Robert Mugabe’s 1980 candidature as depicted in the (South African) Sunday Times
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has now been in power for three decades. He has acquired an almost universal image of being a dictator who has steadily governed the country to ruin. This article investigates the depiction of Robert Mugabe’s candidature in the 1980 Zimbabwean (common roll) indepe...
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has now been in power for three decades. He has acquired
an almost universal image of being a dictator who has steadily governed the country to ruin.
This article investigates the depiction of Robert Mugabe’s candidature in the 1980 Zimbabwean
(common roll) independence election campaign in the Sunday Times, then by far the largest
South African newspaper. A content analysis of the coverage is followed by argumentation that
brings the content of the coverage in line with the general culture of the newspaper. The Sunday
Times employed mainly stereotypical images of Mugabe. For it, the Zimbabwean independence
election campaign revolved respectively around a choice for Southern Africa between capitalism
and Marxism and between the future of white and black power. Mugabe was depicted as an
enemy both of capitalism and of continued white interests
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| spelling | doaj-art-d2da4cb42c0d4171b643d9504632ce782025-01-20T08:54:18ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-10-0130210.36615/jcsa.v30i2.1666Robert Mugabe’s 1980 candidature as depicted in the (South African) Sunday TimesJohann C de Wet0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2022-0660University of Free State Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has now been in power for three decades. He has acquired an almost universal image of being a dictator who has steadily governed the country to ruin. This article investigates the depiction of Robert Mugabe’s candidature in the 1980 Zimbabwean (common roll) independence election campaign in the Sunday Times, then by far the largest South African newspaper. A content analysis of the coverage is followed by argumentation that brings the content of the coverage in line with the general culture of the newspaper. The Sunday Times employed mainly stereotypical images of Mugabe. For it, the Zimbabwean independence election campaign revolved respectively around a choice for Southern Africa between capitalism and Marxism and between the future of white and black power. Mugabe was depicted as an enemy both of capitalism and of continued white interests https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1666Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabedictatorruin1980 Zimbabwean (common roll) independence election campaignSunday Timesstereotypical |
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| title | Robert Mugabe’s 1980 candidature as depicted in the (South African) Sunday Times |
| title_full | Robert Mugabe’s 1980 candidature as depicted in the (South African) Sunday Times |
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| title_short | Robert Mugabe’s 1980 candidature as depicted in the (South African) Sunday Times |
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| topic | Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe dictator ruin 1980 Zimbabwean (common roll) independence election campaign Sunday Times stereotypical |
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