Lived Experiences of Borderland Communities in Zimbabwe Livelihoods, Conservation, War and Covid-19

Nedson Pophiwa: is a senior lecturer in monitoring and evaluation at the Wits School of Governance. He holds a PhD in Economic History from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His research interests are in governance, public service delivery, cross-border shopping and informal cross-border trade.

Joshua Matanzima: is a Research Officer at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (Sustainable Minerals Institute), The University of Queensland, Australia. He holds a PhD in Anthropology from La Trobe University, Australia. He carries out research on development and mining- induced displacements, anthropology of landscapes, human- wildlife conflicts, social aspects of energy transition and mining, Indigenous land return processes, livelihoods and marginalization as well as borderlands economies. He is co- editor of Livelihoods of Ethnic Minorities in Rural Zimbabwe and Tonga Livelihoods in Rural Zimbabwe.

Kirk Helliker: is an Emeritus Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at Rhodes University in South Africa where he heads the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies. He continues to supervise Zimbabwean PhD students and publishes widely on Zimbabwean society and history.