Browsing Covid-19 research output by Subject "COVID-19"

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Adolescent social media use in Masvingo District, Zimbabwe : a case study

Mashoko, Douglas (2021-11)

Despite widespread usage of social media platforms by learners globally, the application of digital platforms in Masvingo District secondary schools remains unknown. Consequently, research into social media use in Masvingo ...
Celebrating the sacrament of Holy Communion during COVID-19 : a Methodist perspective

Bentley, Wessel (HTS Theological Studies, 2021)

This article forms part of the change agents special collection. It investigates the way the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) has engaged the question of practicing Holy Communion in the context of the coronavirus ...
Challenges faced by healthcare workers at a central hospital in Zimbabwe after contracting COVID-19: An interpretive phenomenological analysis study

Moyo, Idah; Ndou-Mammbona, Avhatakali A; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (AOSIS, 2022-03-29)

Background: Healthcare workers play a critical role in the delivery of healthcare services. Because of the high risk of exposure to healthcare workers, the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a ...
Challenges faced by healthcare workers at a central hospital in Zimbabwe after contracting COVID-19: An interpretive phenomenological analysis study

Moyo, Idah; Ndou-Mammbona, Avhatakali; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (South African Family Practice (SAFP), 2022-03-29)

Background Healthcare workers play a critical role in the delivery of healthcare services. Because of the high risk of exposure to healthcare workers, the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a significant ...
COVID-19 and the academe in South Africa: Not business as usual

Hedding, David; Greve, Michelle; Nel, Werner; Breetzke, Gregory D.; Jansen van Vuuren, Bettine (2020-07-20)

The famous R.E.M. song laments ‘It’s the end of the world as we know it, I had some time alone, I feel fine…’. Many South Africans would agree that COVID-19 signals the end of the world (or business) as we know it, and ...
Covid-19 and the need to contextualise problems and policies: a comparative perspective.

de Vries, M; Kroukamp, HJ; van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel (ASSADPAM, 2020-12)

Although the Covid-19 pandemic that spread over the world in 2020 is a tragedy in terms of casualties, it is also exemplary. Exemplary, as an il lustration that identical policies in different contexts have varying effects ...
COVID-19 Hard Lockdown in South Africa: Lessons for Climate Stakeholders Pursuing SDG 13

Ebhuoma, Eromose (2021)

As a result of South Africa recording its first COVID-19 index case in March 2020, the country imposed one of the strictest lockdowns globally. The lockdown unearthed vital lessons that climate practitioners both in South ...
Educational inequality on access to physical resources at Highveld Ridge East Circuit : Mpumalanga

Osman, Cookie Regina (2020-09)

The phenomenon of educational inequality on access to physical resources in the Highveld Ridge East Circuit of Mpumalanga was investigated in the study. Since the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic had affected education on a ...
Experiences of Nurse Managers during the COVID-19 Outbreak in a Selected District Hospital in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Moyo, Idah; Mgolozeli, Siyabulela Eric; Risenga, Patrone Rebecca; Mboweni, Sheila Hlamalani; Tshivhase, Livhuwani; Mudau, Tshimangadzo Selina; Ndou, Nthomeni Dorah; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (MDPI, 2021-12-31)

The South African health care system was hard hit by the second wave of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which affected nurse managers as healthcare facilities became overwhelmed due to an increased workload emanating from ...
Experiences of Nurse Managers during the COVID-19 Outbreak in a Selected District Hospital in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Moyo, Idah; Mgolozeli, Siyabulela Eric; Risenga, Patrone Rebecca; Mboweni, Sheilla Hlamalani; Tshivhase, Livhuwani; Mudau, Tshimangadzo Selina; Ndou, Nthomeni Dorah; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (MDPI, 2021-12-31)

The South African health care system was hard hit by the second wave of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which affected nurse managers as healthcare facilities became overwhelmed due to an increased workload emanating from ...
How do you expect us to survive? Lamentation of female sex workers in Zimbabwe during COVID-19 lockdown

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen; Moyo, Idah (Women's Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC), 2022-06-03)

The restrictive measures taken to curb and mitigate the spread of the corona virus of 2019 (COVID-19) had negative implications on the vulnerable populations. The most severely affected group among the vulnerable population ...
How do you expect us to survive? Lamentation of female sex workers in Zimbabwe during COVID-19 lockdown

Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen; Moyo, Idah (WOMEN'S HEALTH AND ACTION RESEARCH CENTRE [WHARC]., 2022)

The restrictive measures taken to curb and mitigate the spread of the corona virus of 2019 (COVID-19) had negative implications on the vulnerable populations. The most severely affected group among the vulnerable population ...
How the Covid-19 pandemic has changed Open Distance Learning – a curriculum perspective

van den Berg, Geesje (2020-07)

My presentation this morning is on ways of how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed Open Distance Learning, using a curriculum perspective. First, I would like to share the overview of the presentation with you: starting ...
The impact of Covid-19 on e-grocery mobile apps: urban township perspective.

Mkansi, Marcia (Proud Pen, 2021)

COVID-19 has caused substantial impacts on businesses of all size across different economies. However, the e-grocery industry has experienced an unprecedented resurgence in demand caused by panic buying that strained the ...
Investigating the relationship between Effective Change Management, Organisational Leadership and Hope and Optimism in the South African Private Sector during COVID-19

Weideman, Lana (2021)

Background: The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unparalleled changes to the workplace environment, resulting in a rapid increase in the incidence of occupational burn-out. This state, characterised by ...
Leadership in a transitioning higher education landscape from traditional to digitalisation of teaching and learning : a case of open, distance and elearning in Uganda

Kamya, Mwogeza Resty (2022)

Integration of technology into teaching and learning is not new in Uganda, but the rapid rate and pace of technological advancement, especially regarding the emerging educational technologies, corresponding pedagogical and ...
Offshoring-Outsourcing and Onshoring Tradeoffs: The Impact of Coronavirus on Global Supply Chain

Kajjumba, George William; Nagitta, Oluka Pross; Osra, Faisal A.; Mkansi, Marcia (IntechOpen, 2020)

The world has become a global village with companies investing in different nations to remain afloat and competitive. In the process of offshoring- outsourcing, companies and nations have become interdependent in their ...
Paraffin dangers and health and socioeconomic consequences: Urgent need for policy action

Kimemia, David; Van Niekerk, Ashley; Seedat, Mohamed (The South African Medical Journal, 2020-12-14)

Illuminating paraffin (kerosene) is the primary cooking fuel for approximately two million South Africans. The highly flammable and toxic fuel is burnt in poorly made stoves that are prone to malfunction and are associated ...
Postgraduate Students' Perception of the Use of E-Portfolios as a Teaching Tool to Support Learning in an Open and Distance Education Institution

Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng (2021-07-19)

E-portfolios have been used for decades in education; however, it is still a new trend in some developing countries as they continue to adopt e-learning practices. The study investigated postgraduate students’ experiences ...
Psycho-emotional challenges experienced by COVID-19 infected healthcare workers: A phenomenological study

Moyo, Idah; Tshivhase, Livhuwani; Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen (Taylor & Francis, 2022-06-14)

The emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a negative impact on the psychological and mental wellbeing of healthcare workers. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the psychological ...

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