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Analysing the Urban Housing Challenge in Harare, Zimbabwe Through the Wicked Policy Problems Framework Leon Poshai; Alouis Chilunjika; Kudakwashe Intauno
Journal of Government and Civil Society Vol 8 No 1 (2024): Journal of Government and Civil Society (April)
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31000/jgcs.v8i1.10976

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This article analyses how urban housing challenges in Harare, Zimbabwe have transformed into a wicked policy problem and further proposes some measures for managing this problem. The article uses a qualitative research approach in which an explanatory case study research design and key informant interviews are used to investigate how the provision of urban housing facilities has become a demanding task for the City of Harare in Zimbabwe. The study reveals how rapid population growth in Harare has escalated the demand for, and subsequent shortage of housing facilities leading to housing access complexities and persistently depreciating housing conditions in this city. The article argues that housing challenges in Harare are symptoms of other social problems such as unemployment, poverty, social inequalities, misgovernance and institutional corruption. This article proposes context-specific measures for harnessing a holistic approach that can be used for managing urban population explosions and sustainable housing provision in developing countries with Harare in Zimbabwe used as the social laboratory for analysis. This article has a practical and theoretical orientation as it proposes the measures that can be adopted to manage the wicked urban housing policy problem in Zimbabwe.Artikel ini menganalisis bagaimana tantangan perumahan perkotaan di Harare, Zimbabwe telah berubah menjadi masalah kebijakan yang buruk dan selanjutnya mengusulkan beberapa langkah untuk mengatasi masalah ini. Artikel ini menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif yang menggunakan desain penelitian studi kasus eksplanatori dan wawancara informan kunci untuk menyelidiki bagaimana penyediaan fasilitas perumahan perkotaan telah menjadi tugas berat bagi Kota Harare di Zimbabwe. Studi ini mengungkapkan betapa pesatnya pertumbuhan penduduk di Harare telah meningkatkan permintaan, dan kekurangan fasilitas perumahan yang menyebabkan kompleksitas akses terhadap perumahan dan terus-menerus memperburuk kondisi perumahan di kota ini. Artikel tersebut berpendapat bahwa tantangan perumahan di Harare adalah gejala dari masalah sosial lainnya seperti pengangguran, kemiskinan, kesenjangan sosial, kesalahan dalam pemerintahan dan korupsi institusional. Artikel ini mengusulkan langkah-langkah spesifik konteks untuk memanfaatkan pendekatan holistik yang dapat digunakan untuk mengelola ledakan populasi perkotaan dan penyediaan perumahan berkelanjutan di negara-negara berkembang dengan Harare di Zimbabwe digunakan sebagai laboratorium sosial untuk analisis. Artikel ini memiliki orientasi praktis dan teoretis karena mengusulkan langkah-langkah yang dapat diambil untuk menangani masalah kebijakan perumahan perkotaan yang buruk di Zimbabwe. 
DIGITAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR ZIMBABWE Sharon Chilunjika; Alouis Chilunjika
International Journal of Educational Review, Law And Social Sciences (IJERLAS) Vol. 4 No. 3 (2024)
Publisher : CV. RADJA PUBLIKA

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.54443/ijerlas.v4i3.1643

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This paper explores the opportunities of digital health technologies as platforms that can be adopted to foster transparency, accountability and anti-corruption measures in Zimbabwe’s public health sector. Corruption in the health domain has severe consequences for quality, access, equity and efficiency of health services, and is a barrier to the attainment of Universal Health Coverage. Digital health technologies that can foster accountability, transparency, detect and prevent corruption are particularly crucial to developing countries were corruption is a huge threat. This paper, being qualitative in its approach relied on an extensive review of scholarly journals, trusted databases, websites, policy documents and newspapers that shed light on digital health technologies and their impact on corruption. The paper establishes that Zimbabwe’s public health sector is highly susceptible to corruption due to system complexity, large sums of resources involved, information asymmetry and the nature of the pharmaceutical supply chain. The study found out that digital health technologies can support anti-corruption by impacting citizen scrutiny in a number of ways including reporting on corruption, facilitating citizen participation and promoting accountability and transparency. The technologies reviewed are transparency portals, artificial intelligence, decentralized digital ledgers, and whistleblowing tools. Nevertheless, the study established that these technologies can also usher novel corruption opportunities in the health domain through the dark web and cryptocurrencies. The study concludes with some considerations for policy makers on how technologies can be harnessed to ensure that their benefits are reaped.
BUILDING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTABILITY THROUGH INTEGRATING INDIGENOUS AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS IN LESOTHO Alouis Chilunjika
International Journal of Educational Review, Law And Social Sciences (IJERLAS) Vol. 4 No. 2 (2024)
Publisher : CV. RADJA PUBLIKA

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.54443/ijerlas.v4i2.1707

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Climate change as a human security threat has weakened the ability of states to deal with severe weather patterns, droughts, land degradation, flooding, and other climate-related changes. This has significantly affected poor communities in developing countries as they are prone to low precipitation, high temperatures, and high poverty levels. In light of this, communities in Lesotho have for generations been adapting to climate induced hazards and risks by developing situation specific livelihood practices and building resilience of their households and communities. Nonetheless, in recent years, the increasing intensity and frequencies of climate extremes have revealed the limitations of indigenous and local knowledge in dealing with the scourge of climate change. As such, the need for the integration of indigenous and scientific knowledge systems in coping with and adapting to climate change. The study being qualitative in nature relied on the extensive review of purposively selected written sources which include journal articles, books, book chapters, Government publications, newspapers, magazines as well as a Key Informant interview to collect data which was analysed using thematic and content analysis techniques. The study established that, integrating traditional and scientific knowledge systems in dealing with climate change vulnerability and impacts in Lesotho is critical for policy makers to develop multi-level, multi-dimensional, multi-hazard and multi-disciplinary adaptation and resilience-building strategies and solutions that are sustainable, cost-effective and participatory. The integration of the scientific and indigenous knowledge and practices will help in proactively identifying current and future risks and hazards thus enabling the better implementation of climate-change policies in Lesotho.
Co-Authors Kudakwashe Intauno Leon Poshai Sharon Chilunjika