Monthly Archives: December 2010

Standard By Nqaba Matshazi 19 December 2010 THE red carpet has all but been rolled out for Welshman Ncube, who is now set to assume the presidency of the smaller faction of the MDC without a contest. Incumbent leader, Arthur Mutambara pulled out of the race after the Harare province endorsed Ncube’s candidacy amid revelations […]

Standard By Lesley Moyo 19 December 2010 BULAWAYO — Makokoba reverberated to the sounds of the African drum and marimba on  Wednesday night as the township-based Ibumba International Festival kicked off full of promise. Over 100 invited guests filled up Stanley Hall, the main venue of the festival and were captivated by the performances from […]

Newsday 18 December 2010 By Rejoice Ngwenya The pathetic Zanu PF caravan of jocular politics never ceases to amaze me. These fellows need urgent psycho-therapy. Do they take us for brainless buffoons? Says “a top official in the Attorney-General’s office”, according to a report on the Zimbabwe situation: “ The people of Zimbabwe should not […]

Newsday 17 December 2010 By Khanyile Mlotshwa Bulawayo has amazing artistic talent that needs to be given a chance to shine, Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart has said. The minister was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 13th edition of the annual Ibumba International Arts Festival at Stanley Hall on Wednesday […]

Chonicle 17 December 2010 Chronicle Reporter THE Government will not increase school fees next year because it wants education to remain affordable to every Zimbabwean, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday. In a telephone interview, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, said the Government would prefer a situation where schools reduced levies, […]

Newsday 17 Dec 2010 By Khanyile Mlotshwa There is a need for a victim-oriented truth commission dating back to 1965 so that Zimbabwe can address the roots of human rights problems haunting the country, in the post-independence era, MDC-M has said. The party’s secretary for legal affairs David Coltart said the 1982-1987 Gukurahundi genocide and […]

Newsday 16 December 2010 By Silas Nkala Zimbabweans should give the education sector between five to six more years to fully recover, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart has said. Coltart said although this year was the country’s best academic year in a decade, evidence was that Grade Seven results had […]

Chronicle 16 December 2010 By Chronicle Reporter THE Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has engaged an education expert to review and reform the country’s curriculum. In an interview, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart said the move was taken following a realisation that the country’s education curriculum was last […]

http://www.apanews.net 15 December 2010 Zimbabwe is one of two southern African countries represented at the ongoing World Black Arts Festival taking place in Dakar, the country’s ambassador to Senegal, Trudy Stevenson said in a statement issued here Thursday. Eight Zimbabwean sculptors and painters are exhibiting various stone sculptures and paintings at the Zimbabwean embassy in Dakar and at the […]

Daily News 15 December 2010 HARARE – The U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Charles A. Ray has published his 9th book entitled Where You Come From Matters Less Than Where You Are Going. The book is meant for young people to develop their leadership capacity. Speaking at the Mannenberg Café in Harare during the launch on […]