Monthly Archives: August 2009
Zimbabwe students back in school, but without books
AFP By Fanuel Jongwe 24 August 2009 HARARE — A teacher pinches a crumbling stub of chalk, holding a rag for an eraser in his other hand, as groups of pupils huddle around scarce textbooks for their lessons in a poor Harare suburb. “Things are not well,” the primary school’s head Islam Madosi told AFP. […]
MP won’t stand down for Sibanda
New Zimbabwe.com By Daniel Misi 24 August 2009 PLANS to secure MDC vice president Gibson Sibanda a parliamentary seat suffered a major reversal over the weekend after Insiza MP Siyabonga Ncube rejected his party’s request to step down and accept a posting as Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Senegal. The Arthur Mutambara-led MDC is desperate to secure […]
Government revives Beam Fund
Sunday Mail 23rd August 2009 Sunday Mail Reporter THE Government has partnered the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) in reviving the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam), a programme that assists underprivileged pupils with school fees. Beam had not been operational for over a year owing to financial constraints. Speaking before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on […]
Coltart Wrong On Minority President
Zimbabwe Independent 21st August 2009 By Brighton Ncube Opinion Piece I WAS dismayed by Education minister David Coltart’s recent interview on SW Radio Africa. When asked by reporter Violet Gonda whether Arthur Mutambara was invited to lead the MDC because “Welshman Ncube and others had accepted that no Ndebele person could ever lead Zimbabwe”, Coltart […]
SW Radio Africa transcript : Minister David Coltart on crisis in education sector
SW RADIO AFRICA TRANSCRIPT HOT SEAT: Interview Minister David Coltart on the crisis in the education sector. Broadcast: 21 August 2009 VIOLET GONDA: On the Hot Seat programme we bring you the last segment of the interview with education minister David Coltart. Last week the minister gave us his thoughts on the in-fighting in his […]
Rebel MDC MPs kicked out of parliament
New Zimbabwe.Com 19 August 2009 By Lebo Nkatazo THREE rebel MDC MPs were likened to a cancer on Tuesday as they were finally thrown out of parliament. Nkayi South MP Abednico Bhebhe, Bulima East legislator Norman Mpofu and Njabuliso Mguni of Lupane East all ceased to be MPs after the Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo […]
Zimbabweans vote by tribe: Coltart
New Zimbabwean 19 August 2009 MOST Zimbabweans will “gravitate towards†voting a leader from their tribe, Education Minister David Coltart says. Re-igniting the debate over Zimbabwean voters’ ability to see beyond tribe at the ballot box, Coltart said it was “a political reality of the country†that minorities stood less chance of becoming President compared […]
Zim loses 20,000 teachers to neighbours
Afrique en Ligne 17 August 2009 Harare, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe has lost more than 20,000 teachers to its neighbours in the last two years because of poor remuneration, Education Minister David Coltart said here Monday. Coltart said most of the teachers, who taught maths and english, had gone to Botswana and South Africa. He said […]
Coltart pep talk makes the day
The Standard 16 August 2009 By Enock Muchinjo BULAWAYO — AFTER losing the second ODI to Bangladesh on Tuesday to trail 2-0, the Zimbabwe cricket team got a surprise visit in the changing room from sports minister David Coltart. Coltart who later said he told the players that they were part of the transition-taking place […]
Maths, English teachers have left country in droves
Sunday Mail 16 August 2009 THE country has lost more than 20 000 teachers due to migration over the past two years with the majority of them being Mathematics and English teachers, while a bulk of the remaining teachers are threatening to strike, a Cabinet Minister has said. Speaking before the House of Assembly Portfolio […]