ZANU–PF Women’s League and the (Re)configuration of Political Power in Influencing Succession Politics in Zimbabwe

Tshuma, Lungile Augustine

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-42827-3_5

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Media Discourses on Gender in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe

Tshuma

Ndlovu

2022

Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Media institutions always have a public obligation to disseminate news that is fair, balanced and gender sensitive, more so in times of crisis. Within the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, it is important that media provide a diverse, balanced and gender sensitive coverage that reflects existing inequalities in a society rather than merely prioritising statistics of the infection and its death rates. Informed by poststructuralist feminist theory and normative roles of the media, this chapter investigates the discursive parameters of gendered media discourses within the context of COVID-19. This chapter presents results from a case study of two main daily newspapers—the Chronicle and NewsDay—circulating in the country by investigating their representation of gender. Findings indicate that while there was generally more coverage of issues affecting women, both newspapers reinforced deeply rooted biases in their reporting. The findings further show that the emphasis was on gender-based violence with statistics indicating that it was on the rise during lockdown. We argue that newspapers must always strive for sensitive reporting that challenges hierarchical gender relations if the transformative potential of the media is to be realised.

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Media Discourses on Gender in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe

Tshuma

Ndlovu

2022

Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Decolonising Memory Studies: Remembering from Africa

Tshuma

2023

Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies

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Dress Policing at Higher Learning Institutions in Zimbabwe: Discourses on the Bulawayo Polytechnic College Dress Code Declaration

Ndlovu,

Tshuma

et al. 2023

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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In November 2022, the administrators at Bulawayo Polytechnic College instituted a new dress code at its campus, sparking public outrage. This college dress code reinvigorated debates on the age-old questions of morality and rights. On one hand, there is a strong belief that the implementation of dress codes may lead to the violation of students’ rights and self-expression. On the other hand, others contend that ‘revealing’ dresses may disrupt teaching and learning. This article uses this Bulawayo Polytechnic ‘moment’ to explore the discourses and debates surrounding dress codes in higher education institutions. Drawing upon Foucault’s theorisation on discourse, discipline and governmentality, we consider school dress codes as technologies of power. Data were collected from college students. At the core of these debates on choices of clothes are issues of policing and disciplining female bodies, rape culture, body shaming, victim-blaming and surveillance.

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ZANU–PF Women’s League and the (Re)configuration of Political Power in Influencing Succession Politics in Zimbabwe

Cited by 3 publications

References 20 publications

Media Discourses on Gender in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe

Media Discourses on Gender in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe

Decolonising Memory Studies: Remembering from Africa

Dress Policing at Higher Learning Institutions in Zimbabwe: Discourses on the Bulawayo Polytechnic College Dress Code Declaration

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