Lecturer

Dr Tinotenda Chidhawu

Qualifications: PhD (UWC), MPA, SPA, BA (UZ)

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Dr Tinotenda Chidhawu is a lecturer of Public Administration, Department of Governance and Public Management, University of Zimbabwe, and a Reviewer for the Zimbabwe Council of Higher Education. He received his Bachelor of Arts in French and Economic History, BSc 4th Year Special Honours in Politics and Administration and MSc in Public Administration at the University of Zimbabwe. He obtained his PhD in Development Studies at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. His PhD unpacked the right to adequate housing in Zimbabwe, a research that cemented his interests in socio-economic rights, human rights law, public policy and governance. He has presented papers at local and international foras on the aforementioned areas of specialisation. Prior to joining the University of Zimbabwe, he worked in civil society.

Research Interests: Socio-economic rights and human rights law, public policy and governance.

Conferences and Workshop Papers Presented

• The Right to Shelter in Zimbabwe: The influence of Policy Content and Policy Context in the Implementation of Public Housing Policy in Harare (2000-2017). Paper presented at the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference; 3 to 6 May 2018 at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
• Question and Answer Session on the socio-economic and political perspectives/situation in Southern Africa (Zimbabwe and South Africa) with special reference to treatment of Zimbabwean refugees/migrants in South Africa, The status of Zimbabwean immigrants and Asylum seekers in South Africa, regional migration (South Africa); the Research Directorate (RD) of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB), Toronto, 74 Victoria St Suite 400, Toronto, ON M5C 3C7, 9 May 2018.
• Housing in a Changing Context: A Comparative Analysis of Inequality in Zimbabwe and South Africa; Paper presented at the Young Scholars Initiative Africa Convening; 16 - 18 August 2018, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
• Paradise has become hell? American sanctions on Zimbabwe and its impact on housing with specific reference to Harare since 2002; Paper presented at the Young Scholars Initiative North America Convening, 22-24 February 2019 at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America.
• A Crisis of Inequality in Harare City: Residential Capitalism and the Economics of Housing in Zimbabwe (2000-2018); Paper presented at the Young Scholars Initiative Pre-Conference (Inclusive Institutions and Long-term Economic Development Workshop) 17-18 September 2019 at Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
• Constitutional Resilience and COVID-19 – Zimbabwe as a Case Study; Paper presented at a Webinar on Constitutional Resilience and Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa, 30 June 2020, Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape.

Publications

1. Chidhawu, T. 2020. The Right to Adequate Housing in Zimbabwe: A Contextual and Jurisprudential Anatomy of Public Housing Policy Implementation; Harare (2000-2018). Thesis (Ph.D.). University of the Western Cape: University of the Western Cape Dissertation Publishing. Available at  http://etd.uwc.ac.za/handle/11394/7676 
2. Magaya, K and Chidhawu, T, ‘An Assessment of Professional Ethics in Public Procurement Systems in Zimbabwe: Case of the State Procurement Board (2009-2013). Review Pub Administration Manag 4: 185. doi:10.4172/2315-7844.1000185’ Omics Publishing Group, (2016). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2315-7844.1000185.