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Da 'wah Movements and Sufi Tariqahs: Competing for spiritual spaces in contemporary South(ern) Africa
(Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs; Carfax Publishing; Taylor & Francis; http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13602004.asp, 2005-08)
This paper provides a brief survey of the contemporary da'wah movements and Sufi orders (tariqah) that have redefined and reformulated some of the social institutions among the Muslim community in southern Africa. After ...
Acceptance and rejection: The Traditional-healer prophet and his intergration of healing methods
(Boleswa Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy (BJTRP), 2005-12)
This paper examines the practices of traditional healing and how they are integrated or rejected by the African Independent Churches (AICS)in Botswana. The paper argues that in spite of some doubtful elements of rejection ...
The God That Answers With Fire: Religious Transformation And Public Morality In Africa
(Boleswa Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy (BJTRP), 2005-12)
This paper focuses on public morality in Africa and examines the contributions of Christian theology to moral decline in Africa. The paper points out the disparity between the theology of purnishment in African religions ...
The relationship between Kenneth Koma and the Botswana Democratic Party, 1965-2003
(Oxford university press/www.oup.com, 2005)
This article assesses the weaknesses of opposition in Botswana through the
case of Kenneth Koma, the influential President of the Botswana National
Front (BNF) from 1977 to 2001. This is done by examining the perception
that ...
Bandwidth bottlenecks at the University of Botswana: complications for library, campus, and national development
(Emerald, 2005)
Purpose – To examine the technical reasons for excessively slow internet speeds at the University of
Botswana, to discover the present state of development efforts addressing such examples of the
qualitative digital ...
Archival landscape in Eastern and Southern Africa
(Library Management; Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.; www.emeraldinsight.com/researchregister; www.emeraldinsight.com/0143-5124.htm, 2005)
This article seeks to answer one basic question: “Are archival institutions in the Eastern and Southern African region developing, stagnating or receding backwards?” Design/methodology/approach – This article reviews the ...
Cooperative electronic networks of Academic Libraries in Southern Africa
(Sage Publications, http://www.sagepublications.com, 2005)
The development of cooperative electronic networks
and consortia by academic libraries in Southern Africa allows them to provide seamless
access to electronic information resources while
sharing the cost of access.
A comparative analysis of strategic human resource management (SHRM) issues in an organisational context
(Emerald, 2005)
Purpose – This paper analyses the opinions of the Botswana National Library Service’s (BNLS)Headquarters (HQ)staff and staff of the Botswana public libraries on strategic human resource management issues, which were tested ...
The challenges of utilizing information communication technologies (ICTs) for the small-scale farmers in Zambia
(Emerald, 2005)
Purpose – This paper attempts to discuss some of the key challenges that Zambia faces in the
application of information communication technologies (ICTs) for the small-scale farmers.
Design/methodology/ approach, A survey ...
Modern pentecostalism as an urban phenomenon: the case of the family of God church in Zimbabwe.
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2005)
The past twenty to thirty years in the history of Zimbabwean
Christianity have witnessed the emergence of a new breed of Pentecostalism
that tends to attract the middle and upper classes urban residents. This
paper ...