Energy poverty: an underperceived albeit a critical form of poverty!

Source: https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/endenergypoverty In her most enlightening book, How Boards Work, Dambisa Moyo calls for corporate companies to, with the influence and guidance of their boards, constructively and methodically act to address societal and environmental concerns such as gender inequality, poverty and emissions of greenhouse gases. I found this both encouraging and refreshing. It made me …

Continue reading Energy poverty: an underperceived albeit a critical form of poverty!

What effect does peri-urbanisation have on the Quality of Life of the original inhabitants of peri-urban areas in Zimbabwe?

Sometime in 2019, a colleague in the field of rural and urban (spatial) planning, Jeofrey Matai, and I had a discussion about the escalating rate of peri-urbanisation in Zimbabwe. Most rural areas on the fringes of the country’s established cities, such as Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare,  and towns like Chitungwiza and Plumtree have become predominantly …

Continue reading What effect does peri-urbanisation have on the Quality of Life of the original inhabitants of peri-urban areas in Zimbabwe?