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Sustainability Research Unit, Faculty of Science, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth

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Journal article
Published: 15 December 2020 in Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
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This article focuses on drought risk reduction and climate change adaptation strategies adopted by rural households to sustain their livelihood activities. The overall objective was to understand the local household’s responses to the changing climate especially drought. The study was carried out in Chirumhanzu district in Zimbabwe and used a mixed methods approach combining 217 household surveys, targeted focus group discussions, participatory learning actions methods, key informant interviews and a document review. Household data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences and thematic content analysis was used for the qualitative data. We found that the majority of households showed awareness of several risk reduction and adaptation strategies to implement during and/or when drought was predicted, with 56% of the respondents stating stocking of grain as initial strategy. Other strategies adopted at household level included early planting (at first rains), conservation farming, planting small grains and dry planting. Indigenous and traditional knowledge systems and practices, including local people’s holistic view of the community and environment, were a major resource for adapting to climate change and drought risks. However, these indigenous knowledge systems and practices had not been consistently used in the existing adaptation and risk-reduction efforts. Indigenous knowledge was not sufficiently acknowledged and integrated into formal risk reduction and adaptation strategies, which resulted in limited success for external interventions. There is need for integration of local and indigenous knowledge systems and external interventions to build household livelihoods that are resilient to climate risks.

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Mashoko S. Grey; Current Masunungure; Amanda Manyani. Integrating local indigenous knowledge to enhance risk reduction and adaptation strategies to drought and climate variability: The plight of smallholder farmers in Chirumhanzu district, Zimbabwe. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 2020, 12, 10 .

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Mashoko S. Grey, Current Masunungure, Amanda Manyani. Integrating local indigenous knowledge to enhance risk reduction and adaptation strategies to drought and climate variability: The plight of smallholder farmers in Chirumhanzu district, Zimbabwe. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies. 2020; 12 (1):10.

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Mashoko S. Grey; Current Masunungure; Amanda Manyani. 2020. "Integrating local indigenous knowledge to enhance risk reduction and adaptation strategies to drought and climate variability: The plight of smallholder farmers in Chirumhanzu district, Zimbabwe." Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 12, no. 1: 10.

Journal article
Published: 21 August 2020 in Sustainability
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Plastic pollution is a major global issue and its impacts on ecosystems and socioeconomic sectors lack comprehensive understanding. The integration of plastics issues into the educational system of both primary and secondary schools has often been overlooked, especially in Africa, presenting a major challenge to environmental awareness. Owing to the importance of early age awareness, this study aims to investigate whether plastic pollution issues are being integrated into South African primary and secondary education school curriculums. Using face-to-face interviews with senior educators, we address this research problem by investigating (i) the extent to which teachers cover components of plastic pollution, and (ii) educator understandings of plastic pollution within terrestrial and aquatic environments. The results indicate that plastic pollution has been integrated into the school curriculum in technology, natural science, geography, life science, life skills and life orientation subjects. However, there was a lack of integration of management practices for plastics littering, especially in secondary schools, and understanding of dangers among different habitat types. This highlights the need for better educational awareness on the plastic pollution problem at both primary and secondary school level, with increased environmental programs needed to educate schools on management practices and impacts.

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Mwazvita Dalu; Ross Cuthbert; Hulisani Muhali; Lenin Chari; Amanda Manyani; Current Masunungure; Tatenda Dalu. Is Awareness on Plastic Pollution Being Raised in Schools? Understanding Perceptions of Primary and Secondary School Educators. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6775 .

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Mwazvita Dalu, Ross Cuthbert, Hulisani Muhali, Lenin Chari, Amanda Manyani, Current Masunungure, Tatenda Dalu. Is Awareness on Plastic Pollution Being Raised in Schools? Understanding Perceptions of Primary and Secondary School Educators. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):6775.

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Mwazvita Dalu; Ross Cuthbert; Hulisani Muhali; Lenin Chari; Amanda Manyani; Current Masunungure; Tatenda Dalu. 2020. "Is Awareness on Plastic Pollution Being Raised in Schools? Understanding Perceptions of Primary and Secondary School Educators." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 6775.

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Published: 18 August 2019 in Representing Place and Territorial Identities in Europe
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Many who venture into the city, especially in the global South, come into fulfil their developmental needs, find employment, and earn a liveable income. Many who arrive in these urban areas must contend with a heightened concern over crime and violence. Inequalities exist in the fear of personal safety across different genders, different socio-economic classes, and racial groupings. The South African government has been criticised for being unable to engage effectively in the primary prevention of violence against women, whilst instead concentrating efforts on the development of service responses to violence against women. There are recurring issues in urban development and redevelopment including bad lighting, poor sanitation, and a lack of safe public space that pose a significant threat to the safety of women, and increases the risk of gender-based violence. This Chapter shows how the current state and use of urban design (physical and natural city infrastructure) accommodates productive, reproductive and community roles as they attempt to use urban space (e.g. to access education and work) and relate this to vulnerability to gender-based violence. It finds that progress has been slow at best in addressing the safety and developmental needs of women within the urban space and concludes that much more needs to be done to address gender-based violence and that more research is needed in areas such as transport and its relationship to gender, which was found to be an under researched area.

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Mwazvita T. B. Dalu; Amanda Manyani; Current Masunungure. Gender Inclusivity and Development in South African Public Urban Spaces. Representing Place and Territorial Identities in Europe 2019, 239 -250.

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Mwazvita T. B. Dalu, Amanda Manyani, Current Masunungure. Gender Inclusivity and Development in South African Public Urban Spaces. Representing Place and Territorial Identities in Europe. 2019; ():239-250.

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Mwazvita T. B. Dalu; Amanda Manyani; Current Masunungure. 2019. "Gender Inclusivity and Development in South African Public Urban Spaces." Representing Place and Territorial Identities in Europe , no. : 239-250.

Journal article
Published: 16 April 2018 in Land
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This paper investigates the drivers and dynamics of livelihood and landscape change over a 30-year period in two sites in the communal drylands of Zimbabwe (Marwendo) and South Africa (Tshivuhulani). Of particular interest to us was how access to social protection and a wider range of options may mitigate increased vulnerability under a changing climate. A mixed methods approach (using household surveys, focus group discussions, life history interviews, transect walks and secondary sources of data) was applied to develop human–environment timelines for each study site. Findings indicate that prolonged periods of droughts, unreliable rainfall, changing socioeconomic policies and development-related projects were among the major drivers of both positive and negative change in both villages. Marwendo, in particular, experienced a suite of negative drivers in the last 10 years that increased vulnerability and forced households to diversify into potentially maladaptive activities. In contrast, the expansion in social grants in Tshivhulani provided an important safety net that reduced vulnerability, but also led to a decline in farming and a narrowing of livelihood activities for some households. We demonstrate that rural development initiatives such as electrification and road construction can strengthen local people’s capacity to respond to drivers of change, while new methods of farming and diversification of the livelihood portfolio can make them more climate-resilient. However, long-term changes in landscapes and ecosystem services and feedbacks on livelihoods could reverse some of the benefits of development by eroding the natural capital many households still depend on.

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Current Masunungure; Sheona E. Shackleton. Exploring Long-Term Livelihood and Landscape Change in Two Semi-Arid Sites in Southern Africa: Drivers and Consequences for Social–Ecological Vulnerability. Land 2018, 7, 50 .

AMA Style

Current Masunungure, Sheona E. Shackleton. Exploring Long-Term Livelihood and Landscape Change in Two Semi-Arid Sites in Southern Africa: Drivers and Consequences for Social–Ecological Vulnerability. Land. 2018; 7 (2):50.

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Current Masunungure; Sheona E. Shackleton. 2018. "Exploring Long-Term Livelihood and Landscape Change in Two Semi-Arid Sites in Southern Africa: Drivers and Consequences for Social–Ecological Vulnerability." Land 7, no. 2: 50.