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Kwayedza newspaper’s coverage of the Covid-19 crisis in Zimbabwe: The Development of African Languages

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  • Witness Roya

    (Department of Communication, Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa.)

  • Sandiso Ngcobo

    (Department of Communication, Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa.)

Abstract

Using critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the methodology and decolonial theory as the theoretical framework, this study sought to critique coverage of the Covid-19 crisis in Zimbabwe between March 2020 and July 2021 in Kwayedza newspaper’s editorial comment. Twelve articles written in an African language were purposively selected to obtain a sizable sample. This study found that the newspaper effectively covered Covid-19 in an African language while focusing on its socio-economic and cultural impact on the country and offered precautions and prescriptions for dealing with the pandemic. Its major downside was that it downplayed certain key issues in the process due to its ownership by Zimpapers, which tends to support the government’s policies. This violates ethical journalism principles such as independence, truth and accuracy and is an abrogation of the media’s duty to bring accountability to public officials. This paper, therefore, recommends adherence to the values of journalism which centralize public interest over that of owners. Key Words:African languages, Covid-19, crisis, ethical journalism, policie

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  • Witness Roya & Sandiso Ngcobo, 2022. "Kwayedza newspaper’s coverage of the Covid-19 crisis in Zimbabwe: The Development of African Languages," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 11(7), pages 313-321, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:rbs:ijbrss:v:11:y:2022:i:7:p:313-321
    DOI: 10.20525/ijrbs.v11i7.1987
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