March 2012

Politics and anarchy: Zimbabwe’s 2008 run-off presidential elections in context

  Following the “successful” subvertion of the electoral process by President Mugabe in the 2008 run-off presidential elections in Zimbabwe and the subsequent formation of the Government of National Unity, this paper attempts to offer insights that may explain President Mugabe’s refusal to honour the outcome of the electoral process and the subsequent degeneration into authoritarian and...

Author(s):   Zein Kebonang      

March 2012

Understanding community based adaptation strategies to climate variability in fishing communities of Rufiji River basin in Tanzania

This paper provides a highlight of the existing local community adaptation strategies that fishing communities in Rufiji Basin, in Tanzania, are employing to counteract the negative impacts of climate change and climate variability. Data were collected through key informants interviews, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews using a structured questionnaire that was administered to 120 household heads from two...

Author(s):   Shemdoe, Riziki Silas and Kihila Jacob