In this episode of The Research Report Show (Season 1, Episode 2), Tinashe chats with Keamogetse Konopi about his research titled "Investigating the Use of Stokvels as an Alternative to Traditional Means of Sourcing Finance in South Africa". Keamogetse discusses how consumers and households are hardest hit by interest rate hikes, how micro-lenders charge exorbitant interest for credit and how stokvels are used as an alternative to sourcing finance.

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Research Report S1 E2 - Use of Stokvels in South Africa

In this episode of The Research Report Show (Season 1, Episode 3), Tinashe chats with Mwinji Siame about her research on Intersectionality within the context of The Rhodes Must Fall movement in South Africa. Intersectionality is a tool used to describe how women of colour experience sexism, racism, exploitation/class all at once or as “intersecting” (the term that was coined / popularised by an Afrian-American legal scholar -  Kimberlee Crenshaw).

Research Report S1 E3 - Intersectionality within Rhodes Must Fall movement

In this episode of The Research Report Show (Season 1, Episode 4), Julian chats with George Ng'ethe about his research where he worked on the Design of a Mobile Support and Content Authoring tool to Support Deaf Adults Training in Computer Literacy Skills. George also gives some insights into the Silicon Savannah - the technology ecosystem in Kenya.

Research Report S1 E4 - Mobile tool to Support Deaf Adults Training in Computer Literacy Skills

In this episode of The Research Report Show (Season 1, Episode 5), Tinashe chats with Tendai Mushonga about her research on the concept of nation branding and related fields which include marketing, public diplomacy and brand management. Nation branding provides the platform for nations to create strategies to differentiate themselves from other countries. Tendai looks at this in the context of South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Research Report S1 E5 - Nation branding in the context of South Africa and Zimbabwe

In this episode of The Research Report Show (Season 1, Episode 6), Tinashe chats with Kiren Reggo about his research on movement of undocumented Zimbabwean nationals to Cape Town, South Africa and the South African government’s response to the influx of such Zimbabwean migrants.

Research Report S1 E6 - Movement of undocumented Zim nationals to Cape Town

In this episode of The Research Report Show (Season 1, Episode 7), Tinashe chats with Fadzai Muramba about her research which looks to uncover what the increased presence of Maputi / Puffed Maize in the Harare (Zimbabwe) market means for the urban food system, through a holistic understanding of the practices, motivations and perceptions of producers of this product. Food systems include the entire infrastructure and processes involved in feeding the inhabitance of a country.

Research Report S1 E7 -  Urban food systems: Maputi / Puffed Maize production in Harare

In this episode of The Research Report Show (Season 1, Episode 8), Julian chats with Paidamoyo Kachambwa about her research on the influence of gut bacteria in infants. One of the drivers behind pursuing this research was that there had been minimal work done on investigating the effect of the bacteria (microbiota)on immune system at infancy.

Research Report S1 E8 - Influence of gut bacteria in infants

In this episode of The Research Report Show (Season 1, Episode 9), Tinashe chats with Samantha Sithole about her research on Understanding the Impact of Militarized Conservation on Communities Outside the Kruger National Park. One of the points brought forward by Samantha is that although the discipline of conservation is ridden with complexity, the introduction of forceful methods like militarization to further achieve its aims, deepens the cracks within conservation as the voices of locals are snuffed out to make way for those endangered animals like the rhino.

Research Report S1 E9 - Impact of Militarized Conservation on Communities Outside Kruger National

In this episode of The Research Report Show (Season 1, Episode 10), Tinashe chats with Samson Mbewe about his research on uni-dimensional and multidimensional measures of energy poverty in South Africa. Energy poverty occurs when a household cannot afford modern energy services (electricity, oil, gas etc) and tends to have a negative effect on the households health and environment.

Research Report S1 E10 - Measures of Energy Poverty in South Africa

In this episode of The Research Report Show (Season 1, Episode 11), Tinashe chats with Busisiwe Mpembe about her research on The Current Human Settlement Situation in South Africa. This includes reviewing the policies that are currently in place and seeing what the government can include in their current policies to ensure that dignity and a quality standard of living is achieved by all (residents can live in safe and healthy conditions with relatively easy access to urban amenities). Busisiwe’s research was conducted in Cosmo City, Johannesburg.

Research Report S1 E11 - Human Settlement in South Africa

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