ABSTRACT This research set out to explore the role played by The Sunday Mail and The Patriot in the framing of the Liberation war chronicles from 2015 to 2016 respectively. The main argument of this research is that the two newspapers partially represent all political parties in their reportage of the Liberation war chronicles due to political obligation to the ruling party ZANU-PF. The study assessed the effects of ownership, control and funding mechanism of The Sunday Mail and The Patriot o...
ABSTRACT In view of the records preservation status in Zimbabwe’s National Museums, this study tries to ascertain the future of museums as information centres. Using the records life cycle principle and the continuum model which state that documents should be properly managed from the time they are created until their ultimate disposal, this study examined the preservation strategies employed by Zimbabwe’s National Museums to ensure their records survive into the future. For the museum�...
Abstract CHAPTER ONE: ITRODUCTION Background to the Study The issue of child soldiering is one of the most controversial issues as far as the history of the world is concerned and the controversy lies in the question: “are these children aggressors they turn out to be or are they simply passive victims of circumstances?” Children have either been violently abducted or coerced into volunteering to serve as soldiers in the American Revolution, World War 1 and World War 2 and as if that’s ...
Abstract Concerns about environmental protection and sustainability have recently become more significant in global governance and development. This has seen many attempts through conventions and forums trying to look into solutions that conserve and protect the environment as the source of global development. Even in the international affairs, the control over the environment and land has also become a stampede and one of the vital determinants of power matrix among global states. With calls...
ABSTRACT The concept of sustainable development has become a ubiquitous feature in most developmental policies across the breadth and length of the world. Therefore, this research analyzed the impact of the extraction of black granite on sustainable development particularly making use of the case of Mutoko District in Zimbabwe. Mining of black granite in Mutoko commenced way back in the early 1970s. The people in Mutoko District expected that the exploitation of the natural stone would bring ...
ABSTRACT Holy Communion is at the centre of tug of war taking place between two systems of qualification and invitation in the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe. Currently, the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe is at the cross roads and the situation is putting the organization into a serious dilemma. This study tries to bridge a gap between the two theological phenomena at logger heads by taking recourse to a theological reflection on their biblical validity. In fact the research seeks to furnish esse...
ABSTRACT Social exclusion and the phenomenon of street children have been contentious issues in many states around the globe. The research is titled an investigation on the impact of social exclusion of street children on their rights. This research therefore is concerned with elucidating the impact of social exclusion on the rights of street children in Gweru. Street children are alienated from the mainstream society and thus have constrained access to social relations, access to resources a...
ABSTRACT The research sought to establish challenges associated with the achievement of automaticityat grade two level with the view to find possible strategies to circumvent the established challenges, consequently enhancing reading and school performance. The study was necessitated by the fact that eleven subjects out of twelve in the Zimbabwean Primary School Curriculum are done in English, for this reason the achievement of automaticity was considered paramount. The study was also necessi...
ABSTRACT Advancements in technology in the 21st century have of late revolutionized the business industry, communication and social life as a whole. This has been made possible by various digital media platforms, the most popular being Facebook and Whatsapp. The field of literature seems to be no exception as there is material of a literary nature on these digital media platforms. This study intends to demonstrate how with the rise of digital media platforms literary production has been revol...
ABSTRACT The research examines the history of prostitution in colonial Beitbridge from 1950 to 1979. It discusses the coming of women to Beitbridge and the origins of prostitution. The intensification of colonialism forced men into migrant labor. This exposed women to rural poverty since they were left alone taking care of themselves as well as the children. The colonial state preferred male labor and women were denied access to urban life. Women migrated to the town as traders and a few luck...
ABSTRACT Health was an important concern in Ancient Israelite Religion; it is also a major concern in Shona Traditional Religion. This is seen in how the Ancient Israelites preserved health by observing the Mosaic Law and the sanitary code. In Shona Traditional Religion, health is preserved from conception up to adulthood. These two religions share much in common on how they perceive the causes of ill health as a punishment from disobedience. In both religions, there are important religious p...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of The Zimbabwean Fast Track Land Reform in promoting agriculture development to mitigate poverty. The study targets the beneficiaries to establish the relationship between land reform programme and agriculture production and it is an assessment of how the beneficiaries of Insiza district have performed in terms of agriculture production after the implementation of the policy. The theoretical framework suggests the land of a nation is for the peopl...
ABSTRACT This paper has focused much on the independence and performance of internal audit in Zimbabwean Local Authorities. The research objectives of this project are to examine the relationship between internal audit and the management in all council operations, to assess effectiveness of internal audit controls both existing and proposed functions, to examine challenges faced by Masvingo city council in upholding independence of internal audit and accountability including management’s be...
Abstract The study is an exploration of the notion of a lost home as a metaphor in Zimbabwean literary works of the post 2000 era. The post 2000 Zimbabwe-authored selected texts are The Uncertainty of Hope (2006) by Tagwira, We need New names (2013) by Bulawayo and An Elegy for Easterly (2009) by Gappah. These novels explore the metaphor of a lost home and speak comprehensively on the issues affecting the post 2000 Zimbabwe. They do so by making se of metaphors that seek to communicate meanin...
ABSTRACT The period between 1960 and 1980 saw the rise of militant nationalism against the colonial government in Rhodesia. The colonial regime responded by detaining thousands of nationalists 5 and activists. The plight of inmates in these detention centers has largely been ignored by postcolonial historians. Isn this study I focus primarily on the experiences of African political detainees at Wha Wha Detention camp. Generally this study argues that instead of being places of places of polit...