Zimbabwe
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Rural women and coping with extreme heat in South Western Zimbabwe: livelihoods, water and energy
Patience Chadambuka (CASAS’ member) has published this article with colleagues Talent Moyo & Sandra Bhatasara in Cogent Social Sciences. Abstract: This article focuses on rural women’s agency and innovation in the context of the global acceleration of climate change-induced extreme heat. Specifically, it considers the intersecting challenges encountered in relation to livelihoods, water, and energy,…
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Financing critical-mineral infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa: Developmental de-risking or green financial extractivism in the DRC and Zimbabwe?
Kennedy Manduna (CASAS’ member) and Paul Mukoki have published this paper in Resources Policy. Abstract: The global shift towards low-carbon energy systems has heightened demand for copper, cobalt, and lithium, driving investment in African mineral projects. However, developmental outcomes are shaped not only by extraction and processing but also by the financial structures underpinning these…
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Increased Chinese investments in Zimbabwe’s lithium megaprojects: energy colonialism, geopolitics and new patterns of accumulation in Africa’s critical minerals
New publication alert! CASAS member Kennedy Manduna has just published this article in the Review of African Political Economy Abstract: Given China’s expanding presence in Africa’s extractive industry, this article considers why China is benefiting more than Zimbabwe from the significant increase in Chinese investment in the latter’s lithium megaprojects. The article explores energy colonialism…
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Agroecology, ubuntu, and indigenous knowledge: reviving cultural and ecological resilience in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe
CASAS’ member Patience Chadambuka has just published this article in Agriculture and Human Values with colleagues Kirk Helliker, Tavengwa Chitata, Chipo Hungwe, Shupai Stephen Majee, Tendai Madanzi, Rangarirai Lucia Mhindu & Tirivashe Phillip Masere. Abstract: This study examines critically the intersection of agroecology, indigenous knowledge, and cultural practices in Chimani-mani, Zimbabwe, highlighting how sustainable farming…