Monthly Archives: June 2011

Congratulations to the Zimbabwe Sables rugby team fro beating Uganda 25-15 – great start to the Africa Cup http://t.co/muukfMg # Spending three days in Masvingo and Midlands Provinces looking at school infrastructure needs – especially those in the rural areas # Well done the Zimbabwe Sables rugby team for thrashing Madagascar 49-0 today. Zimbabwe rugby […]

Mail and Guardian By Percy Zvomuya 18 June 2011 The film Robert Mugabe … What Happened? is premised on the idea that the Zimbabwean president was a political saint who, inexplicably, turned into a sinner. Mugabe, a staunch Catholic, would disagree with such an assumption; years ago in an interview with a ­British journalist he […]

Zimbabwean By Brenna Matendere 18 June 2011 Education Minister David Coltart says his efforts to persuade the donor community to pay teachers’ salaries has hit a brick wall and members of the education sector should be patient and wait for a solution from government. Coltart said this after a tour of Midlands schools held to assess […]

Newsday By Sukoluhle Mthethwa 17 June 2011 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts, and Culture David Coltart says he has written to Zifa requesting for audience with various stakeholders to discuss issues relating to the administration of revenue generated during football matches in the country. This came after Zifa made a loss during the Warriors-Mali […]

Newsday By Sukoluhle Mthethwa, Sports Reporter 17 June 2011 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart has urged schools to take up cricket to ensure a wider pool of players for selectors when picking national teams. Coltart said this while addressing Matabeleland Tuskers players at a function that was held at Queens Sports Club […]

Chronicle Midlands Correspondent 16 June 2011 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart yesterday said there is a consensus across the political divide that civil servants’ salaries should be increased immediately. Addressing parents, teachers and provincial education heads soon after touring some rural and urban schools in Midlands Province yesterday, Minister Coltart […]

VOA By Sandra Nyaira | Washington 15 June 2011 Finance Minister Tendai Biti called the deal “criminal” and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara told Parliament it is time for Zimbabwe to take a fresh look at all the agreements it has signed with China Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Wednesday told Parliament he does […]

The Sunday Independent June 12 2011 By Peter Fabricus After being suspended from the Commonwealth for rigged elections, Mugabe said the organisation had nothing to offer the country. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe mocked the Commonwealth as a useless and intrusive organisation when he walked out of it in December 2003. “The Commonwealth is a mere […]

Standard and BBC Sport Sunday, 12 June 2011 “Hearty congratulations to Andy Flower  for being award Order of British Empire (OBE),” twitted Senator David Coltart yesterday. Cricketers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook are among the sports stars named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. England captain Strauss is made OBE, along with team coach Andy […]