Abstract Present day Zimbabwe though being deemed by the government as a free country embedding the concept of freedom of speech it is still plagued with massive music censorship amongst the predominant genres. Since the late 1800s music has been a major influencing player in indoctrinating people. Music is an essential tool use in public discourse to promote, affirm and subvert political hegemonies. Musicians play a pivotal role in society of exposing the injustices perpetuated by governmen...
ABSTRACT The Zimbabwean film industry is a troubled industry and one of the factors hindering its growth and development is piracy. The proliferation of this practice has resulted in the underdevelopment of the industry to the extent that some critics now believe that there is no film industry. This study critically investigates the origins and manifestation of piracy in the Zimbabwean film industry. Most people have a shallow understanding of the term piracy and they have little knowledge o...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the uptake of Results Based Management (RBM) in the public sector institutions focusing on Umzingwane District in Matebeleland South Province. Service delivery in the Zimbabwean public sector institutions had deteriorated both in quality and speed to appalling levels and this had correspondingly triggered outcry from the general public. To check this trend and re-invent public sector operations, the Government adopted RBM in 2005. Unfortunately the absenc...
Abstract This study is aimed at exploring the plight of farm workers in Marondera district in Zimbabwe (2000-2013). The study will focus on the how the fast track land reform programme intensified problems which farm workers have been experiencing, which dates back to the colonial period. The study will focus on how the working conditions and living conditions of farm workers after the fast track land reform programme, looking at the poor wages their given, lack of job security, poor and ove...
ABSTRACT A lot has been done to show the socio-economic and political issues affecting the Southern and East African societies up to the present day through various forms of media. The aim of this study is interrogate the site of social media video clips as social commentary in Southern Africa and East Africa and the main objectives is to identify the themes as well as interrogate how the themes were effectively interrogated the other objectives was to identify the techniques used to convey...
Abstract This study explored the challenges and opportunities of the Performance Lag Address Programme (PLAP) with special reference to primary schools in Makoni District, in Manicaland in Zimbabwe. Chapter one of this study, focuses on the problem and its setting. Issues discussed in this chapter include the background of the study, the statement of the problem, objectives and research questions of the study. It also discusses the significance of the study to various stakeholders in educatio...
ABSTRACT A Civil Service Commission (CSC) is an agency that is backed by legislature to regulate the employment and working conditions of civil servants. The Civil Service Commission of Zimbabwe formally named the Public Service Commission (PSC) under the Lancaster House Constitution of 1979. Zigora and Chigwamba (2000) has it that, the Public Service Commission was established by an Act of Parliament (Public Service Act 1995) in accordance with Sections 73, 74 and 75 of the Constitution of ...
Abstract The study presents an integrated approach in records management for Sable chemical Industry during the period of 2008 to 2016. An integrated approach is a system used in records management in which the combination of paper-based records and electronic records work hand in hand in records keeping. The study however established that there is seemingly misplacement as and missing of files in the presents of an integrated approach of electronic and paper records. The study, therefore, i...
Abstract The research sought to investigate the practicability of introducing usage-based insurance to the Zimbabwean motor insurance industry so as to address shortcomings of the traditional rating method. Literature was reviewed on the different UBI programs, telematics, the shortfalls of the traditional dating method, benefits of UBI, how to implement it in to practice, the challenges with implementing it in the Zimbabwean context and a case study of Discovery Insure, a South African insu...
ABSTRACT Nigeria became an independent state in 1960. The political system that Nigeria operated at independence was given to her by the British colonial authority. It was the imperfections in the political system that led to the outbreak of the Nigerian civil war in 1967. The end of the civil war in 1970 gave Nigeria the opportunity for a national rebirth. This is because the civil war destroyed the political system that was inherited from the British. From 1970 onward, Nigeria then had the...
Introduction The XXIII Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library Associations (SCECSAL) 2018 was held at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel in Entebbe, Uganda, from 23 to 27 April 2018, with the Uganda Library and Information Association and the National Library of Uganda playing the host. The XXIII SCECSAL had in attendance 220 participants from 15 countries/library associations that included Botswana, Ghana, Namibia, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and so forth, delegates fro...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the social contexts and their influences on the developments of Yoruba traditional musical forms. Historical research design was adopted for the systematic and intensive enquiry into social events and development of musical experiences of the Yoruba people. Fieldwork was conducted in Oyo Alaafin, Ijio, Ketu Republic of Benin, Tube, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ijebu-Igbo, Kupalo Village in Ibadan and Ipaja Village. Data were collected through observations of musical per...
ABSTRACT The 2012 Labour Force Survey (LFS) in Namibia reveals that unemployment among the youth stands at a staggering 42.8% compared to the overall unemployment rate of 27%which remains a challenge in itself in this country. Attempts to alleviate youth poverty worldwide caused by unemployment have been done through micro finance programmes that can help the youth to accumulate their own capital and invest in employment-generating activities. While there is sufficient evidence to prove the ...
Abstract The study explores the production and distribution processes and practices of online „alternative‟ television programs in Zimbabwe using the case of two internet based television programs namely Ruvheneko Live and #ThisFlag Thursday owned by Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa and Fadzayi Mahere respectively. The study also sought to unearth how online television programs in Zimbabwe such as the ones mentioned above make money and the effect of that on their programing. The study employed fo...
ABSTRACT This study critically explores the persistent claim by feminists that black male writing in the United States "has been systematically discriminatory against women.* The critics insist that African-American women in the malo-authored works are portrayed as playing unimportant rules that make the male protagonists emerge as the “real black heroes.' No black female, they argue, is accorded heroic status in texts by these male writers. They are also dissatisfied with the fact that som...