Hindawi Scientifica Volume 2021, Article ID 8416410, 9 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8416410 Research Article Harnessing of Social Capital as a Determinant for Climate Change Adaptation in Mazungunye Communal Lands in Bikita, Zimbabwe Louis Nyahunda and Happy Mathew Tirivangasi Department of Research Administration and Development, University of Limpopo, P.bag X1106, Mankweng 0727, South Africa Correspondence should be addressed to Happy Mathew Tirivangasi;
[email protected] Received 28 May 2020; Revised 3 November 2020; Accepted 9 April 2021; Published 19 April 2021 Academic Editor: Hans Sanderson Copyright © 2021 Louis Nyahunda and Happy Mathew Tirivangasi. +is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. +e livelihoods of rural people have been plagued by the precarious impacts of climate change–related disasters manifesting through floods, heat waves, droughts, cyclones, and erratic temperatures. However, they have not remained passive victims to these impacts. In light of this, rural people are on record of employing a plethora of adaptation strategies to cushion their livelihoods from climate change impacts. In this vew, the role of social capital as a determinant of climate change adaptation is underexplored. Little attention has been paid to how social capital fostered through trust and cooperation amongst rural households and communities is essential for climate change adaptation. +is study explored how people in Mazungunye communal lands are embracing social capital to adapt to climate change impacts. +e researchers adopted a qualitative research approach guided by the descriptive research design.