Joice mujuru biography of albert
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albert chibuwe
‘Repetition without change?’: A critical discourse analysis of selected ZANU-PF advertisements for the July and July elections
Discourse & Communication
Drawing on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), and anchored on CDA theory, we argue that as the ru more Drawing on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), and anchored on CDA theory, we argue that as the ruling party’s governance record increasingly came under scrutiny in two election cycles researched, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), largely maintained its old strategies of power legitimation. However, it altered the message in order to reflect the changing intensity of political contestation, an increasingly bellicose political opposition and growing dissent within its own ranks, as well as the shifting economic fortunes of the country. Forced to campaign under these circumstances, ZANU-PF trusted, with notable variations, its old discourse strategies to produce election adverti
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The Nordic Africa Institute
Solutions need to move beyond the introduction of quotas
‘Success countries’ are characterised by formal gender equality reforms in the form of quotas introduced either in the aftermath of conflicts (for example, Rwanda in and South Africa in ) or as a part of broader constitutional reforms (Kenya in and Tanzania in ). However, the experiences of Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa demonstrate that institutional barriers to women in politics persist even beyond the introduction of quotas. In Kenya, the introduction of a quota in with a female representative in each county in Parliament has not led to substantial changes among the Maasai community. Only one woman member of parliament (MP) fryst vatten in place, though women are entitled to 11 seats. Furthermore, women limit themselves to these special seats, which has not seriously challenged political patronage, with huge costs for women.
Tanzania and South Africa have introduced quotas in line with the SADC Prot
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Debates in Zimbabwe give the impression that mass media are central to the country’s democratization. Focusing on two seemingly unrelated but defining events in Zimbabwe’s political life—the framing of the leaked draft constitution (January–February ) and Vice President Joice Mujuru’s fall from grace (August –June )—this article investigates whether the concern about the media’s role in Zimbabwe’s democratic project is justified. A comparative analysis of Daily News and The Herald was carried out to ascertain how the two newspapers framed the two events and to judge the extent to which they can be said to be informative and educative. Content analysis of the two publications and in-depth interviews with The Herald news editor and a senior reporter and with Daily News’ news editor and political editor were used to establish their perceptions regarding their newspapers’ framing of the two events. The article reveals that the two publications’ framing of the events was polarize