Eric Kushinga Makombe
Biographic Data
| ID | 5884677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Kushinga Makombe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric Kushinga |
| FAMILY NAME | Makombe |
| SIGNATURE | MAKOMBE E K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Free State |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4356-3247 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Trading in the time of Corona
Although crisis-driven digital innovation and pragmatic adaptation were evident at the individual level, Zimbabwe’s informal sector exhibited a core paradox during the COVID-19 pandemic: systemic shortcomings persisted, sustaining an enduring state of ‘resilient vulnerability’. Drawing on survey data and qualitative interviews with 60 participants, this study examines how Zimbabwean traders transformed social media platforms into primary e-commer…
Mushikashika
Emerging around 2008, Zimbabwe’s mushikashika informal taxis created demand-responsive networks connecting peri-urban settlements to Harare’s central business district, though ownership structures enabled elite capture by politically connected actors. State regulation exercised authority without resolving underlying crises, entrenching mushikashika in postcolonial urban life. Drawing on archival research and fieldwork, we argue that mushikashika …
Between ambition and constraint
This article examines the development of civil aviation in Southern Rhodesia from the 1910s to 1953, arguing that aviation emerged through institutional instability, financial constraint, and contested governance rather than through steady technological advance. It shows how shifting relationships between the colonial state, private operators, and imperial authorities produced a transport system characterised by subsidised monopolies, wartime req…
Positioning Zimbabwe in the climate change mitigation-adaptation discourse
Within the climate change community, mitigation has gained increased global attention as an option to stabilise greenhouse gases (GHGs). However, developing countries raise concerns that mitigation takes away resources from adaptation. Decoupling proponents argue that developed countries should focus on mitigation because they hold the greatest responsibility for climate change, while developing countries, though minimally responsible for emissio…
The colonial state, land-use policy and local responses in Seke Reserve, Rhodesia
From the late 1920s onwards, the state in colonial Zimbabwe began reordering African areas to arrest an impending ecological disaster while increasing their carrying capacity. The state introduced far-reaching land-use measures anchored on several immutable tenets, such as that African reserves had to finance their own progress and sustain themselves within the demarcated boundaries. The reordering within Seke Reserve began with centralisation in…
The State, Climate Change and Energy Transition in Zimbabwe, 1992–2022
This article examines the legislative, investment and policy environment that the Zimbabwean state is spearheading to transition the country from an overreliance on fossil fuels in response to the drawbacks of climate change. The need for this energy transition has become even more urgent due to decreasing water levels that can no longer sustain the country’s hydroelectric power outputs. A transition to other renewable energy sources and biofuels…
Zimbos Never Die?
This book seeks to explore how the Zimbabwean society and its institutions have survived if not succumbed to continuous economic crises in the country. From the 1990s Zimbabwe experienced a sustained economic decline challenged by both internal and external strains. Coupled with internal mis-governance and corruption, the nation plunged into a political and economic crisis which culminated in the second highest world inflation rate for an economy…
To Serve Administrative Purposes and Native Interests?”
Based on archival material from the Natives Reserves Trust, this study examines the history of infrastructural development in African areas in colonial Zimbabwe. The article historicizes a generally neglected theme in Zimbabwe’s economic history: road investments in what were called African reserves. It addresses the themes around the nature of infrastructure in the countryside, funding of rural infrastructure, labor mobilization for road constru…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
For Zimbabwe, the confirmed Covid-19 deaths for 2020 numbered in the hundreds, not thousands. Still, Covid-19 could not have come at a worse time owing to a myriad of crises the country was going through. As a result, the Covid-19 pandemic was much more than a public health crisis as it threatened already vulnerable people, putting lives and livelihoods at risk. This article focuses on the socioeconomic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, e…
Sustainable Livelihoods and Artisanal Mining in Marange, Zimbabwe, 2006-16
The recent discovery of alluvial diamonds in Marange, Zimbabwe, has rekindled the interest of environmental scholars in critiquing the political economy of artisanal mining. The increasing recurrence of this 'illegal' small-scale mining has partly been attributed to its 'lucrative' nature, but more importantly as a safety net to the deepening crises rooted in the country's adverse economic climate in the period under review. The economic structur…
To Serve Administrative Purposes and Native Interests?”
Based on archival material from the Natives Reserves Trust, this study examines the history of infrastructural development in African areas in colonial Zimbabwe. The article historicizes a generally neglected theme in Zimbabwe’s economic history: road investments in what were called African reserves. It addresses the themes around the nature of infrastructure in the countryside, funding of rural infrastructure, labor mobilization for road constru…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
For Zimbabwe, the confirmed Covid-19 deaths for 2020 numbered in the hundreds, not thousands. Still, Covid-19 could not have come at a worse time owing to a myriad of crises the country was going through. As a result, the Covid-19 pandemic was much more than a public health crisis as it threatened already vulnerable people, putting lives and livelihoods at risk. This article focuses on the socioeconomic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, e…
Sustainable Livelihoods and Artisanal Mining in Marange, Zimbabwe, 2006-16
The recent discovery of alluvial diamonds in Marange, Zimbabwe, has rekindled the interest of environmental scholars in critiquing the political economy of artisanal mining. The increasing recurrence of this 'illegal' small-scale mining has partly been attributed to its 'lucrative' nature, but more importantly as a safety net to the deepening crises rooted in the country's adverse economic climate in the period under review. The economic structur…
Sustainable Livelihoods and Artisanal Mining in Marange, Zimbabwe, 2006-16
The recent discovery of alluvial diamonds in Marange, Zimbabwe, has rekindled the interest of environmental scholars in critiquing the political economy of artisanal mining. The increasing recurrence of this 'illegal' small-scale mining has partly been attributed to its 'lucrative' nature, but more importantly as a safety net to the deepening crises rooted in the country's adverse economic climate in the period under review. The economic structur…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
For Zimbabwe, the confirmed Covid-19 deaths for 2020 numbered in the hundreds, not thousands. Still, Covid-19 could not have come at a worse time owing to a myriad of crises the country was going through. As a result, the Covid-19 pandemic was much more than a public health crisis as it threatened already vulnerable people, putting lives and livelihoods at risk. This article focuses on the socioeconomic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, e…
Zimbos Never Die?
This book seeks to explore how the Zimbabwean society and its institutions have survived if not succumbed to continuous economic crises in the country. From the 1990s Zimbabwe experienced a sustained economic decline challenged by both internal and external strains. Coupled with internal mis-governance and corruption, the nation plunged into a political and economic crisis which culminated in the second highest world inflation rate for an economy…
To Serve Administrative Purposes and Native Interests?”
Based on archival material from the Natives Reserves Trust, this study examines the history of infrastructural development in African areas in colonial Zimbabwe. The article historicizes a generally neglected theme in Zimbabwe’s economic history: road investments in what were called African reserves. It addresses the themes around the nature of infrastructure in the countryside, funding of rural infrastructure, labor mobilization for road constru…
The colonial state, land-use policy and local responses in Seke Reserve, Rhodesia
From the late 1920s onwards, the state in colonial Zimbabwe began reordering African areas to arrest an impending ecological disaster while increasing their carrying capacity. The state introduced far-reaching land-use measures anchored on several immutable tenets, such as that African reserves had to finance their own progress and sustain themselves within the demarcated boundaries. The reordering within Seke Reserve began with centralisation in…
The State, Climate Change and Energy Transition in Zimbabwe, 1992–2022
This article examines the legislative, investment and policy environment that the Zimbabwean state is spearheading to transition the country from an overreliance on fossil fuels in response to the drawbacks of climate change. The need for this energy transition has become even more urgent due to decreasing water levels that can no longer sustain the country’s hydroelectric power outputs. A transition to other renewable energy sources and biofuels…
Positioning Zimbabwe in the climate change mitigation-adaptation discourse
Within the climate change community, mitigation has gained increased global attention as an option to stabilise greenhouse gases (GHGs). However, developing countries raise concerns that mitigation takes away resources from adaptation. Decoupling proponents argue that developed countries should focus on mitigation because they hold the greatest responsibility for climate change, while developing countries, though minimally responsible for emissio…
Trading in the time of Corona
Although crisis-driven digital innovation and pragmatic adaptation were evident at the individual level, Zimbabwe’s informal sector exhibited a core paradox during the COVID-19 pandemic: systemic shortcomings persisted, sustaining an enduring state of ‘resilient vulnerability’. Drawing on survey data and qualitative interviews with 60 participants, this study examines how Zimbabwean traders transformed social media platforms into primary e-commer…
Mushikashika
Emerging around 2008, Zimbabwe’s mushikashika informal taxis created demand-responsive networks connecting peri-urban settlements to Harare’s central business district, though ownership structures enabled elite capture by politically connected actors. State regulation exercised authority without resolving underlying crises, entrenching mushikashika in postcolonial urban life. Drawing on archival research and fieldwork, we argue that mushikashika …
Between ambition and constraint
This article examines the development of civil aviation in Southern Rhodesia from the 1910s to 1953, arguing that aviation emerged through institutional instability, financial constraint, and contested governance rather than through steady technological advance. It shows how shifting relationships between the colonial state, private operators, and imperial authorities produced a transport system characterised by subsidised monopolies, wartime req…
African studies and sociopolitical issues (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)