University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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Fisheries governance, management and marginalisation in developing countries: Insights from Botswana
(Taylor & Francis Online, https://www.tandfonline.com, 2017-06-13)Globally, fish is a key source of food and nutrition security for all marginalized riparian communities. This is particularly so for Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Indeed, debates about power relations on fisheries ... -
Small farmers' responses to scientific early warning on weather in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, http://www.ccsenet.org, 2018-11-29)Although formal channels of communication exist for conveying early warning scientific weather messages, it is widely believed that small-scale farmers continue to utilize traditional practices in obtaining weather ... -
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 ... -
Dissonance in customary and statutory water management institutions: issues of cultural diversity in the management of water resources in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Springer; https://link.springer.com, 2018-01-30)Customary institutions have existed in parallel with statutory institutions for many years in Africa. These traditional water management systems were employed to manage the use of water resources and resolve conflicts ... -
Institutions and water governance in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Taylor & Francis Online, https://www.tandfonline.com, 2018-11-10)The goals of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) can be achieved by embracing the principles of distributive governance, which places both customary and statutory water institutions on the same pedestal in the ... -
Sustainable water resources management: issues and principles of water governance in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Sage; https://journals.sagepub.com/, 2015-11)In the recent times, there is an increased awareness about the importance of water management as population growth, new technologies, increased food consumption, land use and economic activities, among others, continue to ... -
Demographic and socio economic factors influencing water governance in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Elsevier; www.sciencedirect.com, 2020-10-15)Demographic and socio-economic factors influence water resources governance at the household level particularly in rural areas of developing countries where culturally assigned gender roles in water governance hold sway. ... -
Addressing the challenge of p-value and sample size when the significance is borderline: the test of random duplication of participants as a new approach
(Lifescience Global, https://www.lifescienceglobal.com/, 2016)The issue of borderline p-value seems to divide health scientists into two schools of thought. One school of thought argues that when the p-value is greater than or equal to the statistical significance cut-off level of ... -
Politeness in language use in Tswana Kgotla meetings
(The Joongwon Linguistic Society of Korea, http://eng.jwl.or.kr/, 2021-04-30)This paper focuses on politeness in language use in kgotla meetings among the Tswana ethnic groups of Balete, Bangwato and Bakhurutshe. It investigates how interlocutors’ use of language reflects social behaviour and how ... -
A mortality review of tuberculosis and HIV co-infected patients in Mahalapye, Botswana: does cotrimoxazole preventive therapy and/or antiretroviral therapy protect against death?
(Aosis/http//aosis.co.za, 2018-11-15)Background: The World Health Organization aims to reduce tuberculosis (TB) mortality rate from 15% in 2015 to 6.5% by 2025. Aim: This study determined the profile of TB and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfected ... -
A step toward timely referral and early diagnosis of cancer: implementation and impact on knowledge of a primary care based training program in Botswana
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com, 2018-05-29)Health system delays in diagnosis of cancer contribute to the glaring disparities in cancer mortality between high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries. In Botswana, approximately 70% of cancers are diagnosed ... -
Molecular detection of human papillomavirus HPV) in highly fragmented DNA from cervical cancer biopsies using double-nested PCR
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com, 2018)Archived Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) tissue specimens can be a valuable source of human papillomavirus (HPV) nucleic acids for molecular biological analyses in retrospective studies. Although successful amplification ... -
The San of the “Central Kalahari Game Reserve”: Can nature be protected without the indigenous San of Botswana?
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-12-31)Historically, San people have occupied the territory that is now referred to as the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. In this semi-desert area, they have, over generations, adapted to the dry environment and learnt to survive ... -
Food consumption changes in Botswana since 1966
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-12-31)Historically, Botswana has predominantly been an agricultural country (mainly cattle farming) until the discovery of diamonds in the 1970s. This caused dramatic changes in food consumption patterns towards western oriented ... -
Book Review: Kuela Kiema, Tears for My Land: A Social History of the Kua of Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Tc’amnqoo.
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-12-31)Kuela Kiema is a San or Bushman/Mosarwa and one of those controversially relocated from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) or Tc’amnqoo by the government of Botswana to New Xade in 1997 and 2002. The book is primarily ... -
HIV and AIDS in mining townships in Botswana: A comparison of Orapa, Jwaneng, Sowa and Selebi-Phikwe
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-07-05)All sectors of human interaction are affected by HIV and AIDS internationally, regionally and nationally. The mining sector, which generally employs the largest number of men, has often been the most affected. This paper ... -
Editorial
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-12-06)Lonaka Journal of Learning and Teaching (Lonaka JoLT) is a platform for communicating messages of scholarship through researched articles, essays and personal reflective narratives that have a hearing and or implications ... -
Potentials for the Botswana basic education: lessons from Shangai basic education
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-12-06)China has intensified its relationship with African countries through the China-Africa Universities 20 + 20 Cooperation Plan established in Egypt in 2011. A collaboration between University of Botswana (UB) and Shanghai ... -
Effect of entry age on school performance: evidence from Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-12-06)Literature indicates that students’ relative age in school affects performance. This phenomenon has been studied in the developed world using strict school entry age for causal identification. Students born a few days ... -
A null subject in early modern English: a principles and parameter approach
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-12-06)The aim of the paper is to show how a language with rich agreement inflection like Early Modern English, has null pro subject allowed in the structural subject position of finite clauses, whereas in a language with poor ...