nd Certificate in Purchasing & Supply (CIPS)
• IPMZ Diploma in Human Resources
• Certificate Course in Applied Humanitarian Work - Sphere

Research focus:        Gender Based Violence, Households & Family Studies, Social Policy

Community engagement    

Board member – Serve Purpose International (SPI)

Committee member- Frontline Mum Network (FMN)

Finance Officer – Alleluia Ministries International – AMI (Bulawayo Branch)

POSITION (S): Lecturer

CONTACTS: everson.ndlovu@nust.ac.zw

RESEARCH LINKS:

COURSES: Disaster Education; Media Management and Disaster Risk

QUALIFICATIONS

MSc Disaster Management (UFS RSA), BEd-EAPPS (ZOU), Diploma in Development & Disaster Management (NUST), Certificate in Education (UZ).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

SUPERVISION

EXTERNAL EXAMINER

PUBLICATIONS

• Enhancing Resilience to Recurrent Droughts And Floods In Semi-Nomadic Communities: A Case Of CMDRR Amongst The Doma Community In Mbire District,           Zimbabwe. Link: International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science         (IJRISS) ISSN 2454-6186 accepted for publication-August, 2023).
• Life in the streets, Children speak out: A case of Harare Metropolitan, Zimbabwe. Link: DOI:10.52589/AJSSHR-FDXCDAT2 (2022) .
• Impact of climate change and variability on traditional farming systems: Farmers’ perceptions from south-west, semi-arid Zimbabwe-Link- https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba12i1.742 (2020).
• Community Perceptions on Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Interventions: A Case of Re- Offenders at Chikurubi, Zimbabwe. ACTA CRIMINOGICA: African Journal of Criminology and Victimology, 32(2)2019, ISSN 1012-8093 (2019).
• Economic migration and the socio-economic impacts on the emigrant’s family; A case of ward 8, Gweru Rural District, Zimbabwe-Link-           https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/414 (2018).
• Menstrual Hygiene: A salient hazard in rural schools: A case of Masvingo district, Zimbabwe-Link: https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/204 (2015)
• Disaster Management and Private Sectors-Experiences of Africa: Status and Potentials- Book Chapter- Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%F978-4-  431-55414-1_6 (2014)

REVIEWS

CONSULTANCIES AND COMMISSIONED RESEARCH

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

1. i) Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction (SASDiR)
2. ii) Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)

Position                Lecturer

Email Address   paul.chipangura@nust.ac.zw

Qualifications    

PhD Disaster Risk Reduction (Northwest University, RSA), MSc in Emergency Planning and Management (CU UK), BSoc Sc IOLS (UCT RSA), MBA (Africa University)

 

Research focus 

Disaster risk governance, Disaster risk reduction, Disaster risk assessment and Business continuity management.

Research Links   https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pM-IIsAAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Chipangura

 

Supervision        

MSc Disaster Management -20+ students

               

Publications       

• Zembe, A., Nemakonde, L.D. and Chipangura, P., 2023. A policy coherence framework for food security, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in South Africa. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 95, p.103877.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103877

 

• Zembe, A., Nemakonde, L.D. and Chipangura, P., 2022. Policy coherence between food security, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in South Africa: A summative content analysis approach. Jàmbá-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 14(1), p.1173.

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJARGE.2022.128254

 

• Chipangura, P., Van der Waldt, G. and Van Niekerk, D., 2019. An exploration of the tractability of the objectivist frame of disaster risk in policy implementation in Zimbabwe. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 11(1), pp.1-10. https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v11i1.604

 

• Chipangura, P.; Van Niekerk, D. & Van Der Waldt, G. 2017, Disaster risk policy problem framing: insights from societal perceptions in Zimbabwe International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.02.012

 

• Chipangura, P., Van Niekerk , D. & Van Der Waldt , G. 2016. An exploration of objectivism and social constructivism within the context of disaster risk. Disaster Prevention and Management, 25 (2), 261 – 274.

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DPM-09-2015-0210

 

Book Chapters  

• Van Niekerk, D., Ndlovu, E. & Chipangura, P. 2015. Experiences of Africa: Status and Potentials. In: Izumi, T. & Shaw, R. (eds.) Disaster Management and Private Sectors. Springer Japan.

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-4-431-55414-1_6

 

Conference Presentations           

• Awards/Achievements
• Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence: Awarded to a paper that was Highly Commended in 2017. The paper: Chipangura, P., Van Niekerk, D. & Van Der Waldt , G. 2016. An exploration of objectivism and social constructivism within the context of disaster risk. Disaster Prevention and Management, 25 (2), 261 – 274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DPM-09-2015-0210

 

POSITION (S): Lecturer

CONTACTS: travor.murai@nust.ac.zw

TAUGHT COURSES: Civil Society and Development, Rights Based Approaches to Development

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD Development Studies (Erasmus University Rotterdam), MSC Anthro (KU Leuven), MSC Dev (NUST), PGD Gov (ISS), BSC Hons Soc (UZ)

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Civil Society, Human Rights Based Approaches, Gender, Sexual Rights, Organizational Development and Corporate governance in the NFP,

SUPERVISION: Supervised over 50 MSc in Development Studies candidates.

PUBLICATIONS: Five publications in peer reviewed books and journals

CONSULTANCIES AND COMMISSIONED RESEARCH: Over 20 consultancies for local and international organizations

PROFESSIONAL BODIES: Served as a Board Member for 3 organizations

POSITION (S): RESEARCH FELLOW AND SHORT COURSE COORDINATOR

CONTACTS: ntobeko.ndlovu@nust.ac.zw ; ntntobeko@gmail.com

RESEARCH LINKS

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8ZpDyvQAAAAJ&hl=en.

Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ntobeko-Ndlovu-3.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9906-9857.

COURSES: International Development Issues and Trends (MSc), Introduction to project management (Diploma).

SUPERVISION: Have successfully supervised 20 MSc students

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD Economics (UKZN, South Africa-In progress); MCom in Development Economics (UCT, RSA), BCom (Hons) Economics (MSU).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Development Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Education, Food and Nutrition Security, Livelihoods, Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation, Impact Evaluation, Market Access, and Value Chains.

PUBLICATIONS

• Moyo & N. Ndlovu (2023): Examining the Challenges and Survival Strategies of the Informal Sector During Covid- 19 Induced Lockdowns and Restrictions in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research 6(5) 35-53.
• Ndlovu & M. Nyamukure (2023): Assessing the Contribution of Food Assistance for Assets on Food Availability in Chipinge, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development 6(4)18-36.
• Chidavaenzi, F.R., Mazenda, A, & Ndlovu, N. (2021). Household survival and resilience to food insecurity through the drip irrigation scheme in dry rural areas. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies. Vol 13, No 1. a985.
• Maviza, G & Ndlovu, N. (2019). Women’s Rights Situation in Zimbabwe in the Context of Reigning Environment (Are we there yet?). http://citizens-manifesto.org/2019/09/24/womens-rights-situation-in-zimbabwe-in-the-context-of-reigning-environment-are-we-there-yet/.
• Dube, M. Sithole, G. Maviza, M. Maphosa, N. Tshuma, N. Ndlovu, M. Moyo, S. Sibanda, V. Mungoni and D. Nzima (2018): Environmentally Sustainable Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) for Sustainable Livelihoods: A Formalisation Manual for Southern Africa. Ali-Douglas Research Network (ADRN). ISBN: 978-0-7974-9134-2.
• Ndlovu, N (2018): School resources and student achievement: A study of primary schools in Zimbabwe. Educational Research and Reviews 13(7):236-248.
• Dube, Z.L., Muzinda, E. and Ndlovu, N (2017). An Analysis of Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Governance in Zimbabwe’s Banking Sector. GBATA Readings Book, P.156.
• Ndlovu, N (2016): The Determinants of Student Achievement in Botswana, South African and Zimbabwe: A Multilevel Approach. Master’s Thesis-UCT Commons.
• Ndlovu, N (2009). Determinants of HIV Prevalence in Zimbabwe. Undergraduate Thesis-MSU Repository

 

CONSULTANCIES AND COMMISSIONED RESEARCH

• Nare, L., A, Sebata., Sithole, M., N, Ndlovu., B. Sibanda., N. Dube., B, Francis., C, Mabhena, P. Nkala & A, Chirima (2014-2018). Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Livestock Farmers in Beitbridge District, Zimbabwe. A $60 000 project funded by the National University of Science and Technology Research Board (Economist and Value chain specialist).
• B, Francis., N, Ndlovu., N,Nondo., A, Velah., N, Chigwinya., M, Mawanza & B, Yalala (2018). The Invasive Alien Plant vs biological control: A study of Cylindropuntia Fulgida var fugida and the Dactyclopius tomentonsus in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. A $12 556 project funded by the National University of Science and Technology Research Board (Social Science Researcher).
• Maphosa, M., Sithole, M., Ndlovu, N. & Tshuma, N. (2020). “Food, nutrition and livelihoods security in context of COVID-19” Bulawayo Province Covid-19 Report: Situation Analysis and Policy Recommendations. For the Food and Nutrition Council of Zimbabwe. Role (Co- author).
• Maphosa, M., Sithole, M., Ndlovu, N. & Tshuma, N. (2020). “Food, nutrition and livelihoods security in context of COVID-19” Implications of the Covid19 Pandemic on Urban Food Systems: The Case of Bulawayo. Opinion piece for the Food and Nutrition Council of Zimbabwe. (Co-author).
• Nare, L., Maphosa, M. & Ndlovu, N (2018). Compilation of the Institute of Development Studies Strategic Plan.
• Nkala, P., Maphosa, M., Tshuma, N., Maviza, G., Ndlovu, N. & Murai, T. (2017): Ex-post evaluation of Christian Care Conservation Projects in Zimbabwe. Covered Nkayi, Chirumhanzu, Gutu, Chimanimani and Nyaminyami. For the Canadian Food Grains Bank and Christian Care Zimbabwe (Co-consultant & Gutu Team Leader).

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Ndlovu, N (2018). Factors limiting the continued use of conservation farming practices amongst smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. A paper presented at the 4th Biennial SASDiR Conference, Durban, South Africa (17-19 October 2018).
• Ndlovu, N (2017). Preliminary findings of the Bulawayo Informal Sector Policy Research Project. A paper presented at the National Informal Cross Border Traders Conference. 5-6 December 2017, Rainbow Hotel, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
• Ndlovu, N (2017). Agrodealerships in Binga and Hwange Districts of Zimbabwe; How promising for Agricultural Development in Rural Communities? A paper presented at the Rural Food, Nutrition and Income Security Conference, 22 November 2017, ZITF (VIP Lounge), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
• Dube, Z. L., Muzinda, E and Ndlovu, N (2017). An Analysis of Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Governance in Zimbabwe’s Banking Sector. A paper presented at the annual International Conference of the Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA), Vienna, Austria July 11th -15th, 2017.
• Ndlovu, N (2016). The Determinants of Student Achievement in Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe: A Multilevel Approach. A paper presented at the 2016 International Education Conference, 05 – 09 June 2016, Venice, Italy.
• Ndlovu, T & Ndlovu, N (2016). Promoting drought preparedness for communal livestock farmers Zimbabwe, A paper presented at the 3^rd Biennial SASDIR Conference, 10-14 October, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

REVIEWS

• African Development Review

MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL BODIES

• Member of Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction (SADiR)
• Member of Southern African Development Studies (SADSA)
• Member of Development Studies Association of Zimbabwe (DSAZ)

POSITION: Secretary

CONTACTS: susan.maphosa@nust.ac.zw

QUALIFICATIONS:

 HND in Office Management (Bulawayo Polytechnic College), National Diploma in Secretarial Studies – (HEXCO) Bulawayo Polytechnic, Technician Diploma in Information Processing – (City and Guilds) Speciss College, Certificate in Secretarial Studies (Pitman) Bulawayo Polytechnical College.

Other Short Courses Attended

• Lotus 1-2-3 (1994) - Contact Computers (Bulawayo)
• Windows 95 - Universal Technology Centre
• Executive Assistants Module I - ZIPAM
• Typing Speed Improvement (Phase A)
• Private Secretary Course (Phase B and C)- Highlands National Training Centre.

POSITION (S): LECTURER/RESEARCHER AND MPHIL & PHD COORDINATOR

CONTACTS: funa.moyo@nust.ac.zw / fmoyo2011@gmail.com

RESEARCH LINKS:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=DJlpAHQAAAAJ

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Funa-Moyo.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/funa-moyo-47228259/

COURSES:

• Development Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation MDS 5201
• The Natural Environment and Development MDS 5104
• Emergency Planning, Exercise Design and Evaluation MDM 5302

Previous Courses

• Research Methods
• Rights Based Programming

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD in Public and Development Management, MSc Development Studies (NUST), M.Ed. Management (ZOU), B.Ed. (UZ), BA Hon HIV & AIDS Behavioural Studies (UNISA RSA) Dip Disaster Management.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Natural resource governance, public policy, public health, environmental management and development, sustainable livelihoods and rural development, community development, risk reduction, resilience building and disaster management, Social capital, Extraction of Natural resources.

SUPERVISION

• Supervised 8 Diploma students in Development Studies and Disaster Management from Institute of Development Studies-NUST 2011-2019.
• Supervised 52 Masters and Post Graduate students in Development Studies and Disaster Management from Institute of Development Studies-NUST 2011-2022.
• Have supervised 12 MBA and Masters students from Graduate School of Business, NUST. 
• Currently co-supervising 1 PhD candidate, 1 MPhil student from UZ, 2 Masters students in Disaster Management and Development Studies.

 

EXTERNAL EXAMINER

• External Examiner of a PhD Thesis project (GSB, NUST, Faculty of Commerce) (2023).
• External examination of an MSc project (Pretoria University) (2020)
• External Examiner for the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Development Studies. South Africa (1 project).
• External examination of MSc projects National University of Science and Technology (GSB) (2018-2021).
• External Examiner for GSB, NUST, Faculty of Commerce (14 MSc projects).
• External examination of MSc projects (Zimbabwe Open University) (2018-2021).
• Zimbabwe Open University, Bulawayo Region, Zimbabwe. External Examiner for ZOU (20 BSc projects).

PUBLICATIONS

• Bongo, P. P, Chingura, P, Sithole M and Moyo, F. (2012). A rights-based analysis of disaster risk reduction framework in Zimbabwe and its implications for policy and          practice. Jamba, Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Studies, Volume 5 Issue 2, Article No 81. Potchefstroom, South Africa.
• Bongo, P. P., Chipangura, P, Sithole, M, Moyo, F (2013). Dynamics of configuring and interpreting the disaster risk script: Experiences from Zimbabwe. Jamba, Journal of     Disaster Risk Reduction Studies. Vol 5, No 2 (2013), 10 pages, Published: 2013-08-   12.
• Moyo, F. and Mabhena, C. (2014). Harnessing Mineral Resources in Gwanda district of Zimbabwe: A Myth or a Reality? International Letters of Social and Humanistic      Sciences 27 (2014) 1-21 www.ilshs.pl.
• Mabhena, C and Moyo, F. (2014). Community Share Ownership Trust scheme and empowerment: The case of Gwanda Rural district, Matabeleland South Province in          Zimbabwe. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 19,            Issue 1, Ver. XI (Feb. 2014), PP 72-85 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org.
• Ndlovu, T., Moyo, F, Zikhali, W, and Mabhena, C. (2015). Farmer participation: A drive towards sustainable agricultural production in Makwe irrigation scheme, Zimbabwe.           Global Journal of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development. ISSN: 2408-5480 Vol. 3 (9), pp. 308-320, http://www.globalscienceresearchjournals.org/.
• Dube, N., Moyo, F., Sithole, M., Ncube, G., Nkala, P., Tshuma, N., and Maphosa, M. (2016) The Institutional Exclusion and the Tragedy of the Commons: Artisanal Mining in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe. The Extractive Industries and Society 3,             1084-1094. 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pxis.2016.08.006.
• Moyo, F, Ndlovu, T, Francis. B, and Ncube, M (2018). The Effects of Artisanal Mining on Irrigation Farming. The Case of Umzinyathini Irrigation Scheme in Umzingwane       District, Southern Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Public Affairs, Volume            10 number 2. June 2018.
• Ncube., M, Moyo, F., Mamhute, S.T., (2021). Unpacking Negative Externalities of Social Capital in the Sustainability of Smallholder Rural Irrigation Farming: The Case      of Rozva Irrigation Scheme in Bikita District, Zimbabwe. International Journal of Social Science and Human Research, 4(12), 3921-3929. DOI: 10.47191/ ijsshr/v4-i12-64.        ISSN(print): 2644-0679, ISSN(online): 2644-0695.
• Moyo, F, Ncube, M & Ndlovu, T., (2022). The Competing Nature-Based Livelihood Strategies: Artisanal Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Perspectives in Agricultural-    Communities in Umzingwane District, Zimbabwe. AJOPAES, Vol. 1, (No. 2), December     2022, pp 171-199. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/2753-3182/2022/v1n2a7.

 

CONSULTANCIES AND COMMISSIONED RESEARCH

• Lead Consultant: UNDP Funded Ecumenical Church Leader’s Forum’s Peace and Conflict Transformation Programme, Bulawayo, March 2011-2012.
• Facilitated a 3-day participatory strategic plan workshop with representation of key interest groups of the organisation, board members and staff members of ECLF.
• Lead Consultant: Mid-Term Impact Evaluation of a CONTACT Family Counselling
• Centre Project Strengthening Child Protection in Bulawayo and Matabeleland regions with emphasis on Child Sexual Abuse response and prevention-continuation (January             2018 to June 2019) Project Number: A-ZWE-2017-0333 in 2019.
• Lead Consultant: Consultancy to develop an Organisational Results Framework of Sexual Rights Centre (SRC)’s Programmes in Bulawayo in 2019.
• Lead consultant: UN Women funded Spotlight Initiative project (under pillar 6) with special emphasis on strengthening and coordinating movements to end violence   against women and girls in Matabeleland South Province Programme, 2021.
• Researcher: Artisanal mining and environmental sustainability: Project implemented by; Ali-Douglas Research Network, Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa, Institute    of Developmental Studies (IDS) National University of Science and Technology           (NUST) and Lupane State University,2014-2015.
• Researcher: GOAL Zimbabwe, Baseline study on food security issues in Manicaland district in Zimbabwe, 2012.
• Researcher/Facilitator: UN World Food Programme-Sustainable Livelihood Programming National Programme, 2019-2024.
• Researcher: LIPS Zim Livestock Production National Research Programme, 2022- 2024.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Bongo, Pathias P, Paul Chipangura, Mkhokheli Sithole, Funa Moyo. 2012. Dynamics of Configuring and Reading the Disaster Risk Script: Experiences from Zimbabwe    Theme: Risk Assessment and Early Warning. Paper presented to the Southern Africa            Society for Disaster Reduction, First Biennial Conference, North-West University, 10 –    12 October 2012. Potchefstroom, South Africa.
• Bongo, Pathias P, Paul Chipangura, Mkhokheli Sithole, Funa Moyo. 2012. A Rights- Based Analysis of Disaster Risk Reduction Framework in Zimbabwe and Its         Implications for Policy and Practice. Theme: Governance of Disaster Risk Reduction.      Paper presented to the Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction, First Biennial      Conference, North-West University, 10 – 12 October 2012. Potchefstroom, South             Africa.
• Bongo, Pathias P, Paul Chipangura, Mkhokheli Sithole, Funa Moyo. 2012. Dynamics of Culture and Climate Change and their Implications on Livelihoods: Experiences from        Rural Zimbabwe. Theme: Climate Change Adaptation. Paper presented to the            Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction, First Biennial Conference, North-West          University, 10 – 12 October 2012. Potchefstroom, South Africa.
• Funa Moyo and Clifford Mabhena, 2013. Community Share Ownership Trust Scheme and empowerment: The case of Gwanda Rural district, Matabeleland South Province in Zimbabwe. Theme: Citizenship, Governance and Community. Paper presented to        the SADSA Biennial Conference, University of Johannesburg, 5-6 September, 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Funa Moyo. 2015. PhD (Poster Presentation). Contributions of Artisanal Gold Mining to Rural Household Livelihoods. The Case of Southern Matabeleland, Zimbabwe the         University of the Witwatersrand, Annual Cross-Faculty Conference held in October,             2015, Johannesburg South Africa.

MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL BODIES

• Member of Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction
• Member of Southern African Development Studies (SADSA)
• Member of International Society for Development and Sustainability
• Member of Development Studies Association of Zimbabwe (DSAZ)

POSITION: Lecturer

CONTACT (S): thabo.ndlovu@nust.ac.zw/thabondlovu9@gmail.com

QUALIFICATIONS:  PhD in Disaster Management, Master in Disaster Management, Master of Business & Bachelor of Agriculture Management.

 

Dr Thabo Ndlovu is a disaster risk management researcher with more than 20 years humanitarian and agriculture recovery experience to his work. Thabo holds a PhD in Disaster Risk Management, Master in Disaster Risk Management, a Master of Business Administration, BSc in Agriculture Management, postgraduate diploma in development and disaster management as well as a diploma in agriculture. He is currently a Lecturer at the Institute of Development Studies and a Project Coordinator of the United Nations World Food Programme and Institute of Development Studies partnership programme. Further, he is a member of Africa Science Technology and Advisory Group under the African Union Commission. Thabo has served a number of organizations and these include World Vision International Zimbabwe as Agriculture Officer, European Union as Programme Officer, Zimbabwe Developing Communities Programme as Programme Coordinator and Heifer Project International as Project Officer. His research interests are in resilience building, climate smart agriculture, asset creation, Three-Pronged Approach and Community Based Participatory Approaches. Thabo has published on sustainable agriculture, irrigation farming, disaster risk reduction and cash transfer modalities. He has participated in projects such as the Strengthening of the Disaster Risk Reduction Coordination Planning and Policy Advisory Capacity of the Southern African Development Community.

Research: Disaster risk reduction, resilience building, livelihoods climate smart agriculture, asset creation

Publications:

• Farmer participation: A drive towards sustainable agriculture production in Makwe Irrigation scheme.
• The effects of artisanal mining on irrigation farming - the case of Umzinyathini Irrigation Scheme in Umzingwane District, Southern Matabeleland, Zimbabwe.
• Are cash transfers the panacea to local participation in humanitarian decision making?
• Coping with drought: Reflection of communal cattle farmers in Umzingwane district in Zimbabwe
• Participation of communal cattle farmers in drought risk reduction in southern Zimbabwe
• Drought risk-reduction and gender dynamics in communal cattle farming in Southern Zimbabwe
• Impact of women participation on Village Savings and Loan on child nutritional diversity in rural Chimanimani in Zimbabwe – accepted

Conferences

• Bi-ennial report on the SENDAI framework, 20-22 November 2019, AU, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Southern Africa-Indian Ocean (SA-IO) Disaster Preparedness Workshop ECHO and SA-IO Partners, 27-29 Nov 2019 in Premier Hotel O.R. Tambo Airport, South Africa.
• Biennial report for the SADC, SENDAI framework on 07-09 August 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Africa Young graduates and scholars conference (March, 2018), Johannesburg, South Africa.
• 3^rd Biennial Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction Conference (October 2016), Victoria Falls.
• Disasters and Development: Focus on Urban Risk (July 2014) University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
• Livestock symposium, Livestock development, 24-27 March 2014, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

POSITION (S): Lecturer and MSc Development Studies Coordinator

CONTACTS: mandlenkosi.maphosa@nust.ac.zw;

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD Sociology (Rhodes University, South Africa, MA (University of Leeds, United Kingdom), MA, BA Hons (University of Zimbabwe)

TAUGHT COURSES: MSc Development Studies: Dimensions of Poverty Reduction and Gender and Development

RESEARCH INTERESTS: human development and more specifically the areas of food systems, climate science, livelihoods, gender, poverty, migration, and governance

SUPERVISION: Supervised over 50 MSc candidates in Development Studies.

Dr. Mandlenkosi Maphosa is a lecturer at the Institute of Development Studies where he researches under the Development, Migration and Governance thematic unit. He is a versatile academic and development management consultant whose research interests span the broad subject of human development and more specifically the areas of food systems, climate science, livelihoods, gender, poverty, migration, and governance. Dr Maphosa is a competent researcher who brings a wealth of experience in research problem formulation, management of the research process, data collection, processing, analysis, and presentation. He is also an accomplished development management consultant with expertise in project/programme evaluation at different phases, gender analysis and organizational strategy development amongst other things. Dr Maphosa is also a highly trained and competent linguist who offers professional services in translation, editing, report writing and rapporteuring.

 

PUBLICATIONS: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eNAVxEoAAAAJ&hl=en; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mandlenkosi-Maphosa-2

CONSULTANCIES AND COMMISSIONED RESEARCH: Has carried out a number of consultancy activities for different entities including local, regional and international development organisations, UN agencies, government departments and agencies.

PROFESSIONAL BODIES: Development Studies Association of Zimbabwe; South African Development Studies Association; International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS); Southern Africa Society for Disaster Risk Reduction (SASDiR); Scaling Up Nutrition Research and Academia Platform (SUNRAP).

POSITION (S):                       Research Fellow

CONTACTS:                          +263 78 385 3101

                                                sindiso.ndlovu@nust.ac.zw

RESEARCH LINKS:

https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/Socioecon-Contributions-of-Migrants-in-SA-Urban-Informal-Settlement.pdf

https://rootedintrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Information-Across-Borders-Zimbabwe-Report-FINAL-2-1.pdf   

https://internews.org/resource/understanding-the-information-flows-and-flaws-of-the-lgbti-communities-in-southern-zimbabwe/

 

COURSES :                            Migration and Development

 

QUALIFICATIONS:               MA Health Demography (Wits), Hons Demography and Population Studies (Wits), BA Gen (UZ)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:    Family demography, Migration and displacement, Child health and nutrition, Food Insecurity and Quantitative and qualitative data Collection & Analytic Methodologies

SUPERVISION :

EXTERNAL EXAMINER:

PUBLICATIONS:

REVIEWS:

CONSULTANCIES AND COMMISSIONED RESEARCH:

ProAfrica Development Trust Project Title: Integrated Water and Food Security Project in Matobo District

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

 

• Population Association of America (PAA). 27-29 April 2017 -https://paa.confex.com/paa/2017/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/12621
• Population Association of Southern Africa (PASA). 10 July 2017.
• Population Association of Southern Africa (PASA). 16-20 July 2018.
• Public Health Association of Southern Africa (PHASA). 10-12 September 2018.
• Summer Institute of Computational Social Sciences (SICCS) 17-28 June 2019 -https://sicss.io/2019/capetown/people

 

PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

Population Association of Southern Africa -PASA

Public Health Association of Southern Africa - PHASA