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The sexual transmission of HIV continues at an alarming rate in sub-Saharan Africa despite high knowledge levels of HIV/AIDS. Some factors such as socio-economic, culture, attitudes, communication and perception of risk to HIV may be responsible for engaging in risk sexual behaviors. A cross...

Geography is one of the keys to understanding the earth and its environment so as to appreciate the delicate balances between the human and physical elements that bind people and to this planet. Geography becomes even more important with the world turning global and issues of citizenship and...

hi Zambia, there has been unequal participation and access of girls and boys to schooling because of various reasons one of them being a policy, which required girls who got pregnant to leave school. The policy and practice of expulsion of pregnant school girls was changed in 1997. A policy that...

Greenhouse and field studies were conducted to evaluate manure extracts and their effect on crop yield and selected soil chemical and microbial properties. For the green house study, comfrey and tithonia plant materials were each used at rates of 0.0625, 0.0935, 0.125 and 0.156 kg per litre of...

This study is an investigation into the discourses of the Catholic Church and the Secular Institutions on the use of condoms in the prevention of HIV transmission. The central objective of the study is to assess the preferred discourse among Catholic students in a nursing school. The focus on...

This study is an historical enquiry into the changing roles of women in the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church in Monze District of Southern Zambia from 1905 - 1998. We argue that before the penetration of Christianity women in Tonga society were playing leading roles in Tonga traditional...

Catechols are important precursors in the production of pharmaceuticals but they are associated with many problems such as their instability and susceptibility to oxidation and polymerisation. In order to avoid these problems, acylcatechols are used. However, disadvantages exist in the industrial...

The Kabwe ZCCM mine helped greatly in the establishment and growth of Kabwe town. In due course it became the largest property owner and employer in Kabwe town and contributed significantly to the revenue of the council through owner's rates and personal levy for its workers. Furthermore, it also...

The theme of this study is that contrary to widely-held views, the colonial state was not always hostile to African farming, nor was its policies uniform everywhere. In Chipata district, the colonial state showed versatility in its relationship with African peasant farming.Contrary to the...

Contrary to widely held views among earlier scholars of the Zambian peasantry, this study has established that the Luvale-Lunda people living in Zambezi district became peasant farmers between 1936 and 1964 when they successfully and consistently produced both usevalues and exchange-values. It...