Makhosi Nkanyiso Sibanda
Biographic Data
| ID | 4099104 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Makhosi Nkanyiso Sibanda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Makhosi Nkanyiso |
| FAMILY NAME | Sibanda |
| SIGNATURE | SIBANDA M N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4916-6904 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Community Radio in the Era of Convergence: A Case of Zimbabwe
While globally, conventional radio faces stiff competition from streaming and on-demand content, the Africa radio remain driven by resilient local interest. The global drive towards digitisation, coupled with Africa’s burgeoning youth population has forced radio to integrate with digital media technologies. Drawing on Zimbabwe’s small community radio sector, we discuss how – armed with basic mobile phones to capture audio, video, text and picture…
The Constructions of Ndebele Identity in Skyz Metro FM: An Audience Reception Study
Discourses on the negotiation and construction of ethnic identities in Zimbabwe have preoccupied scholars across disciplines, ranging from history, sociology, anthropology, and most recently media and communication studies. This study proceeds against the background that in Zimbabwe, literature on the relationship between identity formation and the media is little and far between, while available studies are limited to textual and discourse analy…
A New Era or Error? Community Radio Licensing in Zimbabwe: Issues, Dynamics, and Sustainability Challenges
The Zimbabwean government has been criticized across scholarship for its lack of sincerity in ensuring media plurality, especially in the radio broadcasting sector. In 2020, when community radio stations were granted licenses for the first-time in the post-Mugabe era, the Mnangagwa-led government was hailed for ushering a “new dispensation” in broadcasting. The licensing of community radio stations can be seen as initial steps to the democratizat…
Digital Technologies and the Changing Journalism Cultures in Zimbabwe: Examining the Lived Experiences of Journalists Covering the Covid-19 Pandemic
New Information and Communication Technologies (NICTs) are transforming newsmaking practices and journalistic cultures across the globe. Although factors such as lack of Internet access and prohibitive costs are constraining the adoption of these interactive digital technologies in most African countries, journalists are creatively appropriating these digital tools in their everyday professional work. Informed by the concept of journalism culture…
Playing” in the Eyes of the Ferret Team: Examining the Use of Surveillance Strategies by Zimbabwean Journalists
The Zimbabwean state has in recent years stepped up its surveillance efforts on citizens, civil society and journalists who are viewed as the “enemies of the state”. This state surveillance has been argued to infringe on citizens’ right to privacy and access to information. We are mindful that the “Second Republic” or the “New Dispensation” government has invested heavily in surveillance to silence its critics, among them activists, opposition le…
Ubuntuism as a Foundation of Media Ethics in Zimbabwe? Journalists’ Perspectives and Discontents
There are debates on the relevance of Eurocentric normative frameworks for studying the media in post-colonial Africa. Emerging from these debates is a rebuttal of the dominant Western-derived paradigms for the conceptualisation of journalistic norms, values and practices. Given that the dominant Western liberal models for normative media ethics are incongruent to the needs of Africa, there is a growing call to reconceptualise media ethics anchor…
Playing” in the Eyes of the Ferret Team: Examining the Use of Surveillance Strategies by Zimbabwean Journalists
The Zimbabwean state has in recent years stepped up its surveillance efforts on citizens, civil society and journalists who are viewed as the “enemies of the state”. This state surveillance has been argued to infringe on citizens’ right to privacy and access to information. We are mindful that the “Second Republic” or the “New Dispensation” government has invested heavily in surveillance to silence its critics, among them activists, opposition le…
Ubuntuism as a Foundation of Media Ethics in Zimbabwe? Journalists’ Perspectives and Discontents
There are debates on the relevance of Eurocentric normative frameworks for studying the media in post-colonial Africa. Emerging from these debates is a rebuttal of the dominant Western-derived paradigms for the conceptualisation of journalistic norms, values and practices. Given that the dominant Western liberal models for normative media ethics are incongruent to the needs of Africa, there is a growing call to reconceptualise media ethics anchor…
Digital Technologies and the Changing Journalism Cultures in Zimbabwe: Examining the Lived Experiences of Journalists Covering the Covid-19 Pandemic
New Information and Communication Technologies (NICTs) are transforming newsmaking practices and journalistic cultures across the globe. Although factors such as lack of Internet access and prohibitive costs are constraining the adoption of these interactive digital technologies in most African countries, journalists are creatively appropriating these digital tools in their everyday professional work. Informed by the concept of journalism culture…
Playing” in the Eyes of the Ferret Team: Examining the Use of Surveillance Strategies by Zimbabwean Journalists
The Zimbabwean state has in recent years stepped up its surveillance efforts on citizens, civil society and journalists who are viewed as the “enemies of the state”. This state surveillance has been argued to infringe on citizens’ right to privacy and access to information. We are mindful that the “Second Republic” or the “New Dispensation” government has invested heavily in surveillance to silence its critics, among them activists, opposition le…
A New Era or Error? Community Radio Licensing in Zimbabwe: Issues, Dynamics, and Sustainability Challenges
The Zimbabwean government has been criticized across scholarship for its lack of sincerity in ensuring media plurality, especially in the radio broadcasting sector. In 2020, when community radio stations were granted licenses for the first-time in the post-Mugabe era, the Mnangagwa-led government was hailed for ushering a “new dispensation” in broadcasting. The licensing of community radio stations can be seen as initial steps to the democratizat…
Community Radio in the Era of Convergence: A Case of Zimbabwe
While globally, conventional radio faces stiff competition from streaming and on-demand content, the Africa radio remain driven by resilient local interest. The global drive towards digitisation, coupled with Africa’s burgeoning youth population has forced radio to integrate with digital media technologies. Drawing on Zimbabwe’s small community radio sector, we discuss how – armed with basic mobile phones to capture audio, video, text and picture…
The Constructions of Ndebele Identity in Skyz Metro FM: An Audience Reception Study
Discourses on the negotiation and construction of ethnic identities in Zimbabwe have preoccupied scholars across disciplines, ranging from history, sociology, anthropology, and most recently media and communication studies. This study proceeds against the background that in Zimbabwe, literature on the relationship between identity formation and the media is little and far between, while available studies are limited to textual and discourse analy…
Media Influence and Politics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Journalism (2 works)