Abstract Language is a pushed factor for national and international cooperation and development. The French language has been adopted as Nigeria's second official language and compulsory subjects in schools from basic 4-9. This paper examines how practicable the implementation of this policy has been in the light of the multilingual environment in which it operates. The paper explores .the evolution and objectives of the French language in Nigeria and explains the Rationale for the French la...
ABSTRACT Armed conflicts, which are protracted and intractable have continued to disrupt developmental efforts in Africa. Although there are several measures that have been introduced to manage and resolve conflicts, armed conflicts have been on the increase. In particular, there is an increase in the occurrence of internal conflicts which are cross-border in dimension. Unlike inter-state conflicts which have provisions for intervention through the mechanisms provided by the international and...
ABSTRACT French is a security case in Nigeria. We are surrounded by French speaking countries and, French language itself is a security tool in the United Nations Thus, French affects all the facets of economy and nationhood. The recent pronouncement of the Head of State, General Sani Abacha, on adopting French as a second official language is welcome. However, as French teachers, it behoves us to introduce French in such a way to facilitate its assimilation by Nigerians. We decided to carry ...
ABSTRACT The study explores the plight of mujibas and chimbwidos who were guerrilla aides in the liberation struggle for Zimbabwe. That is to say the horrific experiences they encountered during the war and bringing out their untold stories. It contributes to the historiography of the Zimbabwean liberation struggle by focusing on the effects of violence on the mujibas and chimbwidos. The war which took place between ZANU and ZAPU against the Rhodesian Security Forces from the period of 1960 ...
ABSTRACT This research reviewed the challenges that are posed by the inherited colonial legacies towards the sustainable service delivery in the Mutare Rural District Council. The success of Local Authorities lies in the ability to bring about sustainable service delivery in their respective areas of jurisdiction in a country riddled with the effects of colonial legacies. This in turn enhances the much sought for socio-economic development throughout the country. For Rural Local Authorities ...
Abstract This article is based on a study conducted against the backdrop of ongoing national ICT policy formulation in Zimbabwe one point of consensus in the national debate captured in the E readiness report was the all too evident urban/rural digital divide across all sectors of the economy ranging from education.
ABSTRACT Implementing a wide enterprise system results in the organisation’s business processes being re-engineered; therefore it requires critical planning and extensive change management for all employees. The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund’s (MVAF) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), (an ORACLE system) implementation has been one of the highlights in the organisation’s history since the organisation has various standalone systems, across units within the organisation aimed at yielding ...
ABSTRACT The study analyses the speeches by the three political principals on the occasion of the signing of the GPA. Appraisal theory has been used as a tool for critiquing the principals’ speeches. This is a theory of emotion which implicates individual interpretations of an event influential in emotional response. The aim of this contribution is to ascertain how the speeches by politicians spark reaction from the electorate in favour of the individual public court of opinion. The object...
Abstract Developmental work is never a one man‟s band but a call to both public and private players. While the government have the mandate by nature of its formation to engage in development work, the private sector comes in to augment the efforts of the government which are never enough especially when it comes to African governments who are ill funded. The world is so much impaired that it calls for many players to contribute for its‟ positive and sensible development. Of ultimate impo...
ABSTRACT The 21st Century political arena has seen the rise of factionalism in Zimbabwean politics disturbing almost all the political parties in the land, with this phenomenon becoming a topical issue in the media and in political debates. It is therefore the aim of this analytical study to unveil the major causes of factionalism in Zimbabwean political parties with a case study of the two major dominant political parties the ZANU PF and MDC from 2005 to 2015 where these issues started to r...
ABSTRACT This study is an interpretive and descriptive analysis of the themes of politics and governance in contemporary Zimbabwe paying particular attention to the creative works of,Mlalazi and Baya’s TheCrocodile of Zambezi (2008) , Matsa and Baya’s Super Patriots and Morons (2003) and Chifunyise’s Waiting for the Constitution (2010). The study explores the power dynamics inherent in the insider/outsider, inclusion/exclusion, patriot/sell-out and self/nation schema and show how they...
Abstract This article examines the relationship and relevance of CSR and PR at Econet and NRZ in Zimbabwe. It focuses on how CSR can be perceived by people, especially in Zimbabwe as an invention of PR. CSR which is modern PR is guided by reciprocity between the corporations and their publics in an effort to create mutual understanding and goodwill between corporations and their publics. The study is based on two corporations namely, Econet and NRZ, whose business is immensely influenced by P...
ABSTRACT The marginalization of rural areas in Zimbabwe in the post-colonial era facilitated the researcher to evaluate on the programs launched by the state and non- state actors in their effort to promote and improve the standards of primary and secondary education from 1980 to 2008 basing in Gokwe rural area. In the first chapter the thesis discuss the efforts done by the state in promoting primary and secondary education, the chapter also covers the constrains or obstacles which hinders ...
ABSTRACT The Micro-controller based water level sensing system is an Arduino based project that was designed to capture water level distances using micro-controllers as the tank fills up or as it is emptied. The system will be used for monitoring the daily operations which involve the filling up of the tanks that feed water to the main boilers which generate electricity. Information about the current system was obtained using questionnaires, interviews and observations. Previously, during eac...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to establish the representation of the ‘other’ in the process of creation of meaning by Pentecostal churches UFIC and PHD Ministries in Zimbabwe using Television. It explores the production processes of these Christian Television channels in the content that was broadcast on Yadah TV and Christ TV from the period from January 2015 to December 2016. The study used a qualitative research paradigm. Data was collected using in-depth interviews, observation and archiva...