Monthly Archives: July 2011
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-31
Go Kirsty Coventry at the World Swimming Championships – Zimbabwe is rooting for you. We are grateful to have such a wonderful icon # Rev. John Stott, Major Evangelical Figure, Dies at 90 – http://t.co/6GVlBOp?src=tp # “Pride is the greatest temptation of Christian leaders – dangers of being feted, don’t enjoy it, don’t think one […]
“COPAC: A waste of money. People Driven Constitution: Impossible”
www.bulawayo24.com By Shephard Dube 2011 July 31Â What do they mean by a ‘people driven constitution’? “From what I know a constitution is meant to constitute rules about what the structure of government should be and what powers it may and may not exercise. A constitution authorizes a government to exist; it dictates that government’s […]
West propping dictatorial regimes — Coltart
Newsday By Bridgette Bugalo 30 July 2011 Education minister David Coltart has accused the West of encouraging and appeasing dictators in Africa. Coltart, who is MDC MP for Khumalo in Bulawayo, made the startling remarks while delivering the annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom at New South Wales Parliamentary Building in Sydney, Australia, on […]
Zimbabwe’s education sector gone awry
Newsday By Richard Chidza 30 July 2011 Once revered as the best on the continent with graduates coming out of our institutions sought-after commodities the world over, Zimbabwe’s education sector has gone off the rails and something has gone awfully wrong. From schools demanding that financially weary parents pay through the nose for school fees, […]
West partly to blame – Coltart
Zimbabwean By Vusimusi Bhebhe 30 July 2011 The West should take some of the blame for propping up Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe whose human rights excesses they conveniently ignored since the 1980s, Education Minister David Coltart said last week. In an address to the Annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom in Sydney, Australia, last […]
ON HOPE AND LOVE OF COUNTRY
Roger Kerr Blog By Roger Kerr 29 July 2011 I’m at Consilium this week in Coolum as a guest of the Centre for Independent Studies and the recipient of their Alan McGregor Fellowship.  Consilium is the CIS’ annual ideas and think fest that brings together a great cross section of Australia’s leaders of business, politics, academia, and the wider […]
Teachers may lose their incentives
Herald 29 July 2011 GOVERNMENT is considering whether or not incentives for teachers should be scrapped owing to salary increments awarded this month. Secretary for Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Dr Stephen Mahere said they will first engage teachers unions before scrapping the incentives. However, Deputy Education Minister Lazarus Dokora says it is too early […]
On hope and love of country
http://rogerkerr.wordpress.com July 29, 2011 By Roger Kerr I’m at Consilium this week in Coolum as a guest of the Centre for Independent Studies and the recipient of their Alan McGregor Fellowship. Consilium is the CIS’ annual ideas and think fest that brings together a great cross section of Australia’s leaders of business, politics, academia, and […]
The scramble for Matabeleland
Financial Gazette 28 July 2011 By Dumisani Nkomo MATABELELAND is the traditional seat of opposition politics in post-independent Zimbabwe and this has become increasingly evident in the past 11 years with the advent of the Movement for Dem-ocratic Change (MDC). Pertinently as elections continue to beckon within the next 36 months or so, the battle for […]
Education standards slip
Zimbabwean By Tony Saxon 28 July 2011 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart has expressed grave concerns over the deteriorating standards of the country’s education system. Speaking after a tour of schools in Masvingo last week Coltart said there was need to revamp the country’s education system and restore Zimbabwe’s status […]