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"They don’t read meters, they only bring bills’: Issues surrounding the installation of prepaid water meters in Karoi town, Zimbabwe
(Taylor & Francis Online, https://www.tandfonline.com, 2019-11-20)
City and town administrators in Zimbabwe continue to push for the installation of prepaid water meters (PWMs). This is despite the residents' objections to the proposal. The merits and demerits of PWMs continue to be ...
Factors influencing the performance of community-based organisations in the implementation of rural development: a case of Okavango Community Trust in Ngamiland district, Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2019)
Community based Organisations (CBOs) have emerged to be the ideal mechanism for
channelling development initiatives within rural communities whose way of life do not
conform to conservationist ideologies. Nonetheless, ...
Stakeholders’ perceptions on water resources management in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Taylor & Francis Online, https://www.tandfonline.com, 2019-10-03)
Cultural perceptions are an integral part of rural water resources governance, which ostensibly conflict with urban water resources management. Issues of access to water and culturally embedded gender roles are rife in ...
Science, social scientisation and hybridisation of knowledges
(Taylor & Francis Online, https://www.tandfonline.com, 2019-07-27)
The contestation between mainstream science and counter-science is a longstanding phenomenon. The current issue of Science as Culture addresses the need for scientists to consciously engage in a broad-spectrum science that ...
A review of customary and statutory water management institutions in Botswana and Zimbabwe
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2019-05-13)
The role of institutions (indigenous or modern) in the management of water resources cannot
be overemphasised. This paper is a review of literature on customary and statutory water
resource management institutions in ...
Traditional innovations: an analysis of traditional land-use and management institutions of Ngamiland, Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2019-10)
Mounting global dependence on natural resources has exacerbated natural resource depletion,
land degradation and poverty levels worldwide. Scientists and planners acknowledging that
science does not have all the answers ...
Potential ecological factors contributing to springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) population declines in the southern Kalahari, Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2019-06)
The springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) population in the southern Kalahari, Botswana has
declined precipitously in recent years, but the primary causes of this decline are not known.
Springbok play an important role ...
Weed species composition and diversity in flood recession farming in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2019-02)
Globally, flood recession farming is practiced in wetlands such as lakes, floodplains, swamps
and rivers. Major wetlands where flood recession is practiced include the Dianchi and
Kunming lakes in China, the Yunnan ...
Dynamics of the seasonal floodplain fishery of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(University of Bergen, www.uib.no, 2019-08-28)
Inland fisheries provide vital proteins, jobs and income, for some of the most marginalized communities of the world. The role of inland fisheries in household food security is particularly important in Africa, where most ...
Youth and environmentally responsible consumer behaviour: the case of plastic bag usage in Botswana
(Botswana Journal of African Studies, https://journals.ub.bw/, 2019-05-13)
Plastic bags are versatile, lightweight and flexible, and this has led to consumers having an insatiable appetite for the consumption of plastic shopping bags. To influence consumer behaviour, the Government of Botswana ...