University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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Limitations of British territorial control in Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1918–1953
(Routledge (Taylor and francis) www.routledge.com, 2010)This article argues that the Kalahari desert region of the Kwena tribal reserve quietly slipped out of the imperial command from 1930–1950, at a time when British colonial authorities achieved territorial control of the ... -
Post Africa(n) feminism?
(Routledge (Taylor and francis), www.routledge.com, 2010)The growing body of literature authored by women in Africa and the African Diaspora over the past four decades has been accompanied by vigorous debates out of which has evolved a body of theories pertaining to African ... -
Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance profiles of Listeria monocytognes from various foods in Gaborone, Botswana
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB, 2009)Listeria monocytogenes is known to cause epidemic and sporadic cases of listeriosis. The present study investigated the occurrence, antibiograms and molecular serotypes of the organism in various retail outlets in Gaborone, ... -
Understanding government and opposition parties in Botswana
(Routledge, http://www.informaworld.com, 2000)This paper discusses the relationship between the ruling party and opposition parties in the struggle to capture political power in Botswana. It demonstrates the resilience of the multi-party framework that is founded on ... -
Understanding unemployment in Botswana
(John Wiley, www.wiley.com, 2003)The impressive performance that Botswana has achieved since gaining independence in 1966 is one of the few success stories of economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. For the period 1965-1990, growth in per capita ... -
Dimensions and measures to reduce poverty in Botswana
(University of Botswana, http://ub.bw, 2003)This paper brings out the various theoretical measurements of poverty and looks at Botswana's performance in terms of these measures. In terms of income poverty, Botswana's poverty has been declining over time and ... -
Bank of Botswana's reaction function: modelling Botswana's monetary policy strategy
(John Wiley, www.wiley.com, 2004)This paper examines how monetary policy was actually conducted in Botswana, by specifying and estimating a monetary reaction function for the Bank of Botswana (BoB). Basically, a monetary reaction function (MRF) for a ... -
Monitoring and evaluation practices and challenges of Gaborone based local NGOs implementing HIV/AIDS projects in Botswana
(University of Botswana, http://ub.bw, 2007)Botswana is facing one of its greatest development challenges at the moment. It is facing an HIV/AIDS pandemic of immense proportions. It is among the countries in the world that have been hard hit by this scourge. A lot ... -
The illness demands of diabetes on couples in Botswana
(Sage Publications, http://jfn.sagepub.com, 2008)This report is part of a larger study that investigated the relationships between illness demands, marital support, and psychological adjustment in the context of diabetes mellitus in rural and urban middle-aged marital ... -
Status of native woody species diversity and soil characteristics in an exclosure and in plantations of Eucalyptus globulus and Cupressus lusitanica in Northern Ethiopia
(BioOne, www.bioone.org, 2011-05)Exclusion of grazing animals and tree plantations are 2 methods that have been used for restoration of degraded lands in tropical semiarid areas. These 2 options can foster secondary forest succession by improving soil ... -
State interests and multilateral cooperation: thinking strategically about achieving 'wise use' of the Okavango Delta system
(Elsvier, www.elsevier.com, 2003)This paper explores possibilities for achieving 'wise use’, defined as the sustainable utilization of resources of the Okavango Delta system, within the framework of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International ... -
An investigation of the effectiveness of the school-based workshops approach to staff development in secondary schools in Botswana
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org, 2006-08)The development of staff in any organization in order to attain quality results is a sine qua non. The human resource of any organization, including schools and colleges is central to its effectiveness. What matters is the ... -
Widening the frontiers of democracy: towards a transformative agenda in Botswana politics
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)This article is about the struggles of Batswana women to attain gender equality. The article traces women's exclusion from public decision-making much broadly as a fundamental feature of the Tswana patriachal structure. ... -
More woody plants? the status of bush encroachment in Botswana's grazing areas
(ScienceDirect, www.sciencedirect.com, 2002)the cattle-dominated grazing areas of Botswana. Bush encroachment species – for instance Acacia tortilis, A. erubescens, A. mellifera, Dichrostachys cinerea, Grewia flava, and Terminalia sericea –are increasing in cover ... -
Rates of return to education in Botswana: results from the 2002/2003 household income and expenditure survey data set
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, www.blackwellpublishing.com, 2008)Using the most recent Household Income and Expenditure Survey data (2002/2003), this paper presents current rates of return to education for Botswana. The results show that the rates of return have in general declined by ... -
Importance of nitrogen fixation in soil crusts of southern African arid ecosystems: acetylene reduction and stable isotope studies
(Elsvier, www.elsevier.com, 2003)Cyanobacterial soil crusts may be important in arid and semi-arid ecosystems because of their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2). These crusts are very sensitive to trampling by animals, and their destruction can ... -
Emotional violence among women in intimate relationships in Botswana
(Informa Healthcare, http://informahealthcare.com/journal/mhn, 2010)A Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used to investigate the lived experience of women in Botswana who had experienced emotional abuse in intimate relationships. Hermeneutic phenomenologyis concerned ... -
Corruption and its control in Botswana
(Botswana Society, 2003)Botswana is widely perceived as a succesful working democracy in Africa. What is striking about Botswana is that one party dominance over the past 36 years has not led to a proliferation of corruption as it did in most ... -
Water flow dynamics in the Okavango River Basin and Delta - a prerequisite for the ecosystems of the Delta
(Elsvier, www.elsevier.com, 2003-09-08)As part of the EU-funded project ‘Water and Ecosystem Resources in Regional Development––Balancing Societal Needs and Wants and Natural Resources Systems Sustainability in International River Basin Systems’ (WERRD) ... -
Bachelor of Education in educational management students’ perception of their programme of study: case of University of Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2011-03)A survey study was conducted to establish perceptions of students who completed in 2008 and 2009 respectively in the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) in Education Management regarding the study provision and conditions, ...