LibGuides: UFS Researcher Profiles: Dr Tafadzwa Maramura

Interview

"If you're going to speak about being a researcher, speak about CCCD: curiosity, communication, collaboration, and determination. Those are the four key components that make up the researcher in essence."

- Dr Tafadzwa Maramura

Research output

Africa's underdevelopment amidst global pressures: Is good governance attainable?
Agile governance for the 'new normal': Is Africa ready?
Analysing the causal link relationship between social assistance programs and the rate of secondary school drop-outs
The challenges of procurement process for the department of correctional services
A clean audit and service delivery comparative study of two municipalities in Mpumalanga province in South Africa
Contemporary local government councils' initiatives in utilising digital technology in democratic governance processes: A case of Shinyanga municipal and Nzega district councils in Tanzania
Control and accountability in supply chain management: Evidence from a South African metropolitan municipality.
Determinants of entrepreneurial intention among Generation Y students within the Johannesburg Metropolitan area of South Africa
Economic and healthcare responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
Ethics and accountability in municipal supply chain management in Zimbabwe
The Fourth Industrial Revolution adoption: Challenges in South African higher education institutions
Habitual Facebook use as a prognosticator for life satisfaction and psychological well-being: social safeness as a moderator
Mandelafying the public service in South Africa: Towards a new theory
National Development Plan as an entrepreneurial mechanism for rural economic development in South Africa
Navigating on the key drivers for a transition to a green economy: evidence from women entrepreneurs in South Africa
Navigating the precursors of entrepreneurial inclination among students in South Africa
The proficiency in gender representation towards realizing good administration in governance for South Africa
The prospects of the ICT policy framework for rural entrepreneurs: An analysis of the relationship between ICT and entrepreneurial development
The quest for economic development and the impacts of good governance in Africa
Renewable energy access challenge at household level for the poor in rural Zimbabwe: Is biogas energy a remedy?
Rising to the occasion: Africa, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and lessons from China With the Fourth Industrial Revolution underway, the question that remains largely unanswered pertains to the extent to which Africa has positioned itself to rise up to the occasion. While opportunities were lost as the First, Second and Third Industrial Revolutions culminated in slavery, colonialism and neo-colonialism respectively, it can be argued that history can possibly repeat itself with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Against this background, the objective of this chapter is to examine the trajectory of Africa’s involvement in this twenty-first century phenomenon. The main thesis of this chapter is that African states, collectively or individually, should draw lessons from China in order to benefit from the unfolding revolution. Having encountered marginalisation, resource exploitation and other effects of capitalism in the wake of the First and Second Industrial Revolutions, China was left in economic quagmire. Despite economic challenges, China exploited the opportunities presented by the Third Industrial Revolution whose mainstay were information technology and electronics resulting in the automation of production. Subsequently, mass production, research and development, growth of financial base and strength of the Chinese domestic market made China the fastest-growing economy and a global economic powerhouse. Having said the above, this chapter explores how Africa can draw lessons from China’s rise to the occasion of the Third Industrial Revolution to emerge as a global economic giant. It is maintained in the chapter that such lessons will go a long way in Africa’s generation of positive results from the Forth Industrial Revolution.
The socio-political dynamic import of citizens participation in public resource management in relation to good governance for South Africa
Understanding the moral and ethical leadership challenges in South African public service : the case of the Eastern Cape, Department of Education
“Like mom and dad”: using narrative analysis to understand how couplepreneurs stimulate their kids’ entrepreneurial mindset