Professor Kirk Helliker

Associate Prof Kirk Helliker

Professor Kirk Helliker is the Director of the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies. His full profile can be seen under “people” on the main Sociology Department webpage. Under this particular profile, only his Zimbabwean work is highlighted.

He is currently involved in research on the land occupations in Zimbabwe from the year 2000 onwards, as well as co-writing a book manuscript involving a comparative analysis of the first, second and third Chimurengas.

Helliker 

 

E-mail: k.helliker@ru.ac.za

Articles and Chapters (since 2007)

Bhatasara, Sandra, Chiweshe, Manase and Kirk Helliker (2018), “Introduction – Theorising the Political Economy of Livelihoods in Contemporary Zimbabwe”, in Helliker, Kirk, Chiweshe, Manase and Sandra Bhatasara (eds.). The Political Economy of Livelihoods in Zimbabwe. Routledge: London.

Takawira, Wadzanai and Kirk Helliker (2018), “Sex Work as a Livelihood Strategy in the Border Town of Beitbridge”, in Helliker, Kirk, Chiweshe, Manase and Sandra Bhatasara (eds.). The Political Economy of Livelihoods in Zimbabwe. Routledge: London.

Helliker, Kirk (2017), “‘We give off a lot of heat but not a lot of light’: NGOs and land advocacy in Zimbabwe from 1995 to 2005”, in S Matthews (ed.), NGOs and Social Justice in South Africa and beyond. Durban: UKZN Press.

Alexander, Tarryn and Kirk Helliker (2016), “A feminist perspective on autonomism and communing, with reference to Zimbabwe”. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 34(3).

Lucien van der Walt and Kirk Helliker (2016), “Politics at a distance from the state: radical, South African and Zimbabwean praxis today”. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 34(3).

Bhatasara, Sandra and Kirk Helliker (published on-line) (2016), “The party-state in the land occupations of Zimbabwe: the case of Shamva District”. Journal of Asian and African Studies.

Alexander, Tarryn and Kirk Helliker (2016), “El feminismo autónomo, el comunizar y las ocupaciones de tierra en Zimbawe”. Bajo el Volcán. 16(24)

Chiweshe, Manase, Kirk Helliker and Loveness Chakona (2015), “Patriarchy, Women, Land and Livelihoods on A1 Farms in Zimbabwe”, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 50(6).

Helliker, Kirk (2014), “Imagining civil society in Zimbabwe and ‘most of the world’” in Ebenezer Obadare (ed.), The Handbook of Civil Society in Africa, New York: Springer.
 
Helliker, Kirk (2012), “Civil Society and State-centred Struggles”, Journal of Contemporary African Studies 30(1).
 
Helliker, Kirk (2009), “Dancing Around the Same Spot? Land Reform and NGOs in Zimbabwe –The Case of SOS Children’s Villages”, African Sociological Review 13(2).
 
Sadomba, Wilbert and Kirk Helliker (2009) “Transcending Objectifications and Dualisms: Farm Workers and Civil Society in Contemporary Zimbabwe”, Journal of Asian and African Studies 45(2).
 
Helliker, Kirk (2008), “Dancing on the Same Spot: NGOs” in Sam Moyo, Kirk Helliker and Tendai Murisa (eds), 2008, Contested Terrain: Land Reform and Civil Society in Contemporary Zimbabwe, Pietermaritzburg: SS Publishers.

Helliker, Kirk, Sam Moyo and Tendai Murisa (2008), “Introduction” in Sam Moyo, Kirk Helliker and Tendai Murisa (eds), 2008, Contested Terrain: Land Reform and Civil Society in Contemporary Zimbabwe, Pietermaritzburg: SS Publishers.
  
Books (authored, edited) (since 2007)

Helliker, Kirk, Chiweshe, Manase and Sandra Bhatasara (eds.). (2018). The Political Economy of Livelihoods in Zimbabwe. Routledge: London.
 
Moyo, Sam. Helliker, Kirk and Murisa Tendai. eds (2008), Contested Terrain: Land Reform and Civil Society in Contemporary Zimbabwe. Pietermaritzburg: SS Publishers.

PhD and Master Students – Graduated

Jonathan Mafukidze (2019)

Perspectives on land and water politics at MushandikeIrrigation Scheme, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Delta Sivalo  (2019)

A sociological understanding of urban governance and social accountability:  the case of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

PhD Gift Mwonzora (2017)
The quest for ‘good governance’ and democracy by political party institutions in Africa: a case of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe       

MA Felix Tombindo (2017)

Landscapes, Land and Belonging among Tonga People in the Zambesi Valley, Zimbabwe

PhD Tafara Marazi. (2016)

An investigation into the survival strategies of the rural elderly in Zimbabwe: A case study of the Hobodo ward in Mangwe district

PhD Innocent Mahiya (2016)

A critical analysis of agricultural innovation platforms among small-scale farmers in Hwedza communal area, Zimbabwe

MA Rachel Gondo (2016)

A critical analysis of community participation at the primary level of the health system in Goromonzi District, Zimbabwe

MA Wadzanai Takawira (2016) with distinction

Sex work as a livelihood strategy in the border town of Beitbridge, Zimbabwe

PhD Sandra Bhatasara (2015)
Understanding climate variability and livelihoods adaptation in rural Zimbabwe: a case of Charewa, Mutoko

  
MA Kayla Knight (2014)
Rural development and NGOs in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe

MA Paidashe Chamuka (2014)
HIV and condom use among circumcised males in Harare, Zimbabwe 

PhD Loveness Makonese (2013)
Coping with HIV and AIDS in marginal communities: a case study of Chivanhu settlement in Nemanwa, Masvingo, Zimbabwe 


MA Takunda Chirau (2013)
Livelihood strategies of urban women traders: the case of Magaba, Harare in Zimbabwe

MA Tendai Wapinduka (2013)
Rural livelihoods and adherence to HIV and AIDS antiretroviral therapy in Chivanhu settlement, Nemamwa Village in Masvingo District, Zimbabwe
 
PhD Manase Chiweshe (2012)
Farm level institutions in emergent communities in post-fast track Zimbabwe: the case of Mazowe District

MA Loveness Chakona (2012) with distinction
Fast Track Land Reform Programme and women in Goromonzi District, Zimbabwe

MA Eddah Jowah (2010) with distinction
Rural livelihoods and food security in the aftermath of the fast track land reform in Zimbabwe

 
Current PhD Students

Andile Daki

Zimbabwean teachers in South Africa.

Praise Gandah

Water scarcity and adaptation strategies in contemporary Zimbabwean:  The case of Yorks resettlement area in Mberengwa District and Mabvuku in Harare

Annette Manzira

The Failure of Credentialism:  Re-imagining Economic Empowerment in Zimbabwe

Tendai Nciizah

Zimbabwe’s economic decline and land degradation: the case of Shurugwi district

Bowden Mjanje (co-supervisor with Dr Sally Matthews)
The role of NGOs in an indigenized state economy: the case of Chegutu-Mhondoro-Ngezi-Zvimba Community Ownership Trusts, Zimbabwe

Phillip Magaba

Interface between the Faculty Based Youth centres as state institutions and the youth: A Case Study of Zimbabwe National Family Planning Youth Centres                         

Patience Chadambuka

Integration of former farm labourers of foreign descent in Shamva communal areas after fast track land reform

Loveness Chakona
NGOs and food security in Zimbabwe

Perpetua Chinomona

Comparative analysis of gender and patriarchy in resettlement and communal areas in Zvimba, Zimbabwe

Ernest Chimuka

NGOs and participatory development: A case study of Hatcliffe extension, Harare, Zimbabwe

Jonathan Mafukidze
Land and water politics at Mushandike Irrigation Scheme, Masvingo, Zimbabwe  

Takunda Chabata
Rural livelihoods and natural resource utilisation in post-fast track Zimbabwe: the case of Sovelele Resettlement area  

Tafadzwa Chevo
Construction of livelihood strategies in urban areas: the case of households in Budiriro, Harare, Zimbabwe   

Liberman Bhebe

Identity, Belonging and Poverty in Zimbabwe: A study of the emerging problem statelessness with specific reference to Matabeleland (1980 - 2015)

Shamiso Madzivire

Former child brides in Zimbabwe

Rumbi Chitombi
Conditional cash transfers and empowerment: a case study of Mutare Rural District, Zimbabwe

Elinah Nciizah
Drought and rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe’s semi-arid areas: a case study of Chivi District

Current MA Students 

Moreblessing Mavhika (half thesis)

The role played by NGOs in addressing HIV/AIDS in the context of gendered inequality:  The case of the Raphael Centre in Makhanda, Easterm Cape, South Africa.

Tariro Musiyandaka (half thesis)

Understanding  the livelihoods of Zimbabwean informal traders in South Africa:  The case of Grahamstown (Makhanda)

Nyaradzo Muchawaya

Critical analysis of Joyce Mujuru

Patience Sibanda

A gender based analysis of the Amalima Programme in empowering married women within households in rural Gwanda, Zimbabwe

 

 

 

 

 

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