• Adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices by smallholder dairy farmers in Chipinge and Mutasa Districts of the Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe 

  Chavhunduka, Tinashe (2026-08-14)

  Climate change poses significant constraints on smallholder dairy production systems in Zimbabwe, particularly in drought-prone regions such as Manicaland Province. This study analysed farmers’ perceptions of climate change ...
• Savings groups and formal banking: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) economies 

  Moyo, Givemore (2025-11)

  The study aimed to evaluate savings groups and formal banking in Sub Saharan African (SSA) countries with respect to the impact of savings groups’ composition and status, performance and bank-specific factors on access to ...
• Land acquisition and compensation by cannabis companies: narratives of displeasure by communities in Berea District, Lesotho 

  Mathetha, Malehlonohono Mary (2026-02)

  This study analyses the impact of land acquisition (viewed as investment on land) by the cannabis companies on local communities and the fairness of compensation that is paid to displaced/dispossessed landowners, in Berea ...
• The effects of poverty on female-headed household food security: a case of Ga-Ramokgopa village, Limpopo Province, South Africa 

  Mashabathakga, Moloko Confidence (2026-02)

  The primary objective of this study is to analyse the effects of poverty on the food security of female-headed households in Ga-Ramokgopa village, Limpopo Province, South Africa. The study adopts a convergent parallel ...
• Effect of preservatives and storage conditions on quality of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) fruit juice 

  Gosh, Lekhuleni Isobel Lerato (2025-11)

  The aim of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is, among other things, to eradicate hunger and malnutrition and guarantee that all people have access to sufficient nutrient-dense food by 2030. The ...
• Empirical investigation of the effects of trade openness on poverty in South Africa and Lesotho 

  Mtolo, Zimvo (2024-09)

  The study examined the impact of trade openness on poverty in South Africa and Lesotho separately. The study used the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach with annual data from 1980 to 2019. ...
• Investigating teachers’ awareness of socio-economic, behavioural and literacy barriers to learning in primary schools in Elim Circuit, Limpopo Province. 

  Kutama, Tshimangadzo Beauty (2025-09)

  Education plays a very important role in shaping people’s lives. In South Africa, it is seen as a way to fight poverty, build strong communities, and support social development. However, there are many barriers to learning ...
• The nexus of taxation and economic growth, income inequality and poverty : a macro and micro econometric approach for Zambia 

  Mwale, Evaristo William David (2024-04)

  Sub-Saharan Africa faces a significant challenge in mobilising tax revenue to finance essential state functions, as many economies in the region fall below the minimum desirable tax-to-GDP ratio of 15%. Despite Zambia's ...
• Physiology, yield, and nutritional contribution of Indian Hemp (Cannabis sativa L) grown under different fertilizer types and environment 

  Thobejane, Kgaogelo Ignatius (2024-08-05)

  The first three Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 1, 2 and 3) set by the United Nations focus on ending poverty, promoting good agriculture to eradicate malnutrition, and ensuring good health and well-being, respectively. ...
• The nutrition transition in urban Ethiopia during rapid economic growth (2000-2016) 

  Tsegazeab Bezabih Woldeyohannes (2024-04)

  This study sought to examine the patterns and drivers of the nutrition transition in urban Ethiopia between 2000 and 2016, which coincided with a period of rapid economic expansion and urbanisation. A mixed-methods research ...
• The three pillars regulating international sales contracts on the African continent 

  Wethmar-Lemmer, Marlene (2023-10-19)
• Analysing the sustainable livelihoods of domestic female migrants in Dunoon, Cape Town in the Western Cape of South Africa 

  Tokoyo, Bertha (2023-01-11)

  There is proof that women continue to migrate from other countries to seek better ways of survival and to increase their sustainable livelihood. These women’s migration is linked to their provisional efforts and the ...
• The foster care awareness programme as an intervention strategy for grandmother-headed families: a case study Diepsloot 

  Musetsho, Mulalo Abigail (2023-06)

  The foster care awareness programme (FCAP) plays a critical role in strengthening the foster caregivers’ understanding of how to support vulnerable children. The activities of the programme support grandparents to be ...
• Evaluation of the contribution of Ilima-Letsema Programme to food security and poverty alleviation in Midvaal Local Municipality of Gauteng Province, South Africa 

  Nkgudi, Tshidi Mokgadi (2019-01)

  In 2008, the South African government introduced the Ilima-Letsema Programme (ILP) to create sustainable agricultural activities and improve the food security of farming communities. The impact this programme has had at ...
• Rural non-farm activities in South Africa 

  Kgopolo, Coursetine Ogodiseng (2023-03)

  Rural poverty, underemployment and labour migration have continued to increase in recent years, reinforcing the importance of non-farm economic activities for rural households. Rural non-farm activities are an important ...
• Analysis of rural poverty in South Africa since 1994 

  Bosman, Anne (2023-01)

  Considerable progress has been made globally with regard to the poverty question. The greatest reduction in poverty has been in China where millions have been moved out of poverty and this has been due to China’s impressive ...
• Climate change, adaptation and livelihood changes in the Lake Tana Basin: implications for food security and poverty 

  Anega, Naod Mekonnen (2023-07)

  The main objective of the thesis is to examine the effect of climate change and adaptation on livelihood pattern and the concomitant implications for poverty and food security. The thesis uses a mixed-method research ...
• Assessing work engagement of street traders (vendors) in the City of Tshwane, South Africa 

  Mabasa, Dumisani Godfrey (2023-01-31)

  The study was conducted to determine the occupational well-being of street traders, the most visible own-account workers in the informal sector, by assessing their work engagement through the UWES. The UWES is one of the ...
• Sex for sale : a comparative analysis of legal models and the socio-economic determinants informing law reform in South Africa 

  Clark, Dellene Michelle (2023-02)

  The overarching purpose of this research is to establish the need for legislative and policy reform in respect of the exchange of sexual acts for reward and peripheral crimes in South Africa. It has sought to do so through ...
• Transformational development of the poor in the Amalinda Forest Community, East London : an exploratory practical theological study 

  Mazantsana, Mandah Khuthaza (2023-01)

  This practical theological study sought to explore the transformational development of the poor in the Amalinda Forest Community of East London in the Eastern Cape. The problem of poverty and inequality still exists ...

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