Monthly Archives: April 2009

Zimbabwe Times 27 April 2009 By Ray Matikinye BULAWAYO – Government is considering reducing the amount of school fees charged in primary schools as “hardly any parent can afford” those announced recently although the cutback will not be dramatic, Education, Sport and Culture minister, Senator David Coltart says. Senator Coltart told parents and party supporters […]

Sunday News 26 April 2009 By Robin Muchetu and Chipo Mudarikwa THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) has given the Government up to Thursday this week to come up with a proper salary structure — where the lowest paid educators will earn 15 000 rand per month or risk another devastating job action, it has been […]

Newsnet 25 April 2009 Zimbabweans have been urged to be patriotic and work together in order to resolve the current socio-economic problems facing the country. This was said by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart when addressing delegates at the ongoing 28th annual national conference of the Zimbabwe Teachers Association, ZIMTA, […]

The Guardian Friday, 24 April 2009 Jacob Zuma, whose African National Congress is on course to retain its parliamentary majority, has openly criticised Robert Mugabe’s autocratic rule Jacob Zuma’s election victory in South Africa has been welcomed by ministers in Zimbabwe as intensifying pressure on president Robert Mugabe. Zuma, whose African National Congress (ANC) looked […]

Sunday News By Tendayi Madhomu 19 April 2009 THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) is broke after exhausting all the money extended to it by UNICEF — leaving it failing to process the results for public examinations written in 2008, Sunday News can reveal. The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, […]

The Herald By Sydney Kawadza 18th April 2009 ZIMBABWEAN children should put more effort in their schoolwork to avoid wasting their parents’ resources and efforts in educating them, President Mugabe has said. Speaking at the annual children’s party he traditionally co-hosts with the First Lady, Amai Grace Mugabe, on the eve of the country’s Independence […]

New Zimbabwe.Com By Sikhumbuzo Bongani Dube 17 April 2009 I WRITE to dispute your article ‘NCA vows to oppose constitutional reforms’. I am a member of the NCA national taskforce and Chairperson of the Political Parties Liaison Committee of the NCA. This committee has representatives from all political parties that work with the NCA. We […]

AFP/Cricinfo Steven Price in Harare April 17, 2009 One of the rarest of cricketing dinosaurs finally emerged from cover in Dubai this week. Peter Chingoka, Zimbabwe Cricket’s chairman since 1992, has been almost invisible since he was forced to miss the last ICC executive meeting in Australia after being banned from entering the country because […]

Zimonline By Robert Ndlovu Thursday 16 April 2009 OPINION: Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an umbrella term that includes all technologies for the manipulation and communication of information. Recently the Minister of ICT, Nelson Chamisa announced a need for a national website, in order to put Zimbabwe back on the global map. It was […]

Zimonline By Robert Ndlovu Thursday 16 April 2009 OPINION: Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an umbrella term that includes all technologies for the manipulation and communication of information. Recently the Minister of ICT, Nelson Chamisa announced a need for a national website, in order to put Zimbabwe back on the global map. It was […]