Oswell Namasasu

Independent author and researcher

The paper is about the marginalisation of children with disability in the school curriculum, with particular reference to citizenship education. It shows that policy pronouncements on inclusive education are not reflected in what actually happens in the school setting. It is part of a wider study of the challenges faced by students with disability...

A collaborative research group comprising lexicographers from the African Languages Research Institute, linguists from the Department of African Languages and Literature, and educators from the Department of Science and Mathematics Education at the University of Zimbabwe intends to compile monolingual dictionaries for mother tongue instruction in s...

The article analyses the arguments that have been advanced for and against dual citizenship in Lesotho and comes to the conclusion that dual citizenship, if adopted, would greatly improve the well-being of Lesotho's citizens.

This paper explores how Africa's future generations can be liberated from the myth of redemptive violence through peace education. It critiques the myth perpetuated through Hollywood movies that violence redeems and brings peace and stability. In its place, it calls for a liberating education that emphasises non-violent methods of conflict resoluti...

The marked decline in positive civic behavior among young Zimbabweans that was reported by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Education of 1999 prompted me to investigate the quality of citizenship education that was implemented through social studies - a subject that I lectured in at the University of Zimbabwe. The investigation took the...

The concept of the labour reserve is fundamental to the analysis of the historical development and contemporary form of the migrant labour system in southern Africa. Lesotho has for long been thoroughly integrated into this system as an internal supplier of labour and a labour reserve. Decomposition of the labour reserves of southern Africa, partic...