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This study basically attempts to examine the development of worker consciousness among African railway workers in Zambia. Worker consciousness is defined here as the awareness of the workers of their situation, whether of exploitation or gain, at their place of work. The awareness arose out of...

Colonialism is historical process that had demonstrated unique but similar features in the different epochs of human history. The different processes of colonialism have been objects of study for a long time. Taking the cases of Ukraine and Bulozi, this dissertation compares the colonial...

HIV/AIDS has been acutely experienced in the rural areas of Zambia. In fact the effect of HIV/AIDS on elderly women has changed their role from being looked after to looking after others especially grandchildren, after their parents have died of HIV/AIDS.Therefore the epidemic has slowly but...

In a liberalised economy the monetary authority traditionally relies on four instruments with which to control money supply, namely, open market operations, legal minimum reserve requirement changes, discount rat© policy and moral suasion. In this study the effectiveness of traditional...

Great attention has been paid to women's representation in Parliament since the Women's Conferences that started in 1975. However, the number of women elected to the Zambian Parliament has been insignificant. In 1964, women held 6.7% of the total parliamentary seats and forty-five years later in...

This dissertation examines the factors responsible for the emergence of African entrepreneurs in Fort Rosebery (Mansa) - Samfya area from the period 1930 to 1964. This study focuses on Mansa and Samfya districts. The coming of colonial rule to Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) was followed by a complete...

Between 1894 and 1953 Lenje, Leya and Tonga political systems underwent some significant change. Inspite of the same colonial policy, however, the change did not always follow a uniform pattern. In the thesis i investigate the reasons for this. My contention is that the peoples reactions, which...

Before 1990 girls education was not given enough attention in terms of access to school.However, in line with the international and national policy declarations, Zambia,through the Ministry of Education, has put in place a number of strategies to increase the girls' access to education. One such...

This dissertation is a study of the impact of cost-sharing on girl child education in some schools in Kafue district. Its main objective is to investigate the impact of cost sharing in education from a gender perspective.Data were collected from three categories of respondents: a) Pupils, b)...

This study examines the impact of financial development on economic growth process for the period 1964 to 1998. The study explores financial developments in Zambia and the channels of influence by which financial development is related to growth. The study also looks at which financial...