The chapter examines the regulatory frameworks that were put in place by governments in
the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to combat the outbreak of …

Dissidents exist in every nation, always have, and perhaps always will–existing in that
precarious space between being patriots and enemies of the state. Social media, on the …

This paper is a critical exploration of the emergence and manifestations of a phenomenon
we refer to as “factional” or “succession” journalism within the state media in the context of …

This article examines how photographs displayed online preserve, mediate, and circulate
memories of the Gukurahundi “genocide.” The Gukurahundi denotes mass killings of more …

This comparative multi-sited study examines how, why and when politically engaged youths
in distinctive national and social movement contexts use Facebook to facilitate political …

This thesis employs Gramsci's language of hegemony in order, firstly, to explore the role of
civil society in legitimating and resisting state hegemony, and secondly, to examine the …

In 1983, the Zimbabwean government unleashed terror upon civilians in Matabeleland and
Midlands provinces that led to the death of at least 20 000 Ndebele-speaking people. The …

For a demise that has been predicted for over 60 years, radio is a remarkably resilient
communications medium, and one that warrants deeper examination as a vehicle for the …

This article analyses the political economy of indigenous language media for minority
ethnolinguistic groups in Zimbabwe. Using political economy as theory, the study engaged …

It is significant to note that the African public sphere has not been fully explored beyond
Habermas or Mouffe's theoretical lens. Relying on what we call the African multilingual …