Alice Ncube

University of the Free State | ufs · Disaster Management Training and Education Center for Africa

There is an increased frequency of floods in different parts of the world due to Climate Change and many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa face WASH challenges which have worsened during flood and drought incidences. Tsholotsho District has been experiencing an increased frequency of floods over the years and WASH situation has continuously deteriora...

Although there has been significant global recognition of the South African disaster management legislation and the policy framework, its implementation approaches are flawed across spheres of government, with municipalities being the worst. Municipalities face various obstacles to effectively integrating disaster risk management into their develop...

From being a voluntary job caring for the poor in late-19th-century Europe and North America, social work has become an occupation and, of late, a profession. Professional social work demands operating within a multi-stakeholder system, rendering psychosocial services to vulnerable populations in a coordinated manner. The South African Council for...

The study assessed the roles of women and the ownership of land trends in Lesotho, particularly during the 2015/2016 drought in Lesotho. A mixed-method approach, which combined both qualitative and quantitative research approaches, and a semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The collected data included demographic information, hou...

Governments cannot effectively manage and handle disasters, particularly at the local community level, without actively engaging vulnerable people. The key to achieving sustainability in disaster recovery is community participation and information dissemination. The informal settlements’ lack of access to information and public engagement hampered...

The re-engineering of urban city planning and transformation of land spaces should be guided by the vision of creating liveable, secure spaces and resourcefully efficient cities and towns. The study's objective was to assess the social resilience of Khayalitjha in-situ informal settlement in the Free State Province of South Africa based on service...

Communities around the world living in either urban or rural areas continue to experience serious WASH problems during flood episodes. Communities and individual households are affected differently depending on their coping capacities and their resource base. Flooding causes extensive damage to water and sanitation infrastructure, leaving communiti...

Building the resilience of communities is essential in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Scientific research is crucial in identifying gaps in the development of WASH systems and the management of WASH-related hazards . The main purpose of this paper was to analyze the global research evolution on resilience and Water, Sanitation, and...

For the first time in the history of the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002, South Africa declared COVID-19 an epidemiological disaster. Section 3 and 27(1) of this Act activated the responsible Minister in consultation with other Ministers to issue regulations in response to the disaster. The declaration exposed the already criticised Act to scru...

Reducing the risk of disasters including climate change risks calls for dynamic policies, strategies, plans and programmes that are underpinned by global frameworks on disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation (CCA) and sustainable development. As with most parts of the world, current DRR policy architecture in southern Africa is pre...

This article assessed job market perceptions of African migrant women in South Africa as an initial and long-term coping and adaptation mechanism using a survey data, Kendall’s coefficient of concordance and Pearson’s chi-square. A questionnaire was used to collect data on demographic, socio-economic characteristics and socio-economic coping and ad...

Climate change contributes toward many global challenges, such as increases in diseases in some communities, thereby accelerating health hazards to disasters. Establishing the extent to which local communities understand and perceive climate change and related health hazards is important for effective disaster risk management strategies. The object...

This article assesses the socio-economic coping and adaptation mechanisms employed by sub-Saharan African migrant women in South Africa using a survey and multi-attribute contingent ratings. The socio-economic and adaptation mechanisms were identified using a sustainable livelihood framework, which included political and cultural capital. This stud...

Malnutrition contributes significantly to Zimbabwe’s high maternal mortality rate. The prevalence of malnutrition among vulnerable pregnant women in the Mbire district of Zimbabwe was studied to establish why they remained vulnerable despite benefiting from the Vulnerable Group Feeding Programme, a subsidiary of the World Food Programme. A case stu...

Hospital preparedness in cases of major disasters

Disaster management is a process of planning and implementation of measures involving multiple disciplines and sectors; hence Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) cannot go unnoticed. Approximately 189 member states agreed to endeavour to achieve MDGs which should be accomplished by 2015. The purpose of this research was to establish the primary inv...

The study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and practices of cholera prevention and preparedness in Ga-Mampuru village (Limpopo, South Africa). Interviewers collected data using a two-pronged method, namely a household questionnaire (open- and closed-ended questions) to assess knowledge and attitudes about cholera and observations to assess practic...

Artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) has devastating impacts on the environment, such as deforestation, over-stripping of overburden, burning of bushes and use of harmful chemicals like mercury. These environmental impacts are a result of destructive mining, wasteful mineral extraction and processing practices and techniques used by the artisanal sma...

The study determined whether nomadic pastoralism increased or was a cause of vulnerability to hazards in Gode Zone (Ethiopia). The effect of sedentarisation on pastoralist livelihoods, whether this reduced vulnerability and could be considered an effective disaster risk reduction measure was also investigated. The research was survey-based and desc...

The study determined whether nomadic pastoralism increased or was a cause of vulnerability to hazards in Gode Zone (Ethiopia). The effect of sedentarisation on pastoralist livelihoods, whether this reduced vulnerability and could be considered an effective disaster risk reduction measure was also investigated. The research was survey-based and desc...