Degrees Held
- D Cultural & Media Studies; UKZN 2015
- MA Cultural & Media Studies; UKZN 2012
- Pg Dip HE in Academic Development; Rhodes, 2025
- Pg Dip Publick Relations, NUST (ZW) 2010
- BA (Hons) English & Communication, MidSU (ZW), 2006
Research Interests
- Development and health communication
- Strategic communication
- Critical communication pedagogy
Research Interests
- Development Communication
- Health Communication Campaigns
- Strategic Communication
- Communication Research Methods
- Critical Pedagogy in Communication Studies
- Media, Society, and Social Change.
Research Record / Selected Publications
Books
Journal Articles
Chapters In Books
Books
Lubombo, M. (2012) Theorising participation: Appropriating stakeholder theory in participatory communication for social change interventions in South Africa. Saarbrücken: LAP Lambert. Theorising participation: Appropriating Stakeholder Theory in participatory communication for social change interventions in South Africa: Lubombo, Musara: 9783659224317: Amazon.com: Books
Journal Articles
- Gumede, M., Dyll, L. and Lubombo, M. (2023) ‘P(owe)r in communicative practice? HIV prevention communication and the Woza Asibonisane Community Responses Project, South Africa’, Revista Media & Jornalismo, 23(42), pp. 91–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2183-5462_42_5
- Merisi, P.O., Emekako, R., Legg-Jack, D.W., Mpundu, M. and Lubombo, M. (2022) ‘Asynchronous pre-service teaching practicum and work-integrated learning amid COVID-19 pandemic’, International Journal of Social Sciences and Educational Studies, 9(1), pp. 190–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v9i1p190
- Lubombo, M. (2018) ‘Perfidious ubuntisation of ZANU-PF succession politics: A discursive analysis of Grace Mugabe’s campaign against Joice Mujuru and Emmerson Mnangagwa’, Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict Transformation, 7(1), pp. 117–133. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-10e38ef279
- Lubombo, M. (2018) ‘Harnessing cultural resources to prevent HIV and pregnancy among adolescent girls: Some lessons for the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS’, Journal of African Union Studies, 7(1), pp. 91–113. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-ef8dc16b8
- Lubombo, M. (2018) ‘Re-thinking HIV disclosure as ubuntu: Towards a social theory of communicative responses to the sub-Saharan epidemic’, African Renaissance, 15(3), pp. 9–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2018/v15n3a1
- Lubombo, M. and Dyll, L.E. (2018) ‘A dialectic analysis of views on participation in HIV/AIDS communication of selected South African people living with HIV/AIDS: Beyond the greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS’, Critical Arts, 32(2), pp. 100–118.
- Shumba, K. and Lubombo, M. (2017) ‘Cultural competence: A framework for promoting voluntary medical male circumcision among VaRemba communities in Zimbabwe’, African Journal of AIDS Research, 16(2), pp. 165–173 https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2017.1337040
Chapters In Books
- Nkoala, S. and Lubombo, M. (under review) ‘Towards a humanistic doctorate: Ubuntu as a framework for quality in doctoral education for parenting doctoral candidates’. In: Mthombeni, Z. and Harvey, J. (forthcoming) Unheard voices: Triumphs and challenges of doctoral students in the Global South. Pretoria: HSRC.
- Gumede, M., Lubombo, M. and Dyll, L. (in press, 2025) ‘Does he who pays the piper call the tune? Community resilience in externally funded, community-led HIV prevention communication interventions in South Africa’. In: Tufte, T., Pavarala, V. and Govender, E. (eds.) The handbook of health communication in the global South. IAMCR–Wiley Blackwell.
- Lubombo, M. (2022) ‘Praxis of a humanising pedagogy to enhance postgraduate throughput in South Africa: A caveat’. In: Pool, J., Fernandes Martins, M. and Fourie, M. (eds.) A scholarly approach to student success in higher education, Vol. 2: Transformative pedagogies. Potchefstroom: Axiom Publishers, pp. 64–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.62869/001c.122440
- Boateng, K., Lubombo, M. and McKraken, D. (2020) ‘Intra-Party Election Campaigns in Ghana: An Analysis of Facebook Use’. In: Ndlela, M. and Mano, W. (eds.). Social media and elections in Africa. London: Palgrave. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-30553-6_11
- Lubombo, M. (2011) ‘Stakeholders and their impact on community development: The case of OneVoice South Africa Schools Programme’. In: Tomaselli, K. and Chasi, C. (eds.) Development and public health communication. Cape Town: Pearson Education South Africa. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363298938_Chapter_4_Stakeholders_and_their_impact_on_community_development_The_case_of_OneVoice_South_Africa_Schools_Programme_by_Musara_Lubombo
Teaching Expertise
- Musara Lubombo teaches courses in corporate communication and development communication at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with teaching experience in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He also supervises master’s and doctoral students in these areas, supporting research that advances communication for development and social change
Student Supervision
Honours
Masters
PhD
Honours
- Numerous
Masters
- Jeanne d’Arc Mukamana (2025) An analysis of coverage of the decriminalization of abortion for minors on non-state radio stations in Rwanda.
- Muwonwa Ngonidzashe (2017) Youth Participation in HIV and AIDS Educational and Entertainment Intervention Programming in Zimbabwe: A Multi-media action research
- Eliza Govender (2013) Processes and participation in HIV and AIDS communication: Using bodymapping to explore the experiences of young people.
PhD
- Noah Kupeta (2024) The place and discourse of colonial memory in Zimbabwe’s post-Robert Mugabe ZANU (PF) politics.
- Benita Desire Mapaona (2024) Effective strategy implementation in the public sector: An appraisal of the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Social and Economic Transformation (ZIMASSET) 2013–2018.
- Mkhonzeni Gumede (2022) Improving community participation in externally led community responses to HIV/AIDS: Lessons from Woza Asibonisane Community Responses in South Africa.
- Petronella Mugoni (2019) (Re)positioning communication for enhanced MDR-TB treatment adherence in KwaZulu-Natal: Towards an integrated model of communication.