Abraham Matamanda
Biographic Data
| ID | 6315073 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abraham Matamanda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abraham |
| FAMILY NAME | Matamanda |
| SIGNATURE | MATAMANDA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Free State |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring polycrises through young people’s voices
This article examines the Covid-19 pandemic as, and as part of, polycrisis through the voices, experiences and adaptations of children and young people in São Paulo’s favelas. Based on participatory research with 44 youth aged 9–29 in Heliópolis and Paraisópolis (2022–2023), we analyze how overlapping health, educational, socioeconomic, political-institutional, and environmental crises intersected in their everyday lives. Through participatory re…
Homeless in the Homeland
This paper argues that homelessness in post–Fast Track Land Reform Zimbabwe is not a residual housing deficit or an unintended consequence of rapid urbanisation, but a politically produced condition generated through eviction-led urban governance. Focusing on Operation Murambatsvina (Clear the Filth), and its afterlives and contemporary renewal imaginaries, the paper shows how displacement has been normalised as a routine instrument for regulatin…
The Role of Urban Planning in Strengthening Urban Food Security in Africa
This paper critically examines how urban planning influences food security in the rapidly urbanizing landscapes of Africa, focusing on Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. These countries, with their distinct urban challenges and developmental contexts, provide a comparative framework for understanding the pivotal role of urban planning in addressing urban food security issues. The paper presents several core aspects of urban food systems: the in…
Children and young people's access to food, education, play and leisure in times of crisis
The COVID‐19 pandemic led to an unprecedented global moment when the core needs of children and young people (rights for education, food, play and leisure) were not adequately addressed, recognised from a policy perspective and to varying extents, ignored. This paper, by bringing scholarship and grey literature together, provides an integrative, international, comprehensive review and analysis of how the pandemic affected children's core needs (a…
Decentralised Water–Energy–Food (WEF) systems in Africa
The African continent is confronted with interconnected challenges of water, energy, and food insecurity, particularly affecting marginalized urban residents. Decentralized Water-Energy-Food (WEF) systems have emerged as potential solutions to alleviate these issues exacerbated by climate change. This paper contributes to the body of research aimed at demonstrating the applicability of decentralised WEF systems at local level, by showcasing the p…
Land politics and settlers’ responses to land tenure under threat in emerging peri-urban spaces in Zimbabwe
Drawing on the case study of Caledonia peri-urban settlement in Zimbabwe, this study presents the complex struggles and responses undertaken by settlers to assert their access, utilization, and rights to land for settlement. Employing qualitative methodologies including 50 in-depth interviews, participant observations, key informant interviews, and document analysis, the study reveals the lived experiences of vulnerable peri-urban settlers when f…
Ecological planning as an inner-city revitalisation agenda for Harare, Zimbabwe
This article examines approaches for integrating ecological thought in inner-city revitalisation with a special focus on the inner-city of Harare. It is an exploration and possible (re-)framing of the garden suburb approach that is strongly rooted in the garden city concept with the aim of enabling the attainment of the City of Harare Vision 2025 that the city leaders and managers have envisioned. The methods used to collect data included key inf…
Land politics and settlers’ responses to land tenure under threat in emerging peri-urban spaces in Zimbabwe
Drawing on the case study of Caledonia peri-urban settlement in Zimbabwe, this study presents the complex struggles and responses undertaken by settlers to assert their access, utilization, and rights to land for settlement. Employing qualitative methodologies including 50 in-depth interviews, participant observations, key informant interviews, and document analysis, the study reveals the lived experiences of vulnerable peri-urban settlers when f…
Ecological planning as an inner-city revitalisation agenda for Harare, Zimbabwe
This article examines approaches for integrating ecological thought in inner-city revitalisation with a special focus on the inner-city of Harare. It is an exploration and possible (re-)framing of the garden suburb approach that is strongly rooted in the garden city concept with the aim of enabling the attainment of the City of Harare Vision 2025 that the city leaders and managers have envisioned. The methods used to collect data included key inf…
Land politics and settlers’ responses to land tenure under threat in emerging peri-urban spaces in Zimbabwe
Drawing on the case study of Caledonia peri-urban settlement in Zimbabwe, this study presents the complex struggles and responses undertaken by settlers to assert their access, utilization, and rights to land for settlement. Employing qualitative methodologies including 50 in-depth interviews, participant observations, key informant interviews, and document analysis, the study reveals the lived experiences of vulnerable peri-urban settlers when f…
Decentralised Water–Energy–Food (WEF) systems in Africa
The African continent is confronted with interconnected challenges of water, energy, and food insecurity, particularly affecting marginalized urban residents. Decentralized Water-Energy-Food (WEF) systems have emerged as potential solutions to alleviate these issues exacerbated by climate change. This paper contributes to the body of research aimed at demonstrating the applicability of decentralised WEF systems at local level, by showcasing the p…
The Role of Urban Planning in Strengthening Urban Food Security in Africa
This paper critically examines how urban planning influences food security in the rapidly urbanizing landscapes of Africa, focusing on Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. These countries, with their distinct urban challenges and developmental contexts, provide a comparative framework for understanding the pivotal role of urban planning in addressing urban food security issues. The paper presents several core aspects of urban food systems: the in…
Children and young people's access to food, education, play and leisure in times of crisis
The COVID‐19 pandemic led to an unprecedented global moment when the core needs of children and young people (rights for education, food, play and leisure) were not adequately addressed, recognised from a policy perspective and to varying extents, ignored. This paper, by bringing scholarship and grey literature together, provides an integrative, international, comprehensive review and analysis of how the pandemic affected children's core needs (a…
Exploring polycrises through young people’s voices
This article examines the Covid-19 pandemic as, and as part of, polycrisis through the voices, experiences and adaptations of children and young people in São Paulo’s favelas. Based on participatory research with 44 youth aged 9–29 in Heliópolis and Paraisópolis (2022–2023), we analyze how overlapping health, educational, socioeconomic, political-institutional, and environmental crises intersected in their everyday lives. Through participatory re…
Homeless in the Homeland
This paper argues that homelessness in post–Fast Track Land Reform Zimbabwe is not a residual housing deficit or an unintended consequence of rapid urbanisation, but a politically produced condition generated through eviction-led urban governance. Focusing on Operation Murambatsvina (Clear the Filth), and its afterlives and contemporary renewal imaginaries, the paper shows how displacement has been normalised as a routine instrument for regulatin…
Geography (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works)