THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND MEDIA STUDIES
Welcome to Journalism & Media Studies
The Department of Journalism and Media Studies was conceived in 1999, following recommendations by the Williams Commission in 1989. The Commission noted that communication and information science were fast becoming major technological developments globally. In view of these fast developments in information technology, the Commission recommended that the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) establish a Faculty of Communication and Information Science to meet these challenges. This Faculty would incorporate the Department of Journalism and Media Studies which would be tasked with offering sound technical and theoretical training in broadcast and print journalism while also highlighting the dynamic, exciting world of new information technologies. Following these recommendations by the Commission, NUST had wide-ranging consultations with stakeholders from the media fraternity, civil society, government and the general Zimbabwean community in 1999. The consultation process was important for surveying the needs of these key stakeholders to ensure that the university formulated a relevant programme that addressed the pressing professional requirements of the local media while at the same time adhering to regional and international journalism and media standards.
The Journalism and Media Studies Department offers three programmes. An undergraduate Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Journalism and Media Studies. This is a four-year full-time programme with a versatile curriculum that academically, practically and technically addresses most of the problems faced by journalists locally, regionally and internationally. The other two programmes are the Master of Science Degree in Journalism and Media Studies and Master of Science Degree in Strategic Communication. These are Block release MSc programmes studied over a period of 18 months. In addition, the Department through its affiliate, Harare Polytechnic School of Mass Communication, is offering the Bachelor of Technology Degree in Mass Communication that began its first enrolment in 2024. The Department is working on introducing new programmes that will include the Bachelor of Science Honours (BSc) Degree in Film Production Technology and Visual Effects, Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Strategic Communication and the Master of Science Degree in Communication for Development and Innovation.
Since its establishment the department has produced over 1000 graduates some of whom have gone on to occupy managerial positions in the media, corporate sector, government departments and civic society entities locally and within the African region. Others have gone to establish various media enterprises that are contributing to the national development agenda and created employment.
Our Programmes
Undergraduate
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Normal Entry
- Five ‘O’ Level passes including English Language
- English Literature, Ndebele/Shona, and any other approved ‘A’ Level Arts subject.
Special Entry
- Candidates who have sompleted a National Diploma in Mass Communication, or have otherwise obtained equivalent qualifications, may apply for direct entry into part one, depending on the experience acquired at the time of application.
- Candidates who have a first degree from this or any other recognised institution may be allowed into the BSc (Hons) in Journalism and Media Studies.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Broadcast, Sound, and Video Technicians
- Film and Video Editors and Camera Operators
- Radio & TV Broadcasters, Producers, Directors.
- Film Directors, Producers, Editors and Script writers.
- Communication and Advocacy Officers/Directors in NGOs, Public and Private sector.
- Media and Journalism Tutors/Researchers.
- Interpreters, Translators and Announcers
- Content Creators & Editors
- Photographers
- Graphic Designers
- Public Relations and Fundraising Managers
- Public Relations Specialists
- Technical Writers, Authors and copy editors.
- Social Media Managers
Postgraduate
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Normal Entry
- To be eligible candidates must have a first degree in a relevant field like Media and Journalism from a recognised university.
Special Entry
- Candidates with Higher National Diplomas in Social Sciences, Arts and related studies plus three years post qualification experience.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Communication Director (Government, NGO & Corporate sectors)
- Television & Film Director/Producer
- Communication Managers (Corporate & Non Profit)
- Media Managers
- Lecturer or Researchers in Journalism and Media Studies
- Media & Communication Consultants
- Technical Communication Specialist
- Web Producer
- Media Entrepreneurs and Infopreneurs
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Normal Entry
- A minimum of a Second Class (2.1) Honours Degree in Social Sciences, Arts or Business related studies
- A pass in Social Sciences, Arts, or Business studies plus a postgraduate diploma in communication and strategic communication-related studies.
Special Entry
- Candidates with Higher National Diplomas (HNDs) in Social Sciences, Arts, and Business studies plus three years of post-qualification experience in communication and strategic communication-related fields.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Public Relations Professional
- Digital Marketing Expert
- Communication Director
- Public Relations Manager.
- Marketing Specialist or Manager
- Events Director
- Human Resources Communication Manager.
- Corporate Communication Consultant
- Social Issues Advocate
- Marketing Director
- Public Relations Director
- Political Strategist
Our Staff
Nkosana Dube is a Lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, teaching theoretical and practical courses in Journalism Innovation. He has research interests in Digital Communication Technologies and Journalism Practice, Citizen Journalism and Data Visualisation. Dube has participated in local conferences including the Faculty International Conference on Communication and Information Science (ICCIS) and the Zimbabwe New Media Summit as a presenter. He joined the Department in 2012 as a Demonstrator and has been instrumental in mentoring students on digital journalism practical skills. He is involved in radio programmes seeking to promote digital media literacy skills and has also served in various committees of senate including the Campus safety and security, ICTS and Timetabling Committees. Dube holds an MSc in Journalism and Media Studies, a BSc in Journalism and Media Studies, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education from the National University of Science and Technology.
Selected Conference presentations:
Understanding Zimbabwean journalists’ digital security awareness and information safety cultures in the practice of Journalism. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Communication and Information Science, National University of Science and Technology: 16-17 October 2023. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. October 2023.
Questioning the potential of digital and information literacy programmes as avenues for universalising knowledge on digital fact checking. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Communication and Information Science, National University of Science and Technology: 16-17 October 2023. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
PhD. Journalism (Stellenbosch University, RSA), MA Journalism (University of Westminster, UK), BA Media Studies (ZOU, Zim), ND Mass Communication (Harare Poly, Zim).
Email: sibongile.mpofu@nust.ac.zw
Dr Sibongile Mpofu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. She teaches strategic communication courses in the postgraduate programme. Her areas of specialisation are: Journalism; Strategic Communications and Gender. She is a Fulbright Fellow and former business journalist with more than 9 years of experience in Zimbabwe’s mainstream media. Her research interests include: gender and the political economy of digital media spaces; feminist political thought; contemporary critical theory; journalism education and strategic communication.
Selected publications:
Sibongile Mpofu (2022) Digital Media and Discursive Contestation: The Importance of Feminist Counterpublics, Communicatio, 48:4, 1-18,
Sibongile Mpofu (2022) “I’m Described as Good Journalist Because I Am ‘Tough’”: How Femininity Is Still Considered a Weakness in Zimbabwean Newsrooms, African Journalism Studies, 43:3, 30-50
Sibongile Mpofu (2018) Women’s Voices Online and the Emergence of Lived Realities as Distinct Political Behaviour: A Womanist Approach to Selected Zimbabwean Blogs, African Journalism Studies, 39:1, 4-26
MA Journalism (University of Westminster, UK); BA Journalism and Media Studies & Literature in English (Rhodes University, RSA)
Email: nqobile.nyathi@nust.ac.zw
Ms Nqobile Nyathi is a lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Her research interests are History of journalistic form and style in Zimbabwe, Contemporary journalism practice, news readability and comprehension, metajournalistic discourse, and Literary journalism/creative non-fiction.
Selected Research Activities:
Fact-checking Science Communication: Investigating Fact-Checking Procedures and Challenges in a Zimbabwean Context. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Communication and Information Science, National University of Science and Technology: 16-17 October 2023. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Nyathi, N. (2019) Overview of the media and fake news situation in Zimbabwe. A survey conducted for the VMCZ Real Media Literary Programme.
All the News That’s Fit to Read? A Readability Analysis of Coverage of Zimbabwe’s Cash Crisis. Paper presented at the International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Masvingo, Zimbabwe: August 2016.
Jona, BT, Mpofu, T, and Nyathi, N. (2016). Reception of the Chronicle’s SME Corner by Bulawayo Readers. A survey conducted for ZIMBISA by the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Bulawayo: National University of Science &Technology.
PACs’ Relationship with Civil Society Organisations, Media and the General Public: Key to Effective Accountability. Paper presented at the SADC Organisation of Public Accounts Committees’ Conference, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe: November 2011.
MSc Journalism & Media Studies (NUST, Zim), BSc (Hons) Journalism & Media Studies (NUST, Zim), BA General (UZ, Zim), PGDHE (NUST, Zim).
Email: lenient.chidyagwayi@nust.ac.zw
PhD Communication Studies (University of Johannesburg, RSA), MSc. Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim). BSc. Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim)
Email: herbet.dube@nust.ac.zw
Herbet Anele Dube is a lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. He holds PhD in Communication Studies from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has over 10years knowledge and experience in the development sector in Zimbabwe having worked with both media and development institutions. His experience is largely in the areas of Communication for Development, Participatory Research (including impact evaluations), Knowledge Management, Results-Based Management and Project Planning and Management, Strategic Communication. His research interests are in the areas of social power relations and participatory development, religion and development.
Conference Presentations:
Co-presented the paper tittle: ‘Questioning the potential of digital and information literacy programmes as avenues for universalising knowledge on digital fact checking’ at the International Conference on Communication and Information Science, 2023, hosted by Nust.
MSc Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim) BSc (Hons) in Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim).
Email: christinancube1980@gmail.com
Christina Ncube is a lecturer in the Journalism and Media Studies department. She holds a Master of Science degree in Journalism and Media Studies from the National University of Science and Technology. Her research interests are in human rights, democracy, gender issues, social media and political communication. She published a co-authored book chapter in the book, The Idea of Matabeleland in Digital Spaces, edited by Khanyile Mlotshwa and Mphathisi Ndlovu.
Email: siphathisiwemndlovu@gmail.com Mobile: +263771028895
Siphathisiwe M Ndlovu is a journalism and media studies lecturer specialising in Public Relations. She has previously worked for Bulawayo City Council, Zimbabwe International Trade Fair and World Vision Zimbabwe. She is a holder of an MSc and BSc Degree in Journalism and Media Studies. She is passionate about corporate communications and data journalism topics. Her research interests are in new media, social media marketing, corporate communications, advertising and public relations.
Selected Research:
Ndlovu, S. M. Joining the bandwagon: Data journalism and journalism practices during the Covid-19 era in Zimbabwe. African journalism Studies (Under review)
Ndlovu, S. M. Satire, Newsjacking, advertising in Zimbabwe. A Case of Mambo Chicken Adverts. Journal of Advertising. (Under review)
MSc in Disaster and Management (NUST, Zim), BSc in Development Studies (Lupane State University, Zim); Higher National Diploma in Secretarial Studies (Byo Poly, Zim); Diploma in Disaster and Development Studies (NUST, Zim)
Email: tari.mara-kadenhe@nust.ac.zw
Tariraishe Marangarire- K: Kadenhe is the Senior Secretary in the Department. She joined the University in 2004 and has previously served as a secretary in the Faculty of Medicine (2004 to 2008) and Department of Physical Planning Works and Estates (2009 to 2023) before joining the Department in 2023. She has participated in several local conferences as an administrative support staff. She has research interests in promoting sustainable environment to improve on food security of our nation as spelt out in the NDS1 and the SDGsc. She is currently working on a module Disaster Management and livelihoods.
PhD Journalism, (Stellenbosch University); MA, Journalism and Media Studies (Rhodes University, RSA), Bsc Hons, Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim)
Email: mphathisi.ndlovu@nust.ac.zw
Mphathisi Ndlovu is Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the National University of Science and Technology (Zimbabwe). Mphathisi is also a research fellow at Stellenbosch University (South Africa). He is also an alumnus of the Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability (AHDA) fellowship at Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights (2021/2022). Mphathisi holds a PhD in Journalism from Stellenbosch University. His research interests are in collective memory, identity politics and digital cultures. Mphathisi’s works have been published as book chapters, and peer reviewed articles in journals such as Digital Journalism, African Cultural Studies, Journal of Genocide Research, and Nations and Nationalism.
Selected publications:
Mphathisi Ndlovu, Lungile Tshuma and Shepherd Mpofu. (eds.). 2024. Remembering Mass Atrocities: Perspectives on Memory Struggles and Cultural Representations in Africa. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan.
Mlotshwa, Khanyile and Mphathisi Ndlovu (eds.). 2022. The Idea of Matabeleland in Digital Spaces: Genealogies, Discourses and Epistemic Struggles. Lexington Books.
Ndlovu, Mphathisi and Nkosini Khupe. “Online harassment of journalists in Zimbabwe: Experiences, Coping Strategies and Implications”. In New journalism ecologies in East and Southern Africa: Innovations, Participatory and Newsmaking cultures (edited by Trust Matsilele, Shepherd Mpofu and Dumisani Mpofu). Palgrave MacMillan. 95-111
Sibanda, Makhosi Nkanyiso, and Mphathisi Ndlovu. 2023. “An alternative arena for "communities of resistance"? Podcasting, democratic spaces and counterpublics in Zimbabwe”. In Tsarwe Stanley and Sarah Chiumbu (eds.). Converged radio, youth and urbanity in Africa. Palgrave MacMillan. 37-53.
Mphathisi Ndlovu and Vimbai Beritah Chinembiri. 2022. The Discursive Legitimation of the November 2017 ‘Coup’ in Zimbabwe’s Mainstream Newspapers. In Mangena, T., Nyambi, O, and Ncube, G. (Eds.). The Zimbabwean Crisis after Mugabe: Discourse and Complexities of Transition. New York: Routledge. 119-137.
Ndlovu, Mphathisi. 2021. Political humour in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: A critical analysis of the subversive meanings of WhatsApp memes in Zimbabwe. In Digital humour in the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from the Global South (edited by Shepherd Mpofu). Cham: Palgrave MacMillan. 259-277.
Mphathisi Ndlovu and Maame Nikabs. 2023. COVID-19 and the constructions of Africa in African news media. Journal of African Media Studies. 15 (2): 179-198.
Tshuma, Bhekizulu Bethaphi., Lungile Augustine Tshuma, and Mphathisi Ndlovu. 2022. Twitter and political discourses: how supporters of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU PF party use Twitter for political engagement. Journal of Eastern African Studies. DOI:10.1080/17531055.2022.2076385
Ndlovu, Mphathisi and Lungile A. Tshuma. 2021. Bleeding from one generation to the next: The media and the constructions of Gukurahundi postmemories by university students in Zimbabwe. African Studies 80 (3-4): 376-396.
Ndlovu, Mphathisi, and Makhosi Nkanyiso Sibanda. 2021. Digital Technologies and the Changing Journalism Cultures in Zimbabwe: Examining the Lived Experiences of Journalists Covering the COVID-19 Pandemic. Digital Journalism. DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2021.1976065
Ndlovu, Mphathisi. 2018. Speaking for the dead: Testimonies, witnesses and the representations of Gukurahundi atrocities in new media. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 30 (3): 293-306.
PhD Journalism and Media Studies (Rhodes University, RSA), MA, Journalism and Media Studies (Rhodes University, RSA), Bsc Hons, Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim)
Email: nonhlanhla.ndlovu@nust.ac.zw
Dr Nonhlanhla Ndlovu is a Senior Lecturer in the department of Journalism and Media Studies. She holds a PhD from Rhodes University, South Africa. Dr. Ndlovu has extensive research expertise in a wide range of topics such as gender and the media, tabloidisation, humour and politics, as well as journalism practice. Her current research interests revolve around de/coloniality, constructions of identity online, and social belonging. In her research, Dr Ndlovu foregrounds the lived realities of women in the global South, with a broader concern for social justice.
Selected publications:
Ndlovu, N. 2023. Coloniality and the Mbuya Nehanda statue: A decolonial analysis of Twitter users’ comments, Critical Arts DOI: 10.1080/02560046.2023.2201710
Ndlovu, M., Ndlovu N., Tshuma, L. A., Mloyi, K & Shava, G.N. 2023. Dress Policing at Higher Learning Institutions in Zimbabwe: Discourses on the Bulawayo Polytechnic College Dress Code Declaration, Journal of Asian and African Studies, DOI: 10.1177/00219096231215706
Tshuma, L. A., Ndlovu, N., & Tshuma, B.B. 2023. Ethical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic: Zimbabwean journalists’ perspectives. In Chari, T and Ndlela, M (eds). Global Pandemics and Media Ethics: Issues and Perspectives. 73-87. NY: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-032-30612-4
Ndlovu, N. 2021. ‘A nation that laughs together, stays together’: Deconstructing humour on Twitter during the national lockdown in South Africa.’ In Mpofu, S. (ed.) Digital Humour in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from the Global South. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 191-212. ISBN: 978-3-030-79279-4
Dewa, N. and Prinsloo, J. 2012. ‘I am a man!’ the Daily Sun campaign and gender violence. Equid Novi: African Journalism Studies. 33 (2): 20-35.
Zim), BSc (Hons) Journalism & Media Studies (NUST, Zim). PGDHE (NUST, Zim)
Email: bhekizulu.tshuma@nust.ac.zw
Bhekizulu Tshuma is a journalism and media studies lecturer specializing in Digital Journalism, Newswriting and Media Ethics modules. He is a holder of MSc in Journalism and Media Studies. He is also a passionate about Media and Information Literacy topics. His research interests are in democracy, politics, new media and media ethics. He has published articles and book chapters on media and democracy, social media and political discourses and ethical challenges during crisis times such as COVID-19 pandemic.
Selected Publications:
Tshuma, B. (2021) The Framing of Devolution of Power Debates in the Newsday (Southern Edition) During Zimbabwe’s Constitution Making Process, Critical Arts, 35:2, 55-68.
Tshuma, B, Lungile Augustine Tshuma, and Mphathisi Ndlovu. 2022. Twitter and political discourses: how supporters of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU PF party use Twitter for political engagement. Journal of Eastern African Studies. DOI:10.1080/17531055.2022.2076385
Tshuma, B, Nonhlanhla, N; Tshuma, L.A. (2022). Media discourses on gender in the time of COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe. In: Dralega, C.A and Napakol, A. Media Discourses on health crises in Africa. Springer, pp: 267- 282. [ISBN: 978-3-030-95099-6]
Tshuma, B, Tshuma, L.A and Ndlovu, N. (2021). Humour, politics and Mnangagwa’s presidency: An analysis of reader’s comments in online news websites. In: Mpofu, S. Politics of Laugher in the Social Media Age: Perspective from the Global South. Palgrave. [ISBN: 978-3-030-81968-2]
(MSc Journalism & Media Studies (NUST, Zim), BSc (Hons) Journalism & Media Studies (NUST). PGDHE (NUST, Zim)
Email: clayton.moyo@nust.ac.zw
Clayton Moyo is a lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Journalism and Media Studies. He specialises in broadcast media, and has experience in radio journalism, having managed the university's campus radio station. He also teaches filmmaking and he is a Robert Bosch African Filmmaking Fellowship Alumnus. He has done extensive media development across in the region ranging from radio journalism practice, mobile filmmaking training, to Media and Information Literacy training and programme coordination.
Clayton's researches on identities and social media discourses. He teaches radio journalism, film documentary production and media ethics.
Msc Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim)’ B.A Media Studies (ZOU, Zim), ND Mass Communication (Hre Poly, Zim)
Email: methuseli.moyo@nust.ac.zw
Methuseli Moyo (49) has 27 years' practical journalism experience during which he worked as a reporter and chief reporter for the Chronicle between 1997 and 2001, before being appointed news editor of Sunday News, a position he held till 2004 when he joined ZBC as Editor In Chief/CEO for SFM Radio (now Classic 263) until 2007 when he left to pursue private practice as a correspondent with various on-line and international organisations. He joined NUST as a temporary fulltime lecturer in August 2001, becoming permanent in January 2024. He teaches news writing courses for both undergraduate and post graduate classes.
He holds an Msc in Journalism and Media Studies (NUST), BA Media Studies (ZOU) and National Diploma in Mass Communication (Harare Polytech). His reading interests are around news framing.
Moyo is a father of three. He is married to Ntombizodwa Mhlanga.
MSc Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim), BSc (Hons) in Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim)
Email: njabulo.moyo@nust.ac.zw
Njabulo Proud Moyo is a journalism and media studies lecturer at NUST with six years of experience in the broadcasting industry, where he served from start-up as a presenter to becoming an executive producer. He holds an MSc in Journalism and Media Studies from the National University of Science and Technology. He has been instrumental in shifting social-cultural conversations through radio and social media. His research interests are on identity politics, sports journalism, radio broadcasting, and regulation in the era of convergence.
MSc Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim), BSc (Hons) in Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim)
Email: andilebongani1@gmail.com
Andile Tshuma holds a Master of Science degree in Journalism and media studies from the national University of Science and Technology and a Bachelor of Science honours degree in journalism and media studies from the same institution. She is an award winning print major, having worked for both private and state owned media entities and has also worked in broadcasting for two of the country's television stations. Her research interests are in health, gender, environment and the media. She closely works with civil society organisations and currently serves as a trustee at the Environmental Policy and Advocacy network, as well as the Centre for Health Communication Zimbabwe. She currently serves as the Global Health Journalism Network (HJN) Ambassador for Zimbabwe. She joined the journalism department in 2019 as a Teaching Assistant.
PhD. journalism (University of Johannesburg, RSA), MSc, journalism and media studies (NUST, Zim), Bsc journalism and media studies (NUST, Zim).
Email: lungile.tshuma@nust.ac.zw
Tshuma Lungile is Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the National University of Science and Technology (Zimbabwe). Lungile is also the Post graduate coordinator. He holds a PhD in journalism studies from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Lungile’s research interest are in photography, memory, journalism, and strategic communication. His work has been published in local and international journals such as Journal of Genocide Research, African Journalism Studies, Critical Arts, Nations and Nationalism, Journal of Communication Inquiry, and Media, Culture and Society.
Selected publications:
Tshuma Lungile, Trust Matsilele, Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga, Sadia Jamil. 2024. Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism. London: Routledge.
Tshuma Lungile, Matsilele Trust, Mpofu Shepherd, Msimanga Mbongeni. 2024. Media, Social Movements and Protest Cultures in Africa. Washington: Rowman and Littlefield.
Mphathisi Ndlovu, Lungile Tshuma and Shepherd Mpofu. (eds.). (2024). Remembering Mass Atrocities: Perspectives on Memory Struggles and Cultural Representations in Africa. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan
Tshuma, L and Sibanda, M. (2022). The media and commemoration of Robert Mugabe’s death through the Camera’s lens. Journal of Asia and African Studies, DOI: 10.1177/00219096221106077.
Tshuma, L; Msimanga, M.J. and Sibanda, M.N. (2022). “Playing” in the Eyes of the Ferret Team: Examining the Use of Surveillance Strategies by Zimbabwean Journalists, African Journalism Studies, DOI: 10.1080/23743670.2021.2009000
Matsilele, T; Tshuma, L.A; Msimanga, M. (2022). Reconfiguration and adaptation in times of a contagious crisis: a case of African newsrooms’ response to Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Communication Inquiry, https://doi.org/10.1177/01968599221085702
Ndlovu, M and Tshuma, L. A. (2021). Bleeding from one generation to the next: The media and the constructions of Gukurahundi postmemories by university students in Zimbabwe. African Studies https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2021.1987188.
Tshuma, L. A. (2021). Through the lens of a camera: Photojournalism and the crises of Zimbabwe’s ‘Second Republic’, Africa Journalism Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2021.1956557.
Tshuma, L.A and Ndlovu, M. (2020). Immortalizing “Buried Memories”: Photographs of the Gukurahundi Online, Journal of Genocide Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/14623528.2020.1850393.
Tshuma, L.A. (2019). Political billboards, promise, and persuasion: An analysis of ZANU-PF’s 2018 harmonized elections political campaign, Journal of Marketing Communications, DOI: 10.1080/13527266.2019.1683057.
Tshuma, L.A and Ndlovu, M. (2019). Remembering the past against the grain: An analysis of the reconstructions of the past in The Sunday News’s ‘Lest We forget’ column, Nations and Nationalism 24,4: 1-20.
Ndlovu, M, and Tshuma, L.A. (2019). Between tradition and modernity: discourses on the coronation of the Ndebele ‘King’ in Zimbabwe, Critical Arts DOI: 10.1080/02560046.2019.1691247.
MSc Journalism & Media Studies (NUST, Zim), BSc (Hons) Journalism & Media Studies (NUST, Zim), PGDHE (NUST, Zim)
Email: mthokozisi.ndhlovu@nust.ac.zw
Mthokozisi Phathisani Ndhlovu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. He holds a Master of Science degree in Journalism and Media Studies and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in communication at Texas A&M University in the United States. His research interests include China-Africa relations, rhetoric and propaganda, sexuality, and climate change communication. He has published articles in journals such as Journalism, Media, Culture and Society, Feminist Media Studies, Environmental Communication, Sexuality and Culture, and Crime, Media Culture. Additionally, he has presented papers at various local and international academic conferences.
Selected Publications:
Santos, P., & Ndhlovu, M. P. (2016). Media as Political Actors in Times of Political Crisis. In L. L. Mukhongo & J. W. Macharia (Eds.), Political Influence of the Media in Developing Countries (pp. 25–43). Pennsylvania: IGI Global.
Ndhlovu, M.P. (2020). Examining Media Discourses on Religious Rape in Zimbabwe. Feminist Media Studies, 20:6, 801-812.
Ndhlovu, M. P. (2021). The Fifth Estate Function: Analysing Climate Change Punditry in the Zimbabwean Newspaper Columns, Environmental Communication, 15:3, 418-429.
Ndhlovu, M. P. (2023). Examining the Zimbabwean news media's framing of men as victims of sexual assault. In K. Boyle & S Berridge (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence. First Edition (pp. 127 – 135), New York: Routledge.
Selected Conference presentations:
Exploring Zimbabwean Communal Farmers’ Interaction with Media Texts in Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change: A Case of Umguza District. 1st International Conference on Innovation for Sustainability under Climate Change and Green Growth: 26-28 May 2015, Johannesburg: South Africa
Zimbabwean Media Discourses on Coal-powered Plants. African Environmental Communication Symposium " Old problems and new journalism? Exploring the contours of African environmental communication". 15 May 2023. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Multivocality and Sexual Identity of a “Nation” in Zimbabwe: Exploring Twitter Discourse on Queer Sexualities. National Communication Association 109th Annual Convention: Freedom. 16-19 Nov 2023. (Maryland, United States.)
MSc Journalism & Media Studies (NUST, Zim), BSc (Hons) Journalism & Media Studies (NUST, Zim)
Email: blessing.jona@nust.ac.zw
Blessing Tapiwa Jona is lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. He is a holder of a Master of Science Degree in Journalism and Media Studies (NUST) and currently he is a Graduate Teaching Assistant and a Ph.D. in Journalism and Mass Communications student at the University of Kansas’ William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Blessing is also a filmmaker, Humphrey Fellowship alumnus, and Robert Bosch African Filmmaking Fellowship alumnus. He has practical skills in audio-visual storytelling, screenwriting, filmmaking, and editing. In 2017 Blessing participated in the Steppingstone Africa Filmmaking Fellowship at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. During the 2022-2023 Humphrey Fellowship at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Blessing was part of a student sustainability documentary filmmaking team that produced Forgotten Children of Mother Magma, a 10-minute documentary which went on to win 3rd place in the short form documentary category of BEA's 2023 Festival of Media Arts Awards. Another film that he contributed to, Flash Point: The History of Peoria Fire-Medical Department, was released by the City of Peoria, Arizona, USA, in 2024. In this film Blessing contributed to the cinematography and editing.
Research Interests: Blessing’s research interests lie in narrative persuasion, reception analyses, and content and textual analyses of popular films’ and other media texts’ representations of lived experiences in general, and within the realm of Health Communication in particular.
Teaching Interests: Blessing has teaching experience in Media Texts and Audiences; Popular Culture: Theories and Perspectives; Communication and Media Theories; Research Methodology in Journalism and Media Studies; and Fundamentals of Film and Video Production, just to mention a few. At the University of Kansas Blessing has spread his wings and is currently teaching Data Storytelling.
LinkedIn: Feel free to follow Blessing and interact with him on LinkedIn.
PGDE (CUZ, Zim), MSc Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim), BSC Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim)
Email: nkosini.khupe@nust.ac.zw
Research Interests
Digital Media, Media Law and Policy, Digital Security, Media Sustainability
Selected Publications:
Nkosini Aubrey Khupe. 2022. ‘Kalanga Activism and the Imaginations of Matabeleland in Digital Spaces' In Mphathisi Ndlovu and Khanyile Mlotshwa (eds.), The Idea of Matabeleland in Digital Spaces: Genealogies, Discourses, and Epistemic Struggles: Lexington Books, pp. 103 - 121
Ndlovu, Mphathisi and Nkosini Khupe. 2023. “Online harassment of journalists in Zimbabwe: Experiences, Coping Strategies and Implications”. In New journalism ecologies in East and Southern Africa: Innovations, Participatory and Newsmaking cultures (edited by Shepherd Mpofu, Trust Matsilele and Dumisani Moyo).
Email: charles.musungah@nust.ac.zw
Charles Munyaradzi Musungah is currently a Professional Instructor (Film and TV) in the Department of Journalism & Media Studies. He has previously worked as a Lecturer and Head of Department for film, radio and TV production. He has worked with different teacher training colleges in Visual and Performing Arts curriculum development and implementation. He holds a BA hon in Film and Theater Arts Studies from Midlands State University, an Msc in Journalism and Media Studies, and a Certificate in Basic Sign Language. Musungah is a filmmaker, a Script writer, a Director, a Producer and a mentor in the Creative Industries in Zimbabwe. He has mentored young creatives in marginalised communities such as Lupane, Binga and Filabusi. Some of his projects are Esigabeni, a 13-episode TV drama series for social change short in Lupane with community members of Lupane, Ziyanyongana the Chaos, a 13-episode TV drama, on Batonga legends, myths and cultural heritage. Short films include Dare the Curse, Six Years, Expectations, Blood and Tears, UnderXul etc. Over the Years, he has led Amakhosi Productions in the creation of content for different platforms such as stage, radio, film, TV and mass displays.
MA in Film
Making (University for the Creative Arts, UK), BSc (Hons) in Journalism and Media Studies (NUST, Zim)
Email: oniasmthabisi@gmail.com
Mthabisi Onias He holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Journalism and Media studies which he acquired from NUST in 2016. He is also a Mandela-Washington Fellow for the Young African Leaders Initiative where he studied Business & Entrepreneurship at the University of New Mexico in the USA in 2017. He’s a part of the World Economic Forum – Global Shapers Community, Bulawayo hub. ¬He graduated with an MA in Filmmaking from the University of the Creative Arts in the UK through the Chevening Scholarship 20/21 cohort.
Ndlovu is a multi-award-winning TV producer, filmmaker and media entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in the video production industry. He has worked on projects such as reality and factual television shows, documentaries, photography, short films, online content and music videos.
One of his notable works is the Pink & Purple TV talk show which has aired on local national television ZBC TV, JitTV channel on StarSat and Play Afrika TV which is a VOD platform.
Onias and his work have received multiple awards and nominations such as the National Arts Merits Awards, Bulawayo Arts Awards, and Annual African Influencer Awards for Best Content Creator and Best Online Talk show awards. Some of his international accolades include an official selection into the Filmmaker Sessions Film Festival by Pinewood Studios in the UK and an Award from the Cine World Short Film Festival in Sri Lanka, both for his MA Filmmaking graduate short film titled Bitter Motives. The same short film earned him a special mention at the Student World Impact Film Festival.
BSc in Telecommunications Engineering, (MSU, Zim); Diploma in Electronic Engineering, (Hre Poly, Zim); Class 1 Radio Communication Radio Technician (Manpower Development, Zim)
Trevor Ncube is an artisan, technician & Engineer who has come of age having started off as an apprentice broadcast technician rose through the ranks to become one of the most versatile Broadcast Engineers for the state broadcaster ZBC. He was part of the pioneer group that championed digitization & the inclusion of more official languages on TV as espoused in the country's constitution. The versatile Engineer majored in both Radio & Television, having a combined experience of 15 years (Research, Installations, Mantenance and Repairs). He is a holder of Class 1 in Radio Communications (Manpower development), a Bsc Degree in Electronic Engineering: Communication Systems & Telecommunications Engineering Degree (MSU) and has participated in Media Tech (Durban) & Screen Africa expos as part of his Research & Development work.
Other Badges
-Radio & TV commentator/Analyst
-Was part of the Khulumani FM adjudicators for inaugural presenters’ search.
-Did consultancy work for Skyz Metro & MSU.
-Writer (contributes articles for The Chronicle & Sunday News)
-Hosted Big Bash for the Mabhaisa Twins.
-TV programme he directed got a nomination for Best Screen/Television production.