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Post-industrial prosperity requires industrialization, otherwise the economy becomes unsustainable. This is evident in the budget and current account deficits of developing countries that attempt to import high end consumption commodities without industrial bases to finance them. As such, Zambia...

Across all the languages, there are two types of negation: morphological and syntactic. The former refers to negation expressed by a morpheme while the latter is a concept referring to expression of negation by a lexical item. In principle, Bemba uses morphological negation. The study analyses...

This study focuses on the history of the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) from 1964 to 2011. ZCTU is one of the two federations of trade unions in Zambia. For over thirty years, ZCTU was the only congress of trade unions in Zambia. This study shows that ZCTU was established by the United...

Infant mortality has declined world over, Zambia inclusive. This decline has been due to various interventions such as improvements in the medical realms (e.g. development of vaccines and immunizations) and programmes such as encouraging women to attend antenatal and postnatal care, practice of...

This dissertation presents the linguistic landscape of Zambia’s flagship university, the University of Zambia. In keeping with both the custom and recent trends in linguistic landscape theorizations, the study conceived as “The Linguistic Landscape of the University of Zambia: A Social Semiotic...

The experience of infertility can greatly affect the couple’s general health, marriage, family relationships, job performance and social interactions. Added to the emotional and physical toll exerted by infertility is the financial burden carried by some couples seeking treatment for their...

This study explored the role and effectiveness of private companies in Solid Waste Management (SWM) in Lusaka, Zambia. Drawing from two private companies – Acka Foods and Twincare – operating in medium density residential areas of Chilenje and Chelstone. The objectives of this qualitative study...

The research presented in this thesis was designed to investigate the role of social capital in the employability of University Graduates in Zambia: A Case of University of Zambia Graduates. The study focused on the period between the years 2000 and 2015. The rationale for targeting this period...

ABSTRACT The study explored Address forms inform a socio-pragmatic perspective within the framework of sociolinguistics and pragmatics. This research was done in order to assess the socio-pragmatic significance of address forms as they are used in different social contexts. Primary data was...

The central theme of this study is an examination of the social impact of the Salvation Army on Chikankata district and the responses of Africans thereto. Specifically, the study aims at identifying strategies used by the Salvation Army to convert Africans to Christianity. It also examines the...