ABSTRACT The Zimbabwean society as always been homophobic and homohysteric in nature since the late nineties with the largely publicised homophobic utterances by the former president Mugabe influencing media discourse in the post-independence era. However, studies examining queer sexual identities and digital media platforms in contemporary times are scarce. Guided by the queer theory, this study qualitatively examines how Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe Facebook page and Unheard voices blog ar...
ABSTRACT The study was on the role of music in the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe, and Matabeleland region in particular. The main focus of the study was to examine how liberation music in Matabeleland region provided an outlet for their anguish and bitterness about the insensitive colonial system. The use of liberation songs in the decolonization process in Zimbabwe depicted music as a bludgeon which was dedicated to express the people's experiences under a colonial system which had proved ...
Abstract This research focused on introductory documentation of archaeological heritage, specifically dry-stone walls and grain bins found in the settlement of Mukaro, Gutu, showing how the heritage is linked to the people of Mukaro specifically the MoyoNyakuvengwa. The most important part of this study was to give a record of the type of heritage found in Mukaro through documentation processes like conditional survey, geo mapping among others. The other aspect of this research highlights how...
ABSTRACT The study start out to determine the role of language in the strategic representation of the Community Share Ownership Trust programme particularly the case of the Zimbabwe Independent and The Herald issues from 23 January to 18 October 2014. The research intended to analyse language used in the selected print media articles with specific focus on highlighting how it was manipulated by reporters of both newspapers to advance their ideological inclinations. The findings of the study r...
Abstract The purpose of this research is to scrutinize the impact of political crises on the judicial independence from 2000 to 2013. Zimbabwe experienced political crises that include violation of human rights, contested polls to mention just a few. These predicaments had a major and negative impact while only a few saw a shed of positivity on the bench. The study brings to light the lack of judicial independence and how this has negatively affected its constitutional mandated duties. The pu...
Abstract: This article seeks to assess the practice and approaches of Corporate Citizenship (CC) by the PR department at Nestle Zimbabwe to enhance corporate reputation from 2010 to 2013. It looks at how Nestle Zimbabwe has managed to boost its corporate reputation through CC and how they influence people‟s decision making process through their help mechanisms. The study would be guided by Carroll‟s (1991) model, two-way symmetrical model and the stakeholder‟s salience model. Furthermor...
ABSTRACT The bilateral diplomatic relations of Zimbabwe and China re surfaced in a crucial time of economic and international politics hardship for Zimbabwe. This has caused too much expectation from the Zimbabweans and serious bargain allegations on China from these relations. This has led to a number of people including the international arena questioning the relevance or rather importance of these bilateral relations. Therefore, the focus of the study is on the impact of bilateral diplomat...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the teachers’ understanding and experiences in the teaching of oral communication in English at O’ Level in Sadza Cluster in Chikomba District. The study was necessitated by the need to know the teachers’ understanding and experiences in the teaching of oral communication in English. A qualitative research design premised on phenomenology was used for it enabled the researcher to get current and on the ground information of teachers�...
ABSTRACT This thesis is a critical and analytical study of Immanuel Kant‟s moral philosophy. Kant‟s moral philosophy is grounded on human pure reason and erected on the notion of duty, hence deontological. Kant is of the view that there is the moral law operating in man the reason why man must not shirk his moral responsibility. For Kant there is no room for moral anarchy and moral phobia for any rational being since human beings have moral nature. He concludes that man is condemned to b...
ABSTRACT The study used quantitative and qualitative research methods to investigate the quality of service delivery by the MVA Fund and MoHSS through EMRS bases in Namibia. The positivist research strategy was used for the quantitative non-experimental research survey that includes the gathering and analysis of quantitative data. The sample of the study consisted of 20 respondents, of which 10 were from the EMRS bases (Windhoek, Omuthiya and Usakos bases) and 10 were key informants, represen...
Abstract This research examines the representation of multiple identities in literary texts through an analysis of Crossing the Boundary Fence by Patricia Charter (1988), To Breathe and Wait by Nancy Partridge (1986) and Ginette by Sylvia S Bond (1980). Multiple identities manifest themselves in everyday life as we know it. The question of how identity changes, at what point and with what effect, have long been overlooked. In prose writing, the author is oftentimes unaware of the voice or voi...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to analyze the human rights advocacy for prisoners by human rights organizations in the context of Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission .It majors on the impact of human rights organizations in line with ZHRC’s decision to engage in such advocacy. It analyzes the strategic tools and plans implored by humanitarian organizations to fight for human rights particularly related to prisoners .The research address the gap in the literature by assessing the existence of human r...
ABSTRACT This study amplifies the argument of the thesis that the practice of dehumanizing, alienating and disconnecting man in the course of marketing communication can be addressed through the adoption of Gabriel Marcel's philosophy of intersubjectivity. Man's dehumanization, alienation and disconnection throw up fundamental obstructions and misconceptions in the present-day understanding and practice of marketing communication, making it imperative for philosophy to clear the impediments a...
ABSTRACT This dissertation seeks to show that leadership disputes are an ongoing phenomenon in the Zion Apostolic Faith Mission Church in Zimbabwe since its inception in 1923 to date. The founder Bishop faced some leadership disputes, his son and the second bishop Dorious (1985-2012) faced some leadership disputes. Dictatorship and general church maladministration during Dorious‟ reign created leadership disputes which spilled into today‟s leadership wrangle pitting Jameson the eldest sur...
ABSTRACT There is ample evidence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research indicating that appropriately programmed machines are capable of performing functions that require intelligence when performed by humans. However, there is no available correlative record that any such machine has been able to pass the Turing Test; an intelligence test purposefully designed by Alan Turing to actualise his objective of justifying machine intelligence. This work attempts to resolve this paradox. Conseque...