Monthly Archives: May 2009

Zimbabwe Times May 23, 2009 By Mxolisi Ncube JOHANNESBURG – The first bus-load of South African-based Zimbabwean professionals will be repatriated Wednesday, a humanitarian organization has revealed. The Southern African Women for Immigration Affairs (SAWIMA), which is co-coordinating the repatriation of the professional, told The Zimbabwe Times Saturday morning that the International Organisation for Migration […]

Zimonline By Nqobizitha Khumalo Saturday 23 May 2009 BULAWAYO – More than 20 000 teachers left Zimbabwe over the past two years alone, disgruntled by poor salaries and working conditions, Education Minister David Coltart said on Friday. Coltart, who has worked hard to try to revive Zimbabwe’s once envied public education sector, also lamented dilapidated […]

The Herald 23 May 2009 Herald Reporter RESULTS for the November 2008 Advanced Level examinations are finally out, the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council said yesterday. Zimsec information and public relations manager Mr Ezekiel Pasipamire said candidates could start collecting results from their respective centres on Tuesday next week. “As the Minister (David Coltart) said, the […]

Herald 23 May 2009 CIVIL servants in Harare took to the streets yesterday, demanding to be paid “real salaries”, warning Government they would embark on industrial action if their grievances are not addressed promptly. Riot police had to be deployed to stop the placard-waving disgruntled workers from marching to the offices of the ministries of […]

Newsnet Saturday 23 May 2009 Government has called on the private sector to partner it in the rehabilitation of school’s infrastructure. Government has called on the private sector to partner it in the rehabilitation of school’s infrastructure. Speaking after officiating at the launch of a programme meant to restore confidence in country’s education system, the […]

The Chronicle By Mduduzi Moyo 23 May 2009 The first trimester — the first ten of the scheduled 30 games — of the Premiership has come and gone yet the Premier Soccer League is still to find a sponsor for this year’s league championship. The traditional season opening Charity Shield has been repeatedly postponed and […]

Al Jazeera By Haru Mutasa, Al Jazeera’s southern Africa correspondent 22 May 2009 It has been 100 days since Morgan Tsvangirai joined his old rival Robert Mugabe in the formation of a new coalition government for Zimbabwe. With Tsvangirai taking the office of prime minister and Mugabe as president the hope was to try and […]

The Occasion Magazine By Margaret Kriel 16th May 2009 The streets of Bulawayo were so clean and shining after the Big Clean Up on Saturday morning, May 16, that we had to wear our sunglasses! Over one thousand people took to the streets armed with brooms, shovels, rubber gloves, plastic bags and masks, to Clean […]

Zimbabwe Times May 21, 2009 By Our Correspondent HARARE – The government will start releasing results for last year’s Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) examinations, beginning this Friday. The government has also committed itself to proceeding with this year’s mid-year public examinations, ending months of uncertainty over its capacity to manage any public examination before […]

AFP 21 May 2009 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe’s mid-year schools examination had been postponed for a month due to lack of funding by international donors, the education ministry announced Wednesday. And the results from last year’s exams, which should have been issued in February, would finally be released this Friday, Education Minister David Coltart […]