Staff Profile

Qualifications:

• Postgraduate Diploma in Tertiary Education – PDTE (Midlands State University, 2023). 
• PhD in Public Administration (University of the Western Cape, 2022).
• Certificate in Copy-Editing (University of Cape Town, 2020).
• Diploma in Human Resources Management (IPMZ, 2017).
• Master of Public Administration Degree (University of Zimbabwe, 2017). 
• Certificate in Data analysis using SPSS (SPSS Zimbabwe, 2017).
• Certificate in Practical Project Planning and Management (University of Zimbabwe, 2016).
• International Computer Driving Certificate (TelOne Center for Learning, 2015).
• Bachelor of Administration Degree (University of Zimbabwe, 2013).

Research Interests:

• Public Policy Analysis
• Digital Governance 
• Public Administration 

Publications:

[A] – Journal Articles

1. Intauno, K., Chilunjika, A., & Poshai, L. (2024). Electronic procurement adoption in Zimbabwe’s public sector: examining the benefits, shortcomings and the critical success factors. International Journal of Procurement Management, 20(3), pp. 331–349. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPM.2024.138963
2. Poshai, L., & Intauno, K. (2024). Evaluating the efficacy of social capital in facilitating sustainable municipal waste management: Reflections from Harare, Zimbabwe. Journal of Education, Management and Development Studies, 4(1), pp.80–93. https://doi.org/10.52631/jemds.v4i1.22
3. Tsverukayi, B.H. & Poshai, L., (2024). Commodification of Zimbabwe’s higher education amid funding decline: Impact on universal access. Transformation in Higher Education, 9(0), pp. a399 https://doi.org/10.4102/the.v9i0.399 
4. Poshai, L. & Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. (2023). Digital Justice Delivery in Zimbabwe: Integrated Electronic Case Management System Adoption. South African Journal of Information Management, 25(1), pp.a1695.  https://doi.org/10.4102/sajim.v25i1.1695
5. Poshai, L., Chilunjika, A., & Intauno, K. (2023). Examining the Institutional and Legislative Frameworks for Enforcing Cybersecurity in Zimbabwe. International Cybersecurity Law Review, 4(2), pp.431–449. https://doi.org/10.1365/s43439-023-00093-y
6. Choto, T.B. & Poshai, L. (2023). The Politics and Public Administration nexus in the practice of Football Administration in Zimbabwe. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 45(4), pp.1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10841806.2023.2282924
7. Chigora, P., Poshai, L., & Mcilo, A. (2022). Challenges with online teaching and learning under COVID-19 lockdown in selected Zimbabwean universities. Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives, 7(2), pp.36–49. https://doi.org/10.55190/RDHC9092

[B] – Book Chapters 

1. Poshai, L. & Intauno, K. (2024). Streamlining public sector human resource recruitment and selection processes through digitalisation: Prospects and challenges for African bureaucracies. In E. Shava & N. Ndebele (Eds.). Digital Transformation in Public Sector Human Resource Management. Chapter ­ 1, (pp.1–20). IGI Global. 
2. Tsverukayi, B.H., & Poshai, L. (2024). Navigating Digital Transformation in Higher and Tertiary Education post the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from selected State Universities in Zimbabwe. In Kayyali, M. (Ed.). Building Resilience in Higher Education: Globalization, Digital Skills, and Student Wellness, Chapter 19, (pp.354–375). IGI Global. 
3. Poshai, L. & Marawako, J. (2023). ‘Evaluating the efficacy of digital platforms for cyberspace election campaigning in Zimbabwe: Implications for the 2023 plebiscite’. In S. Muqayi (Ed.), The Route Towards the 2023 Harmonised Elections in Zimbabwe, Chapter 2, (pp.11–38). Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications. 
4. Mcilo, A., Poshai, L., & Chigora, P. (2023). ‘The impact of Covid-19 on social security provision within the SADC’s social security frameworks: reflections from Zimbabwe and South Africa’. In MR Phooko, LT Chigowe, H ‘Nyane (Eds.), The Development and Application of SADC Community Law in Member States, Chapter 7, (pp.149–174) Cape Town: Juta. 

[C] – Conference Presentations 

• Presented a paper titled ‘Voter Apathy and the Retreating Boundaries of Democracy in Zimbabwe’, at the Centre for Research on Democracy Workshop, hosted by Stellenbosch University from 28 March to 31 March 2023.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Evaluating Member States’ Compliance to Instruments Guiding Education Provision in the SADC Region during the Covid-19 Pandemic’ at the SADC Community Law Seminar co-hosted by the University of Johannesburg and the National University of Lesotho on 29 April 2022
• Presented a paper titled ‘Urban Housing Policy Dynamic in the Global South’ at the YEBO International Conference co-hosted by the University of the Western Cape and Cape Peninsula University of Technology on 12 March 2020. 

 [D] – Service in University Committees 

• Research Board Representative (Faculty of Social Sciences) – January 2022 – Present. 
• Research Ethics Representative (Faculty of Social Sciences) – January 2022 – Present. 

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