Abstract This study explores “old” school and contemporary journalist‟s perceptions on the state of journalism in Zimbabwe. It interrogates the discourses around this emotive issue with a view to teasing out the biases and absences therein and how each group tries to legitimise itself at the expense of the other. The study is informed by van Dijk‟s ideological square. In addition to the theory, the study utilised findings from numerous studies that spoke of declining standards on the ...
ABSTRACT This research was an investigation into the influence of factionalism to political economics. The study was naturally focused on factional tendencies within ZANU-PF and the consequences to Zimbabwe’s political economy from 2013 to 2017. In this case, this study automatically adopted a qualitative research methodology due to its confidential nature and pre-requisition to directly interact with society and the components under investigation. The study employed a two-dimensional sampl...
ABSTRACT This research put its focus on the effects of development induced displacement. It however narrowed down the research to the socio-economic effects that arise due to Development Induced Displacement (DID). Of note is that the document was mainly focusing on involuntary displacement. The research took a case study of Porta Farm. Porta farm is a council owned farm that is just about 20km south of the Harare CBD. Porta Farm was created to be a temporary holding for the people who were t...
Abstract This dissertation focuses mainly on the role of Civil Society Organizations in promoting democratic process in Zimbabwe as of 1980-2013. Civil Society is an umbrella organization which consists of many sub sectors as follows nongovernmental organizations, private sector organisation, labour unions, women’s groups, professional associations, religious groups, the marginalized masses, media organizations and other informal groups like cultural and economic groups. In this study the r...
ABSTRACT The 19th century Ndebele State received a number of foreign visitors. They included missionaries, explorers, hunters, traders and concession seekers. Many of them wrote as the travelled in different parts of the Ndebele State. They wrote extensively about the Ndebele State mainly from 1829 to 1893 paying particular attention to Ndebele politics, social life, modes of production, wildlife, ecology and their customs. This study analyses their various written narratives paying particula...
ABSTRACT Language is a political tool used to legitimise, delegitimise, produce and (re)produce dominance. In Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF advertisements for the July 2013 elections were an attempt to deploy language to (re)produce dominance. The advertisements were produced in the context of a power-sharing government comprising ZANU-PF and the MDCs. Adopting sign theory, the article uses legitimation analysis to explore the ways in which ZANU-PF used language to retain dominance. Research revealed tha...
ABSTRACT This research is an investigation on the professionalism and acting levels in Zimbabwe, a case study of Fair Take Media. The research looks at the acting approaches that are used in Zimbabwe and as well in developed countries, their similarities and how they have been implemented in the Zimbabwean film industry as compared to the other competitive film industries around the globe. Most importantly, this study also exhausts the ways of improving these methods in the Zimbabwean film in...
Abstract The Jews came into Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) in the nineteenth century following the Second World, the Rhodesian Jewish Board of Deputies (RJBD) was established in 1943 to organize national Jewish community in the country, and thus the creation of the Bulawayo Hebrew Congregation and Jews engaged in national pioneering activities such as transportation systems, mining and hotel corporations. He further argues that the Jewish contribution to early Rhodesia was not exclusively in te...
ABSTRACT The study investigated challenges of the language used in campaigns against elephantiasis and elephantiasis of scrotum in Tanzania, using a case study of Kisarawe and Rufiji districts in the coast region. The researcher worked on three objectives which were; to examine whether the language used by campaigners against elephantiasis and elephantiasis of scrotum is understood by local coastal communities; to find out the stereotyping and stigmatising language as used by local coastal c...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines how local television soap operas influence perceptions and attitudes among audience in Tanzania. The general view of the related literature was that soap operas which have been produced in developing countries like Tanzania are principally pro-development in nature and are so designed. However, neither had any scientific study been conducted within the country to prove this view with regard to local television soap operas, norhad any researcher focused their stu...
SHUKRANI Nianze kwa kumshukuru mwenyezi Mungu mwingi wa rehema na utukufu aliyenipa nguvu, uhai, afya na uvumilivu hata nikaweza kuifanya kazi hii kwa kiwango kinachostahili. Pili, nimshukuru kwa nafasi ya pekee Profesa. Frowin Paul Nyoni, huyu ndiye msimamizi wangu wa utafiti huu. Natambua majukumu mengi na mazito ya kikazi na ya kifamilia aliyonayo lakini alichukua na alitumia muda wake mwingi pia katika kuisoma na kutoa mchango wake ili kuleta ufanisi wa kazi hii, tangia tulipoianza katik...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine the impact of the armed conflicts in Great Lakes Region on security to local communities of Kasulu in Kigoma Region, Tanzania. The purpose of the study was to study the nature of the great lakes region conflict, its effects to the local communities in Tanzania, and the capacity challenges among the conflict stakeholders in addressing the problem in the region. This study was carried out in Kasulu District, Kigoma Region in the villages of Manyovu, ...
ABSTRACT The study intended to examine the realization of Communicative Language Teaching (henceforth CLT) principles in Form One English language textbook issued for Ordinary secondary schools in Tanzania. The study set out three specific objectives which are: To examine how the issued Form One English language textbook reflects Communicative Approach (henceforth CA) principles, to examine communicative activities present in the Form One English language textbook and to assess teachers‟ v...
ABSTRACT This study entitled “Assessment of Use of Language Techniques that Promote Creative Writing among Secondary School Students: A Case of Tunduru” was guided by four specific objectives which were: to explore the techniques and approaches that English language teachers used to promote creative writing among secondary school students; to identify the self-motivated techniques that students used to develop creative writing and thereby enrich their mastery of the English language; to ...
ABSTRACT Currently, terrorism is the one among the major problems affecting global economy, human security and life in general. One of the most affected sectors in the economy is tourism. The study intended to focus on the vulnerability of tourism sector in Tanzania to terrorism taking Urban West region of Zanzibar as its case study. Like any other country in the world, Zanzibar tourism is also being affected by terrorism, because of the existing threats all over the world and some incidence...