A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LANDSLIDES AND GEOHAZARD ...

I am very grateful to Messrs J. Gondwe, J. Kushe, A. Kayange and M.
Kalingwenje and Ms A. Chaona who assisted in the social survey. This exercise
required patience and understanding of the respondents. You did a good job. I
wish also to thank all the respondents, including the villagers, district
commissioners, and officials of the Department of Geological Survey. Without
their cooperation, this study would not have been possible.
Special thanks go to Messrs Arts Luwanda, H. Chisale and P. Kubwalo and Ms
Chinkwita-Phiri for remarkable guidance in statistical analyses of the
questionniares and soil data. To Mrs F. Mkandawire, Mrs M. Kumwenda and Mr A.
Tembo, thanks for the secretarial services offered when I was stuck.
My colleagues in the Geography Department at the Universities of Mzuzu and
the Free State were very supportive and encouraging. In particular, Mr R.T.
Ghambi Head of Department, Mzuzu University who fought hard to secure partial
funding for me from the Staff Development Committee. Special thanks to Dr C.
Barker of the University of the Free State for the moral support and
encouragement.
I appreciate the patience, help and encouragement of Mrs Liesel Cronje.
Special thanks for translating the abstract and keywords into Afrikaans; God bless
you abundantly.
I am very grateful to Waternet for providing research funds, University of the Free
State for providing tuition, and Mzuzu University for meeting some of the living
and traveling expenses during the study period. More importantly, I would like to
thank the Late Professor D. Chimwenje, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Mzuzu
University, for his personal support towards this programme. I wish he had lived to
witness the completion of this study. May his soul rest in eternal peace.
My very special thanks go to the “great” driver Mr Timothy Ngwira. Despite being
sick in the course of the study you forged ahead till the last day. You proved to
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